1. Hello Scholars! Table of the Week: Pass out Field Notes
Get your completed Hinduism Worksheet out of your Field Notes.
You need a sheet of notebook paper and a trusty writing utensil.

2. Essential Question
How did Hinduism affect India?

3. Expectations for Studying Religion
You don’t have to agree with everything you hear, but you do have to try to understand other religions.
Be respectful toward other beliefs and customs.
Share your knowledge.

4. Polytheism
Poly = many
Theism = belief in god
Poly + theism = belief that there are many gods

5. Hinduism is Very Old! Maybe started 3,000 BCE.
The Rig Vedas were written around BCE.
Language was ancient Sanskrit.

6. Review: Brahman A supreme power or divine force

7. Shiva Ganesh Vishnu Brahman Belief in Deities Hanuman? The Creator
Brings good luck
Shiva
The Destroyer
Vishnu
The Protector
Brahman
The Creator
Hanuman?
Epic hero

8. Even the Deities Have Deities
Krishna
One of the faces of Vishnu.
The god of compassion, tenderness, and love.

9. Review: Dharma To perform your duties and live as you should
Review: Dharma To perform your duties and live as you should. (Be kind, always.) Varna Dharma is the way of one’s kind. (Be a good middle school student.)

10. Review: Karma Universal force in nature.
People who do good deeds receive good rewards.

11. Review: Samsara (Reincarnation)
People are reborn after they die.
Life is an endless cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth.

12. Karma affects Samsara
After each life, a soul moves up or down depending on how the person lived his/her life.
Living a good life gives someone higher status in his/her next life so they move into a higher caste.

13. Directions
On the first line of the upper left hand side, write a proper heading.
First and Last Name
World History, 6-(period #)
March 8, 2019
Title it Hinduism Notes

14. Directions for Notes Draw a person on the left side of the page.
Leave room on the right side of the page for notes.

15. The Hindu Caste System Brahmans = priests
Purusha was a cosmic man who was sarcrificed to create all life. His body was torn into pieces to create the human race. This created a social structure in Hindu society.
Kshatriya = warriors
Vaishya = merchants
Shudra = peasants
Dalits = untouchables

16. Symbol = Om (aum) the divine sound
Follow Up
Symbol = Om (aum) the divine sound

17. Follow Up
Some Hindu’s wear white lines called Tilaka to show who they follow: V shape = Vishnu 3 lines = Shiva
Red dot on forehead is called a bindi. It is worn for many reasons, such as showing the “seat of reason” in the body.

18. Swastika in Hinduism
The symbol was used in India for thousands of years before the Nazis started using it.
Symbol that protects against evil.

19. Holi starts March 20! Images are from a celebration in Redmond, Washington.
Holi Festival of Color!! Redmond celebrates the arrival of Spring #komonews
A Hindu spring festival also known as the "festival of colors" or the "festival of love". The festival signifies the victory of good over evil, the arrival of spring, end of winter, and for many a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. It is also celebrated as a thanksgiving for a good harvest.

20. Video Directions
As you watch the video, add notes about Hinduism that you find interesting.
Make sure to include holidays and festivals.
Use the back side only.

21. Clean Up Time Thank you = धन्यवाद Put your notes in your Field Notes.
Table of the Week:
Collect Field Notes.
Collect Responsible Scholar.
Meet me at the back of the room.
Thank you = धन्यवाद

22. Homeroom
Stand at your table and be ready for attendance before we go to the assembly.

23. Homeroom Get your SLC Portfolio. Add any examples that you want.
Finish script.
Practice.
Whisper-ma-phones are tools, not toys.