HWC Day 60 - History of South Asia

Purpose:  Identify unique characteristics of the religions of South Asia.  Describe the significance of select events in the history of South Asia.

Task: Happy Friday!  To begin class, get out a white board and draw an explanation of the relationship between moksha, samsara, caste, dharma, & karma.  After a brief review, we'll finish the religions presentations.  Finally, we'll spend the remainder of class discussing the history of South Asia.

Homework:

• TODAY - "The Partition of India, 1947 - Background Essay" reflection due on Schoology before class
• Monday, December 5 - Sri Lanka Case Study due BEFORE class
• Wednesday, December 7 - Outline due in GoogleDocs by 3:00 pm (Be sure to give your peer reviewer and Mrs. Friday the ability to comment)
• Thursday, December 8 - "India's New Economy"  due in class
• Friday, December 9 - Peer review due on outline by 3:00 pm
• Friday, December 9 - Unit 6 PDP due on class blog
• Monday, December 12 - Fishbowl discussions - "India Changes Course" & "The Struggle for Women's Empowerment in India"
• Tuesday, December 13 - Unit 6 PDC due on class blog
• Thursday, December 15 - First draft due in GoogleDocs by7:30 am (Be sure to give your peer reviewer and Mrs. Friday the ability to edit)
• Friday, December 16 - Unit 6 Test
• Friday, December 16 - Unit 6 SJS due on class blog
• Friday, December 16 - Peer review of first draft due by 3:00 pm
• Friday, December 16 - Unit 6 SJS due on class blog
• Thursday, December 22 - Final draft due by 3:00 pm (Must be submitted as a PDF to Schoology dropbox)

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?