Chapter 13 – Geography and the Early Settlement of India (123-131)
November 23-25, 2009 (Thanksgiving Week) and November 30-December 04
CA Content Standards:
6.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the early civilizations of India.
6.5.1 Locate and describe the major river system and discuss the physical setting that supported the rise of this civilization.
Overview
-Students learn how the geography of the Indian subcontinent influenced the migration of early settlers to India.
-Students first read about and map important physiographic features of the Indian subcontinent, such as the Indus River and the Himalaya Mountains.
-They analyze the influence of the features on food supply and trade and then predict the location of the earliest settlements in ancient India.
Objectives
• identify and locate eight key physical features of the Indian subcontinent, including the major river systems.
• analyze how the physical setting contributed to the location and rise of civilizations in India.
• identify locations of human settlement in India circa 2500 B.C.E.
Learning Projects
1. Reading Outlines-
This project engages the students into reading the learning content, synthesizing and
writing summaries of the data…
2. Workbook Pages-
This project engages the students to form/state opinions and summaries of the content
data, and understand the geography connection to studying history.
3. Chapter Study Guide-
The final project to engage the students into reading, summarizing, and synthesizing the
learning content. This guide challenges them to draw conclusions, deductions and
predictions.
4. GRAPES paper-
Geography – Religion – Achievements – Politics – Economics – Society
This project engages the students into discovering about a given people by learning about
the 6 key areas of their culture and history.
Learning Projects Schedule and Score
Date / Assignment / Points / ScoreMon 11-23-09 / Reading Outline / 12
Tue 11-24-09 / Workbook –Geography Challenge 3 (90-91) / 4
Wed 11-25-09 / Workbook- (94-95)
Thu 11-26-09
Fri 11-27-09 / Thanksgiving Holidays
/ XXX
Mon 11-30-09 / Study Guide / 4
Tue 12-01-09 / GRAPES paper
Wed 12-02-09 / Grapes paper
Thu 12-03-09 / Grapes Paper / 7
Fri 12-04-09 / TEST
Chapter 13 – Workbook Geography Challenge 3 Questions
Ancient India Question 1
Which bodies of water surround India? Label them on the map.
Ancient India Question 2
What continent is India connected to? Label it on your map.
Why do you think India is called a subcontinent?
Ancient India Question 3
The arrows on the map show the spread of Buddhism. To what areas had it spread by
600 C.E.? Label them.
Choose a new color, and shade the areas that were mostly Buddhist.
Use another to shade those that eventually became Buddhist.
Enter the two colors in a key for your map.
Ancient India Question 4
What is the dominant religion in India?
Label India. Choose a new color, and shade the area that represents that religion.
Enter the color in a key for your map.
Ancient India Question 5
What countries are to the west of India?
Draw and label a compass rose on your map. Label any country west of India.
Ancient India Question 6
Over what distance did Buddhism spread from east to west?
Draw and label a scale of miles on your map.
Ancient India Question 7
In what country was the Buddha born? Label his birthplace on your map.
Ancient India Question 8
What main idea does this map convey?
(Hint: Use the words in the map key to help you explain.)
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Chapter 13 – Geography and the Early Settlement of India (123-131)
November 23-25, 2009 Thanksgiving Week
GRAPES Paper (Template)
Geography
1. Describe the physical features of the land.
2. How does the physical features of the land effect how the people live?
3. What are some advantages of the physical geography?
4. What are some disadvantages of the physical geography?
5. Where exactly is this place located ?
Religion
1. What do these people consider as their religion?
2. Why do you think their religion is important?
3. Do you think this practice of religion makes sense to continue today?
Achievements
1. What are their major achievements?
2. What are their smaller achievements?
3. What achievements still exist today ?
Politics
1. What kind of government was formed?
2. How did the government make laws for the people?
3. How did the people like the laws?
4. What could the people do if they didn’t like the laws?
Economy
1. Did they have a money system?
2. How did they measure wealth?
3. What was the main source of wealth?
Society
1. How many classes of people were there?
2. Were there slaves? Why?
3. Could a poor person become rich?
4. Could different classes of people mix?
5. What was the role of women in the society? Explain
6. Were women able to become leaders? explain