Announcements:

1: Test Retakes-

last day is Friday

Bell Ringer: September (18)19, 2018

Materials:

1: Binder

2: Cornell Notes

3: Article (Class

Set)

4: Mauryan

Empire/Buddhism

Classwork

1. Set up your Cornell notes

2. Across the top of your c-notes, write

today’s lesson topic:

MAURYA INDIA

3. In the “Essential Question” section of

your c-notes, write today’s lesson

objective in the form of a question:

IDENTIFY THE MAJOR CAUSES AND DESCRIBE THE MAJOR EFFECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA

Announcements

1. Test Retakes- last day is Friday

Materials

1. Binder

2. Cornell Notes

3. Article (Class Set)

4. Mauryan Empire/Buddhism Classwork (class set)

Announcements:

1: Test 3/9!

Review is on the

Weebly!

2:

Bell Ringer: Month Date(Date), 2018

Materials:

1: Spiral/blank

sheet of paper

2: Emergence of

Totalitarianism

paper

3: V for Vendetta

Script

1. Set up your Cornell notes

2. Across the top of your c-notes, write

today’s lesson topic:

MAURYA INDIA

3. In the “Essential Question” section

of your c-notes, write today’s lesson

objective in the form of a question:

IDENTIFY THE MAJOR CAUSES AND DESCRIBE THE MAJOREFFECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA

300

BCE

India

Word Wall Vocabulary:

• Buddhism: a philosophy that claims suffering is brought on by selfish desires

• Bureaucracy: system of departments formed to do government work

• Mauryan Empire: empire in classical India which unified north India

Causes of the Development of India

• Chandragupta Maurya, an Indian military leader, gathered an army and killed the king of an area called Magadha

• Chandragupta Maurya fought other generals and created the Mauryan Empire, which brought all of the areas of India together under the same ruler for the first time

Political Influences of India

• Chandragupta Maurya died, and his son took over for 32 years. After Chandragupta Maurya’s son died, Chandragupta Maurya’s grandson, Ashoka, took power in 269 BCE

• At first, Ashoka waged war like his grandfather. After a particularly vicious battle against the neighboring state of Kalinga, Ashoka felt remorse for his actions and converted to Buddhism

Turn and Talk

As you watch the video, be prepared to answer these three questions:

1. How many types of Buddhism are there?

2. How would you describe Siddhartha's childhood?

3. How would you explain the cause of suffering from a Buddhist perspective?

1. How many types of Buddhism are there?

2. How would you describe Siddhartha’s childhood?

3. How would you describe the cause of suffering from a Buddhist perspective?

Turn and Talk

As you watch the video, be prepared to answer these three questions:

1. How many types of Buddhism are there?

2. How would you describe Siddhartha's childhood?

3. How would you explain the cause of suffering from a Buddhist perspective?

ANS: There are three types of Buddhism

Siddhartha was protected from suffering

The cause of suffering is desire

Religious/Philosophical Influences of India: Buddhism

• Buddhism is not a religion, it is a philosophy

• Buddha taught the Four Noble Truths:

1. Life is filled with suffering

2. The cause of suffering is desire

3. The way to end suffering is to end desire

4. The way to overcome desire is to follow the Eightfold Path

• If a person overcame desire, they reached nirvana (enlightenment)

Religious/Philosophical Influences of India: Buddhism

Turn and Talk

Which of the steps in the Eightfold Path would you struggle with the most? Why?

ANS: Answers vary

Guided Practice: Summary

• In the bottom portion of your c-notes, complete a summary over The Mauryan Empire and Buddhism

Remember- the question that you are trying to answer in your summary is the same question that we wrote at the beginning of class: IDENTIFY THE CAUSES AND DESCRIBE THE EFFECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA

• Here are some sentence stems to help you out:The first ruler to unify India was called…His grandson, …, converted to …Buddhism is a …, characterized by …

Fun Fact

• Some Buddhist monks practice sokushinbutsu ("a Buddha in this very body"), which is a type of self-mummification. Between the 12th and early 20th century, monks would eat pine needles, berries, tree bark, resin, and certain herbs to help starve and preserve the body

• The lotus flower is a symbol of Buddhism

• A Vietnamese Buddhist, named Thich Quang Duc, set himself on fire in 1963 to protest the treatment of monks in the country

Guided Practice: Genocide in Myanmar

Turn and Talk

What is happening in Myanmar?

ANS: Myanmar is a country that is mostly Buddhist. A small group of immigrants, called Rohingya Muslims, lives in Myanmar. A Buddhist group (and the Myanmar government) are persecuting the Rohingya Muslims and forcing them to flee the area. The government claims that they are targeting Rohingya terrorists, but many innocent men, women, and children are affected.

Independent Practice: Choose-Your-Own

Option 1• Using your handout of the

Eightfold Path, write a letter to the Myanmar government explaining why Buddhism does or does not support the genocide of Rohingya Muslims

• Use your handout for further instructions

Option 2 • With a partner, use your cell

phone to record a “news cast”

• You and your partner must both appear on video and must both speak

• Use your handout for further instructions

• You must e-mail your news cast to mmccleskey@dallasisd.orgBEFORE the end of class to receive credit

BLANK

SHEET

OF

PAPER

DOL: Self-Rating Scale

A B C D E

E “I understood everything we

talked about in class today!”