Country Project - Please Bring

Coming up soon we will have a fun project that will need something unique for our classtime. If you have an empty cereal box please bring it to class beginning on Tuesday March 31st. This project will be several days long starting during the 2nd week of April.

Thank you!

World Cultures 3/30-4/3

Activities/Lesson Sequence

Monday

	1.Beginning of our Religion's of the East Week 2. Buddhism/Taoism-Daoism Tuesday
	1. Testing day and so extended college prep schedule for most classes 2. 8th period continue notes on Taoism-Daoism 3. No Homework this week Wednesday
	1. Confucism Thursday
	1. Social Studies Skills Packet Friday
	1. Holiday - Good Friday

Flipped Class - Ganges River

Follow the link to hear information and learn a little about the Ganges River.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXRup4_ZnAo

Overpopulation in India Homework due 3/26

Overpopulation in India

India suffers from the problem of overpopulation.  The population of India is very high at an estimated 1.2 billion.  Though India ranks second in population, it ranks 33 in terms of population density below countries such as The Netherlands, South Korea and Japan.  Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, implemented a forced sterilization program in the early 1970s but the program failed.  Officially, men with two children or more had to submit to sterilization, but many unmarried young men, political opponents and ignorant, poor men were also believed to have been sterilized. This program is still remembered and criticized in India, and is blamed for creating a public dislike of family planning.  This has caused problems for the government for decades. 

One-third of India's population (about the size of the United States) lives below the poverty line, and India is home to one-third of the world's poor people.

Though the upper class has improved as a result of recent positive economic developments, India suffers from substantial poverty.  According to the 2005 World Bank data, India has 456 million people (41.6% of its population) living below the new international poverty line of $1.25 (PPP) per day. The World Bank further estimates that 33% of the world’s poor now reside in India. Moreover, 75.6% of the Indian population lives below $2 a day, compared to 72.2% for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Wealth distribution in India is fairly uneven, with the top 10% of income groups earning 33% of the income. Despite significant economic progress, 1/4 of the nation's population earns less than the $0.40/day. Official figures estimate that 27.5% of Indians lived below the national poverty line in 2004–2005. A 2007 report found that 25% of Indians, or 236 million people, lived on less than 20 rupees per day with most working in "informal labor sector with no job or social security, living in abject poverty."

Use the reading and your knowledge of India to answer the following questions:

1.        How many people live in India?

 

2.       India is the ________ largest country in the world.

3.      What happened that caused Indians to dislike the idea of family planning?

 

4.      What percentage of Indians live below the poverty line?

 

5.      What percentage of the world’s poor live in India?

 

6.      ¼ of Indians earn below ___________ a day.

Critical Thinking:

7.      Predict and list at least two short-term problems that India might face as a result of their crowded conditions.

 

8.      Predict and list at least two long-term problems that India might face as a result of their crowded conditions.

 

9.       Why might India’s overpopulation be a concern for other countries?

 

10.   In your opinion, how should India go about solving their problem of overpopulation?

 

World Cultures - 3/23-27

Activities/Lesson Sequence

Monday

	1.Begin, "Problems in India" Tuesday
	1. Continue, "Problems in India" 2. Overpopulation in India homework issued - due Thursday 3. Quiz over India Wednesday
	1. DPM - District Progress Monitoring Thursday
	1. Sikhism 2. Overpopulation in India homework due today! Friday
	1. Ganges River - Document Based Questions (DBQ)

 

Flipped Class Taj Mahal

Follow to the Youtube link about the Taj Mahal. Watch the video and answer the follow questions to yourself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7yNMyLcL2U


1) What was the purpose of the Taj Mahal?



2) Where is it located and what makes it so important?




3) What are three unique things about the Taj Mahal that make it very different from other buildings?




4) Do you think it was a good use of time and money? Why or why not?

Gandhi Assignment 3/16-3/17

Mohandas Gandhi

Mohandas Gandhi was born in India on October 2, 1869. He was the youngest of three sons. While in school, Gandhi was an average student. He did not have the best grades or the most friends. He was kind of shy around other students. However, he was very proud of things he had one, like the fact that he had never told his parents or teachers a lie. In 1883, he married Kasturbai, the daughter of a merchant. Gandhi wanted to become a doctor, but his schooling was not very good. He failed at his first attempt of college and returned home. Some thought he should go to Great Britain and study law. At the time, the British ruled India. Going to Great Britain would cost money, but Gandhi did not have any money. His older brother Laxmidas controlled the family’s property due to his father’s death. In order to get money, the family property and Monhandas’ wife’s jewelry would have to be sold. Laxmidas believed in Gandhi and was willing to sell the property. Mondandas’ wife did not want to sell her jewelry. The leaders of his caste did not want him to go. It was against the rules of his caste to take an ocean voyage. They said they would expel him from the caste if he went. This meant that no member of the caste could give him any help.

