January 15
January 20
January 22
January 24
January 28
January 30
February 3
February 11
February 13: Buddhist Mandalas
February 17
Feb 19
Feb 21: UNIT TEST
February 25/26
- Geography, language and the basics of India
- The Harappan Culture
January 20
- The Vedic Era, Caste Systems
January 22
- Hinduism: The Sutra of the Divine
- Video on the Ramayana and Diwali
- Video on how Ganesha got his elephant head
January 24
- The Sutra of Artha
- HOMEWORK: Reconcile the seemingly contradictory concept of Artha with the (moral?) concepts of Dharma and Karma.
- HOMEWORK #2 Make sure you have read the Ramayana and prepared the questions for the lit circle.
January 28
- The Ramayana
- DUE: Ramayana Lit Circle questions.
January 30
- Mauryan Empire: Asoka and his Edicts
February 3
- Mauryan Empire and Hellenism
- work block and check in for projects
- Jainism
February 11
- Buddhism 101
- Crash course on Buddha and Ashoka youtube video
- Youtube Clip: The Ajanta Caves
February 13: Buddhist Mandalas
- Paragraph: write an analysis of the cultural and religious significance of Buddhist Mandalas.
February 17
- Mughal Empire part 1: Islam 101
Feb 19
- Mughal Empire part 2
- Crash course on Islam youtube clip
Feb 21: UNIT TEST
- Crash course on the History of the Indus Valley Civilization youtube video
- Essay portion of the test. you may only use the outline if you hand it into me on Wednesday the 19th.
February 25/26
- Movie Screening: Water (dr. D. Mehta)
- Extra Credit assignment for Term 3: Write a reflection and analysis of the movie Water. What did you see in the movie that we learned in class? was it accurate?