1. Focus Activity: Homework:
Unit: World Religions
Unit Question: How do belief systems impact the development of culture?
Focus Question: How did Hinduism create structure in Indian society?
Monday, September 16th, 2019
 Happy National Play-Doh Day! 
Reminders:
MP 1 Project due Wednesday, 9/25
Focus Activity:
Turn to page 17
Homework:
Work on MP 1 project

2. Summary Questions:
1. This philosophy stressed the importance of education, and that rulers should set a good example for their subjects.
Confucianism
2. This philosophy stressed the yin and yang, and a natural harmony with nature.
Daoism
3. This philosophy believes men are evil and selfish.
Legalism

3. 1) You know that you are failing a class
1) You know that you are failing a class. You know that you will be in trouble when your parents find out. How do you handle the situation? 2) Your older brother or sister is cheating on tests. How should you act? 3) You see an opportunity to take something that you have really wanted without being caught. How should you act? 4) Your friends started smoking and are trying to get you to start. How do you handle the situation? 5) While you are supposed to be watching your younger sibling you are instead horsing around with friends in your house- friends who are not supposed to be over when your parents aren’t home. Your mother’s very expensive vase breaks while you are playing with friends. What do you tell your parents?

4. Aim: How does Hinduism create structure in Indian society
Aim: How does Hinduism create structure in Indian society? Task: Predict some of the characteristics of Hinduism.
Approximately 1 billion followers.
3rd largest religion in the world behind Christianity and Islam

6. Caste determined by birth
The Caste System
Caste determined by birth
Rules governed every aspect of life
What jobs people could work;
How people could live;
Who people could marry;
Where people could live;
With whom and how people could interact.
One could strive to be in a higher caste in their next life
Even though it has inequalities, it helped keep social order.
Gave people a sense of identity

7. India’s “Caste System”
Top: Brahmins
Bottom: Dalits
Is India's Caste System Still Alive?
India's Untouchables

9. Practice your DHARMA to achieve good KARMA
Religious and moral duties of an individual
KARMA
Your behavior affects placement in afterlife
Moksha: Union with Brahma (the creator) and freedom of the endless cycle of birth and rebirth, into a state of permanent bliss.

10. What DHARMA should you practice to have good KARMA?
Follow the responsibilities of your caste!

11. Indian Caste System vs. 5 Key Relationships
What’s similar?
What’s different?
What did the Indians value?
What did the Chinese value?
WHY?
Confucius’ 5 Basic Relationships:
Ruler and subject
Father and son
Husband and wife
Older brother and younger brother
Friend and friend.

12. What are the essential teachings of Hinduism?
Origins: No single founder. Developed from overlapping beliefs of people who settled there.
This leaves Hinduism beliefs and practices open to change and many diverse interpretations.
Sacred Texts: Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita
The Vedas guide Hindus in their daily life. These are the oldest scriptures of Hinduism.
The Upanishads consider the nature of the individual soul and the universal soul. They also contain the earliest reference to reincarnation. Have been passed down through oral traditions for thousands of years.
Interactions with gods and goddess helped to gain support for authority and government.

13. Hinduism places a greater emphasis on conduct than belief.
Major Gods
Shiva
(the destroyer)
Vishnu
(the preserver)
Brahma
(the creator)
Some Hindus believe all other gods and goddesses are just Brahma in alternate forms. Variations in interpretations are widely accepted because…
Hinduism places a greater emphasis on conduct than belief.