Vocabulary - Make a Graphic Organizer that we started in class. Please note that definitions must be taken from a historical dictionary as meanings need to be those as would be used in history. We will be adding to vocabulary every week.
Cavalry
Mandarin
Ethics
Filial Piety
Yin & Yang
Daoism
Confucianism
China
Laozi
Hierarchy
II. Students need a 3-ring binder with binder paper. They can use the same binder, if big enough, that they use for Science and Language Arts, but need to purchase colored dividers clearly marked to show sections.
08/10-8-13 World History Classwork: All about the world's time zones.
Longitudinal - Think "long" - these are the vertical lines, 24 total, that reflect the time zones.
There are 24 time zones on the globe, each represents 1 hour. The graph on page 891 shows clocks and a map. Notice that as you go West, to the left, it gets earlier. Notice that as you go East, to the right, it gets later. Also notice the International Date Line, as you cross the date line, depending on the direction you are going, the date actually changes either forward or backward. For example, you can spend a day, like August 13th, in Japan, get on an airplane, land in Honolulu and it will be August 13th again!
Practicing The Skill, page 891 of World History text. Use the graph to answer the following questions:
1. If it's 3:00 pm in Greenwich, what time is it in Moscow?
2. If it is 9:00 am in Cape Town, what time is it in Washington D.C.?
3. If it is Tuesday, 4:30 pm in Japan, what day and time is it in Honolulu?
4. If it is Friday, 8:15 am in Rio De Janeiro, what day and time is it in Beijing?
Other classroom lesson on what are the meanings of the following terms: Social, Political, Economic, Contemporary, Diverse ?
Social: Interactions with people
Political: Anything having to do with government
Economic: Having to do with money
Contemporary: Now, today, current
Diverse: Differences
gods: Depicted as males
goddesses: Depicted as females
Polytheism: More than one god or goddess
Monotheism: One god
Origins of Hindu India
Hindus communicated their beliefs through poems, tales, songs, art. See painting on page 201, which shows Vishnu, one of the three (3) main gods of Hinduism. What do you notice about the picture?
Hindus have both gods and goddesses, in fact, thousands of them. Vishnu, as seen on page 201 is just one of three (3) main gods/goddesses of Hinduism.
The Aryans invaded the Indus River valley around 1500 B.C.
For several generations they swept through the mountains (Hindu Kush), from the Indus River valley and into northern India. After they conquered the Indus River Valley they area they moved into the Ganges
Plain.
What they brought with them
The Aryans were nomadic herders. Originally, they had no written language as nomads but their spoken language was called Sanskrit. Sanskrit has many of the same root words as English, Spanish, French, and German and the Aryans eventually developed Sanskrit into a written language.
Their priests collected hymns, poems, legends and religious rituals and that was the basis for their holy
books, known as Vedas. The Vedas was also known as "Books of Knowledge." The oldest of these books was called the Rig-Veda and is still used today.
There was a social structure revealed by the Vedas, that told of four main social classes, called varnas.
Class 1: Warriors, known as Kshatriyas
Class 2: Priest, called Brahmans
Class 3: Merchants, artisans and farmers, called Vaisyas
Class 4: Unskilled laborers and servants, called Sudras.
The classes eventually became an Indian caste system of the varnas and jati. If a person was born into a group their group could never be changed. The group determined their lives, who they married, where they could work and who they could be friends with.
Outside of the caste system was a group known as the pariahs. The pariahs did work that was considered
unclean so they were called outcastes and untouchables. They lived outside the villages and were shunned by most other people.
Over centuries, as political and social organizations evolved, the Aryan religion slowly changed into Hinduism. Hinduism became the national religion of India.
Class discussion on the Hindu idea of reincarnation (cycle of rebirth) and karma (what goes around comes around).
Classwork
On page 207 of the WH text, answer section review questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Questions 4 and 5 are
"thinking" questions and you should work with a partner and discuss them.
Rise of Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama, born around 566 B.C., was the founder of Buddhism. Siddhartha Gautama spent
many years seeking the truth through fasting and self-denial and became "enlightened" while meditating under a tree . From that time forward he was known as the "Buddha" or Enlightened One.
Four Noble Truths
Buddha developed a new religious philosophy based on the "Four Noble Truths".
1. All people suffer and know sorrow.
2. People suffer because their desires bind them to the cycle of rebirth.
3. People can end their suffering by eliminating their desires.
4. It is possible to eliminate desires by following "The Eightfold Path"
The Eightfold Path
Buddha told his followers to do eight things:
1. Know the truth
2. Resist evil
3. Say nothing to hurt others
4. Respect life
5. Work for the good of others
6. Free your minds of evil
7. Control your thoughts
8. Practice meditation
Buddha told his followers that if they followed the Eightfold Path they could achieve nirvana, which
is a state of freedom from the cycle of rebirth.
There will be a quiz on the Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path and another quiz on vocabulary.
The Aryans invaded the Indus River valley around 1500 B.C.
For several generations they swept through the mountains (Hindu Kush), from the Indus River valley and into northern India. After they conquered the Indus River Valley they area they moved into the Ganges
Plain.
What they brought with them
The Aryans were nomadic herders. Originally, they had no written language as nomads but their spoken language was called Sanskrit. Sanskrit has many of the same root words as English, Spanish, French, and German and the Aryans eventually developed Sanskrit into a written language.
Their priests collected hymns, poems, legends and religious rituals and that was the basis for their holy
books, known as Vedas. The Vedas was also known as "Books of Knowledge." The oldest of these books was called the Rig-Veda and is still used today.
There was a social structure revealed by the Vedas, that told of four main social classes, called varnas.
Class 1: Warriors, known as Kshatriyas
Class 2: Priest, called Brahmans
Class 3: Merchants, artisans and farmers, called Vaisyas
Class 4: Unskilled laborers and servants, called Sudras.
The classes eventually became an Indian caste system of the varnas and jati. If a person was born into a group their group could never be changed. The group determined their lives, who they married, where they could work and who they could be friends with.
Outside of the caste system was a group known as the pariahs. The pariahs did work that was considered
unclean so they were called outcastes and untouchables. They lived outside the villages and were shunned by most other people.
Over centuries, as political and social organizations evolved, the Aryan religion slowly changed into Hinduism. Hinduism became the national religion of India.
Class discussion on the Hindu idea of reincarnation (cycle of rebirth) and karma (what goes around comes around).
Classwork
On page 207 of the WH text, answer section review questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Questions 4 and 5 are
"thinking" questions and you should work with a partner and discuss them.
Rise of Buddhism
Siddhartha Gautama, born around 566 B.C., was the founder of Buddhism. Siddhartha Gautama spent
many years seeking the truth through fasting and self-denial and became "enlightened" while meditating under a tree . From that time forward he was known as the "Buddha" or Enlightened One.
Four Noble Truths
Buddha developed a new religious philosophy based on the "Four Noble Truths".
1. All people suffer and know sorrow.
2. People suffer because their desires bind them to the cycle of rebirth.
3. People can end their suffering by eliminating their desires.
4. It is possible to eliminate desires by following "The Eightfold Path"
The Eightfold Path
Buddha told his followers to do eight things:
1. Know the truth
2. Resist evil
3. Say nothing to hurt others
4. Respect life
5. Work for the good of others
6. Free your minds of evil
7. Control your thoughts
8. Practice meditation
Buddha told his followers that if they followed the Eightfold Path they could achieve nirvana, which
is a state of freedom from the cycle of rebirth.
There will be a quiz on the Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path and another quiz on vocabulary.
