Geography
6.G.1.2
6.G.1.3 / Social
6.C.1.3
6.H.2.1 / Political
6.C&G.1.3
6.G.2.1 / Religion
6.C.1.2
6.H.2.2 / Intellect
6.C.1.1
6.H.2.4 / Technology
6.H.2.3
6.G.1.4 / Economy
6.E.1.1
6.E.1.2
Questions:
  1. How did trade differentiate when comparing Mesopotamia to India and show evidence of your findings?
  2. Construct a map that demonstrates the migration pattern of the Aryan civilization.
  3. Sketch a pattern map of the winds during monsoon season to demonstrate trade among the Indians and the Egyptians.
  4. Construct an argument as to why the Himalayas protected India from invasion.
/ Questions:
  1. Distinguish the differences between the levels of the caste systems.
  2. Examine the role that Aryans played in regards to the caste system.
  3. Formulate a theory as to why the Aryan migration took place.
  4. Compare the Aryan migration to the nomadic migrations in early history.
/ Question:
  1. Evaluate the requirements of the Indian caste system.
  2. Assemble a list of the responsibilities of the individuals in the caste system.
  3. Distinguish the role that the Indus River Valley had in comparison to Mesopotamia’s Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
  4. Select a primary or secondary resource to explain how the geography of India protected it from outside civilizations.
/ Question:
  1. Evaluate if Hinduism transformed Indian civilization.
  2. Demonstrate the practices/rituals of Hinduism and Buddhism.
  3. Compare and contrast the spread of Buddhism between China and Southeast Asia.
  4. Criticize or defend the religious systems of ancient India in comparison to the USA today.
/ Question:
  1. Explain the origins of Diwali and design a model of your understanding of Diwali art.
  2. Assemble a collage that represents similarities of architecture in ancient India to that of gothic style art of the middle ages.
  3. Write from the perspective in first person why you are as Asoka, famous for specific contributions and if your contributions influenced Indian society.
  4. Distinguish the differences between Asoka and Gupta.
/ Question:
  1. Create a product that was a technological advancement in India.
  2. Design a digital model demonstrating one aspect of Indian culture.
  3. Assemble an iron plow by first researching its uses, writing the steps down, and creating a replica of it.
  4. Create a model of the Harappa and/or Mohenjo-Daro dwelling.
/ Question:
  1. Design a
PPT. explaining the decline of the Indus Valley civilization
  1. Compare the quality of life in India to the quality of life in Egypt.
  2. Create a talk show that talks about the unequal distribution of wealth from one the top and one at the bottom of the caste system.
  3. Assemble a travel brochure that explains locations of where you would visit based on the caste system.

dsThe following are extra platforms that you may utilize to further enhance your research from the above listed strategies. Build a model, role playing, scavenger hunt, newspaper, website, social webpages, flip grid, art gallery, google classroom, sculptures, book of maps, brochure, comic strip, children’s book, padlet, lesson plans, game