Sunday, December 11, 2011

Week of December 12, 2011

The interview projects are due tommorrow.
We will be comparing the Civil Rights movement in the US led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the Indian independence movement led by Mondahas K. Gandhi.  Both used civil disobedience and peaceful non violence as a force more powerful than violence.

Homework due Wednesday
3(1) Early Civilizations of India and Pakistan (68-74)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (68)  How have scholars learned about early Indian Civilizations?
Read Map Skills (69) Answer questions 2+3.
Read the biography on page 70. What did Wheeler contribute to archaeology?
Read Remnants of Indus Civ. (71) Draw one of the carved animals.
What is the woman on page 73 practicing? Why do you think this has lasted so long?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

27(3) India Seeks Self-Rule (865-867)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness History (865)  Why were many Indians frustrated?  With whom?
Read The Salt March (866) How do you think Americans would have viewed the British if they
       violently reacted to the Salt March?
Answer the 3 checkpoint questions in complete sentences.


Due Thursday
Read The Mahabharata (75) Answer Thinking Critically question #1.

The first half of 3(2) just the Hinduism part.
3(2) Hinduism and Buddhism (76-78)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history(76) in what ways were religion and society intertwined in ancient India?
Identify and draw the 3 major Hindu gods pictured on page 77.
Answer the two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.


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