Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Make copies of Student Handout 1

Objective: Students will create a graphic explaining a quote from an Eastern Religion

Activity: Make copies of Student Handout 1 and cut them into strips so that there is one quote on each strip. Make enough copies so that there will be a strip/quote for each student. It does not matter if more than one student has the same quote.
Have students create a graphic representation of what they feel the author of their quote things about the meaning of life. This could be done in the form of a picture, a cartoon, or a collage, but should be free of words and written explanations.
When students have finished group their images by number and post them around the room under a copy of the quote they represent.

Assessment:Amusement. Many of the quotes will seem funny or odd to most of your students. But, when they are forced to think of a visual representation of their meaning they will make the connections between their own beliefs and the beliefs of Eastern thinkers