           Mohandas was a Hindu. The rules of their religion forbid him to eat meat. In high school, Mohandas’ best friend was Muslim. His name was Sheikh Mehtab. Mehtab made fun of the Hindu rules against eating meat. Gandhi wanted to be as a good as the British. Indians were usually smaller and less physically powerful than the British. Many thought this was because the British ate meat. Mehtab encouraged Gandhi to eat meat. He secretly began to eat meat for a year, but he stopped so that his parents would not catch him. While he was at college, he began reading books on being a vegetarian and proudly followed the lifestyle his parents had taught him. He also studied the Bible, the teachings of Buddha, and the words of an Indian poet. The idea of returning love for hatred, and good for evil, fascinated him.

            After graduation from law school, Gandhi struggled as a lawyer in India. In April of 1893, he got a job representing a Muslim trader in South Africa. Many Indians lived in South Africa. While he did legal work, Gandhi discovered that Indians were treated badly by the white South Africans. Just as Gandhi was preparing to leave South Africa for home, he noticed a newspaper article about a proposed law that would take the right to vote away from Indians. Gandhi suggested that the Indians should protest. He decided to remain in South Africa and fight for civil rights for Indians.

            One of the things that the Indians did not like was unfair taxes. The British taxed the land owned by Indians. The British also controlled all the salt which they sold to the Indians at a profit. Protests against British rule increased. The British army was used to break up protests. At one place, the British shot 1,500 Indians, killing 379. Gandhi decided to lead a protest against the salt tax. The idea was for the protesters to collect their own salt. Gandhi began his march to the coast to gather salt with 79 followers. By the time the protests reached the coast, there were 2,500 people with Gandhi. The British had no intention of letting the Indians gather their own salt. The British protected the coast with 400 policemen armed with steel-tipped sticks and 25 men with rifles.

            During the years of protesting British rule in India, Gandhi and some of his followers were put in jail many times.  However, the protests did not stop during the time Gandhi was in prison. In time, almost every Indian living in India was following Gandhi’s lead. In 1942, Gandhi’s work helped reach one of his goals. On August 15, 1947, India gained independence. Gandhi would not be able to enjoy the results of his work for very long. On January 27, 1948, he was shot while going to evening prayer.

               Gandhi’s mission was peace and civil rights. He did not want to be considered a prophet or a philosopher. “There is no such thing as Gandhism,” he warned, “and I do not want to leave any sect after me.” He worked very hard for what he felt was right, but he did it in a way that was non-violent. Gandhi did not think that violence would change the mind of the British. In his footsteps, Nelson Mandela and Marin Luther King, Jr. also fought for civil rights in a non-violent way.

 

 

Processing Questions

 

1.      How are Nelson Mandela and Gandhi alike?

a.      Both wanted to be free from the British

b.      Both believed in peaceful protest

c.       Both wanted to overthrow the government

d.      Both became president of their countries

 

2.      What is civil disobedience?

a.      A peaceful form of political protest

b.      Breaking the laws and causing harm to others

c.       Getting arrested for speaking out against the government

d.      Overthrowing the government

 

3.      Why did Gandhi want India to be free from the British?

a.      He wanted to become president

b.      He wanted to get rid of the caste system

c.       He wanted all citizens to have equal rights

d.      He wanted the Muslims and Hindus to get along

 

Gandhi Sensory Figure

DIRECTIONS: Write 2 sentences for each box from the perspective of Mohandas Gandhi.

I thought....

 

 

I said.....

 

 

I believe....

 

 

I heard....

 

 

I saw.....

 

 

I touched....

 

 

I traveled/walked....

