Week of Nov. 9

Veterans day is Wednesday, remember the sacrifices of those who served our nation and thank a Veteran.

Gandhi cited 7 Social Sins afflicting western culture. Choose three of the following and explain why you agree or disagree with Gandhi's observation. Give examples of how Gandhi lived these words. Would Gandhi be happy or unhappy with western life today?
Explain your answer

1. Wealth without Work
2. Pleasure without Conscience
3. Science without Humanity
4. Knowledge without Character
5. Politics without Principle
6. Commerce without Morality
7. Worship without SacrificeThe 14th Dalai Lama wrote: 

The Paradox of Our Age 

We have bigger houses but smaller families;

more conveniences, but less time;

We have more degrees, but less sense;

more knowledge, but less judgement;

more experts, but more problems;

more medicines, but less healthiness;

We've been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.

We built more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever,
but have less communication;

We have become long on quantity, but short on quality.

There are times of fast foods, but slow digestion;

Tall man, but short character;

Steep profits, but shallow relationships.

It's a time when there is much in the window, but nothing in the room.

How does this poem compare to Gandhi's Seven Blunders of the Western World? 

Identify three of the Dalai Lama's statements and explain how you agree or disagree.

Book work due next week

3(4) Rise of Civilization in China (92-100) 
Choose 5 and Identify the terms, people, and places (p.92)
Outline the Mandate of Heaven, listed as the Dynastic Cycle on page 95.
Read the Biography of Confucius on page 97. Why do you think Confucianism lasts to today?
Draw the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98. 
Read the secrets of making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1. 

Answer four of the six checkpoint questions in complete sentences

3(5) Strong Rulers Unite China (101-107)
Identify the terms, people and places
What did Shi Huandi do to the scholars in the picture on 102?
Look at the map skills on page 103, answer questions #2 and #3.
Look at the map on 105, list 7 cities were connected by the Silk Road. What was the key Chinese product traded on the Silk Road? 
What Chinese treatment is pictured on page 106. 
Look at the picture on 107, what is a bodhisattva and what is their purpose?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences