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K-12 Curriculum Resources
Educational Resources
Given below are some lessons on South Asia, on topics related to society, culture, religion, politics and arts. Many of these lessons can be used in more than one kind of class.
- Womens's Rights
- Shah Bano's Case: women's rights and the conflict between "personal law" and invidiual rights.
- Marriage
- Religion
- Sacred Places: a lesson plan on sacred places in India.
- Divinities: a lesson plan about some Hindu divinities and the mythology surrounding them.
- Vishnu's Avatars: a lesson plan covering Vishnu's 10 avatars; includes dance clips.
- Akbar: a lesson plan about Akbar's Divine Faith and his tolerance towards various faiths.
- The Noble Eightfold Path: a lesson plan about the Buddha's life and doctrine.
- Puja: a lesson plan about Puja.
- Education
- Education: a lesson plan for the investigation of the state of education in India.
- Literature and Language
- Tradition and Modernity: a lesson plan about the conflict between tradition and modernity and intergenerational conflicts.
- Ten Rupee Note: a lesson plan about essential features of India that show through the design of its currency.
- Ramayana: resources about the epic.
- Ramayana: short and long versions of the story and resources.
- Vocabulary Exchange: looks at Anglo-Indian words and words of Indian origin in the English language
- A poem about India: allows students to look at impressionist poetry
- Indus Valley Civilization
- Afghanistan
- Geography
- Mission Possible: a game designed to teach South Asian and Central Asian geography to students.
- Label the Map of India: students are called upon to label a map of India with correct name of geographical features.
- Lesson Plan Collections
- AskAsia: has links to lesson plans that can be used for Geography, World Cultures, World History, Literature, Language Arts and Social Studies.
- Kids for Tigers: lessons centering around the Tiger in India; some lessons use the Tiger as a starting point to talk about mathematics or politics, for instance.
- India
- Introduction to India: a lesson plan covering the sounds and food of India and the clothing customs in India.
- India Picture Questions: lessons about India organized around photos of Indian scenes.
- Demographics: a lesson about the interpretation of demographic data based on Indian demographics.
- Virtual Village: a site recreating an Indian village on the web.
- Karimpur: a site about a North Indian village.
- Understanding India through Monsoons
- Access Asia has several lesson plans which can be used in different grades for different subjects. Lessons revolve around,
- Indian Folktales,
- Indian Population (Crowded India),
- Roles and Rights of an Indian boy (Sanjeets' Day),
- Historical Context of Taj Mahal (Magnificent Mughals),
- Indian Textiles from a historical perspective (Threads of Time),
-Contributions of Gandhi, Jinnah and Nehru and current political trends
(Spinning a Nation),
- Study of Indian diamond mines and the effects of liberalisation on India (Facets of Power),
- Various issues ranging from saving the tiger, preserving the Taj Mahal, urbanization, and maintaining water supply (Saving the Symbols),
- Pottery Bussiness in India,
- Middle class teenagers in India,
- Family life, Role of Women and Hindi movie industry (Family and Fairytales)
- Philosophy
- Gandhi: lesson plan based on Richard
Attenborough's movie about Gandhi.
- Art
- Arts of India: lesson plans on Indian culture centered around artworks; adapted to different grades.
- Art of India (has several lessons and art related information)
- Royal Painting Workshop: a lesson plan centered on art in Akbar's time.
- Rajasthani Puppets: discusses the artistic aspects of the Rajasthani Puppets.
- How to wear a Sari: step by step instructions.
- NavRang: Amar Chitra Katha: NavRang sells the Amar Chitra Katha illustrated stories. The series features adaptations of Indian Epics and mythological stories and has titles about Indian history. (As of 06/11/2004, this site is more useful than Amar Chitra Katha's own site.)
South Asia Related Information
- Politics
- Art
- South Asian Countries
- Curriculum Resources
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South Asia Center, University
of Pennsylvania
820 Williams Hall, 36th and Spruce Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305
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