CPWC6-9 Day 59 - History of South Asia

Objective:  Identify unique cultural, historical, and geographic features of South Asia.

Task:  Good morning!  When you arrive to class, please open up your CPWC Chronology sheet.  We'll spend the first portion of class exploring the early history of South Asia with lecture and videos.  Finally, you'll use the last portion of class to finish the South Asia Investigation.

Homework:

• Friday, December 4 - Unit 6 reading quiz
• Monday, December 7 - South Asia Investigation due in class (links at CPWC Day 54 -AND- Schoology)
• Friday, December 11 - Unit 6 test

For Further Consideration:

 Indus Valley Civilization

 
  

 

The British East India Company (University of Air, 1965) 

1. What were the main interests of the East India Company in the 18th and 19th centuries?
2. Humanitarian motives are based on kindness and concern for others. What humanitarian motives came to influence the British government in its attitude to India?
3. Give examples of ways in which contact with Indian society influenced the British.
4. Why did the British become increasingly arrogant towards Indians?