CPWC Day 63 - History of South Asia

Purpose:  Define South Asia as a cultural region.  Explain the significance of select events in South Asian history.

Pd. 6-9 Task:  Good morning!  When you arrive to class please open up your South Asia map.   You'll spend the first portion of class completing a map check.  Then, we'll finish our notes on the history of South Asia.  We'll also examine the evolution of Gandhi's image.

Homework:

• Thursday, December 8 - Unit 6 reading quiz
• Friday, December 9 - Partition of India due in class
• Thursday, December 15 - Unit 6 Test

For Further Consideration:

 

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

Humanitarian motives are based on kindness and concern for others. What humanitarian motives came to influence the British government in its attitude to India?

Give examples of ways in which contact with Indian society influenced the British.

Why did the British become increasingly arrogant towards Indians?