1. Have vocab cards from Friday on your desk. 2. Define the following vocabulary words on your index cards: - Buddhism- Four Noble Truths - Eightfold Path- Nirvana - Middle Way- Dynastic Cycle - Mandate of Heaven

 Travel around the room to the different stations.  At each station, read about a component of Ancient Egypt. Take notes (Bullet points!!) in the appropriate section of your brochure.  Include a visual for each section.  This will be graded!

 Indus River: flows across NW of Indian subcontinent  Three Major Geographic Zones ◦ Northern Mountains ◦ Southern Deccan Plateau ◦ Northern Plains  Heavy rains carried by monsoons ◦ Seasonal winds ◦ Indians depended on them for crops

 Civilizations arose around 2500 B.C.E.  Well planned and carefully laid out ◦ Roads on a grid ◦ Sewage systems  Citadel: fortress that enclosed important buildings  Economy focused on agriculture and trade  Began to decline around 2000 BC

Name Date 1. From what river did India get its name? 2. What is the term for the weather system that brings India heavy rains in the summer and cold, dry weather in the winter? 3. List one accomplishment of the Indus River Civilization.

 Aryans (noble) took over after 2000  Uncertain whether they developed in India or moved from Europe  Vedas: sacred writing detailing history and society

 Settled in groups under leaders known as rajas ◦ War leader responsible for protecting people  Society divided into four social classes called varnas ◦ Eventually divided further into castes  Prayed to eternal spirit (Indra) ◦ Worshiped through fire sacrifices and hymns

 One of oldest world religions, still practiced  No founder

 Brahman: eternal being that created and preserves the world ◦ Human mind incapable of comprehending b/c people themselves are aspects ◦ Devas: various manifestations of Brahman  Believe in continual pattern of birth, death, and rebirth ◦ Reincarnation ◦ New life determined by karma ◦ Moksha: escape from cycle of rebirth  Done through completing dharma  Spiritual responsibilities

 Many texts sorted into one of three categories ◦ Vedas ◦ Writings inspired by Vedas ◦ Sacred epics  Religious practices vary ◦ Meditation ◦ Yoga

 Group of Hindus broke away in 500 B.C.E.  Thought Hindus put too much emphasis on rituals  Gave up worldly possessions to achieve moksha  Believed strongly in nonviolence ◦ Ahimsa ◦ Practiced by Hindus but not as strictly  Told truth and avoided stealing  Don’t harm animals

 Using pg. 102, create a Venn Diagram (Double-Bubble Map) comparing/contrasting Jainism & Hinduism.

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 Read the primary source aloud with a partner.  Verily – truly; certainly  Censurable – deserving punishment  Resplendent – attractive and impressive  Divinities of good luck – things derived from luck  After you read, answer the following questions in your notebook: 1. According to the Sacred Law, what was the highest dharma, or morality, of all four Hindu classes? 2. According to the Sacred Law, what were suitable tasks for a Hindu woman? 3. How is this excerpt contradictory in the way it views Hindu women?

 Groups of 6  Read the passages from the textbook  Discuss with your group.  Answer the questions in your notebook with your expert group  Prepare a visual (one per person, but they can be the same!)  Later, you will get into a new group, and you will teach the others about your topic.