Friday, April 4, 2014

Indian Subcontinent

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Essential Questions: 
1. How does the geography impact the people of India? (Think: Mountains, Rivers, Monsoons, Climate…) 2. What role did the Aryans play in changing the face of India? (Think: Caste System, Vedas, Cows, Sanskrit, Cultural Diffusion…)
3. Explain how Britain altered India? How might this have led to the Indian search for independence? (Think: Modernizations, Schooling, Sepoy Rebellion, Restrictions…)
4. Describe Gandhi’s philosophy and its impact on Indian Independence. Additionally, describe how 2 earlier Indian leaders influenced Gandhi. (Think: Satyagraha, Boycotts, Salt March, Spinning cloth, Asoka, Akbar…)
5. Explain the controversy over Kashmir. Why do both Pakistan and India want the land? What are the origins of this conflict?
6. Describe the connection between the Indian Caste System and Hinduism by explaining a scenario that begins with the birth of a peasant child.