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Lesson Plan February 4, 2016

Sri Lanka: Ending Blindness Through Rebirth

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"Sri Lanka: Good Karma in Dead Parts"

Watch video and answer the following questions.

1. What is Karma?

2. Why do buddhists donate their body parts?

3. What organ did the featured monk donate?

Questions for "Sri Lanka: The Country that Supplies Eyes"

  1. What does the cornea do?
  2. How quickly must the eye be harvested?
  3. Why are Pakistan and Egypt major recipients of Sri Lankan corneas?
  4. What do embalmers do after they remove the eye from the body?

Questions for "Meet the Journalist: Ross Velton"

  1. What are some challenges inhibiting eye donations?
  2. How many countries does Sri Lanka donate corneas to?

 

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