Africa/Indian Test Review - due on 3/17

Africa and India Review Sheet

1      Explain a cause for each of the problems in Africa below…

Famine
Endangered Animals
Desertification
Disease

 

2.  Compare and contrast Apartheid and the Caste System.

                                                    

 

 

 

3.    What is the difference between a limited and unlimited government?

 

 

 

4.    Who is Gandhi, and why is he significant? 

 

 

5.    How did Gandhi believe people should solve conflicts?

 

 

6.    Name 2 other significant leaders who believed in non-violent protest (civil disobedience)

 

7     Why was Gandhi assassinated?

 

 

8     Why did the British colonize India?

 

 

 

9     What do the Vedas and the Bible have in common?

 

 

10   Describe Hinduism.

 

 

11    What is the Caste System?

 

 

12. What is the lowest part of the Caste System called why are they called this?

 

13. Explain reincarnation.

 

 

14. How does geography impact the way people live in India?

 

   

      15.  Explain the meaning of arable land.

 

 

World Cultures 3/16 - 3/20

Activities/Lesson Sequence

Monday

	1. Finish information on Mahandas Ghandi 2. Review assignment issued, is due the next day Tuesday
	1. Review Homework due 2. Africa/Indian Subcontinent Test Wednesday
	1. Taj Mahal Thursday
	1. Call Centers Friday
	1. Call Centers

History of India Homework - issued 3/3, due on 3/5

History of India

 

The culture of India has many layers.  More than 200 languages are spoken in India.  At least 24 of them are spoken by more than a million people.  Each state has its own language, making 16 official languages.  Hindi is the national language, but only 30% of the people speak it.  Tamil, Urdu, and English are important languages too. 

 

Almost 25% of the people in India belong to a large ethnic minority called the Dravidians.  Most other people are descended from the Aryans.  In the north are pockets of people related to the Afghans, Turks, and Moguls of Central Asia.

 

The Dravidians were probably the first settlers in the country now called India.  The Dravidians built a civilization along the Indus River at least 5000 years ago.  Aryan invaders took over some time after 1500 BC.  The Dravidians fled south to the tip of India where their descendents still live today. 

 

The Aryans borrowed some ideas, mixed them with their own, and developed Hinduism.  This complex religion has been at the heart of Indian culture ever since.  The Aryans also brought the Sanskrit language to India.  Most of India’s modern languages come from Sanskrit.  Although no longer spoken, Sanskrit is still taught and read because many Hindu texts are written in this ancient language.

 

Muslims from Central Asia started attacking India around AD 1000.  Previous invaders had melted into Hindu society, but the Muslims wouldn’t mix.  North India became a patchwork of Hindu and Muslim kingdoms.  Then, in the 1500’s, Turko-Mogul warriors conquered most of the subcontinent and started the Mogul empire.  For the next 200 years, Muslim Moguls ruled a mostly Hindu nation.  The great Mogul emperor Akbar tried to combine Hinduism and Islam into one new religion but failed.   Today, Muslims remain a large, separate minority in India. 

 

Muslims did add many features to the culture of India.  Their support made Urdu a major language.  The Taj Mahal, tomb of Mogul queen, is often called the world’s most beautiful building.  The next outsiders to rule India were the British.  Starting in the 1700’s, they added yet another layer to the culture of India.  For example, English is still the language of business throughout the country.  The laws and government of India are modeled on those of Britain.  British sports such as squash and cricket remain popular in India, and thanks to the British, India has the world’s most extensive railroad system. 

 

Guided Reading:

1.  More than ____________________ languages are spoken in India.
2. List 3 languages spoken in India.
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3. The ethnic minority in India is called _______________________________________.
4. List 3 other groups related to people in India.
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5. Why did the Dravidians flee to the southern tip of India?
6. How was Hinduism created?
7. Why is Sanskrit still taught and read?
8. ___________________________________________ invaded India around AD 1000.
9. How were the Muslims different than previous invaders?
10. Were Emperor Akbar’s attempts to combine Hinduism and Islam successful?
11. What is one contribution of the Muslims to the culture of India?
12. What is the Taj Mahal?
13. Why is English the language of business throughout India?
14. The laws and government of India are modeled on those of _________________________.
15. India has the world’s most extensive ____________________________________________.

World Cultures 3/2-3/6

Activities/Lesson Sequence

Monday

	1. Warm Up 2. Quiz 3. TELPAS Tuesday
	1. Warm Up 2. Indian Sub Continent Worksheet 3. Homework issued - History of India Wednesday
	1. Warm Up 2. Introduction and discussion of Hinduism Thursday
	1. Warm  Up 2. Caste System in Indian culture and history 2. Homework due - History of India Friday
	1. Warm Up 2. Mahandas Ghandi Spring Break! Have a good time off, see you on March 16th!