India’s Timeline
Draw 5 pictures in the five boxes of
events/figures related to the timeline.
2500 BC
Dravidian civilization
1500 BC
Aryans invade India and conquered the Dravidians
1400 BC
The Vedas, the Hindu scripture, was written
518 BC
Persians conquered Pakistan
500 BC
Buddhism was founded in India by Siddhartha Gautama
326 BC
Alexander the Great moved into India
324 BC
The Mauryan Empire was established by Chandragupta Maurya including Afghanistan and parts of
central Asia; the Empire lasts until 185BC
272 BC
Ashoka, the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya, becomes the emperor of India
320
The Gupta Indian dynasty reunited northern India initiating the "golden Age" of India
700s
Muslim armies from Arabia invade India
1500s
Christianity was introduced to India by the Europeans
and in the early 1500s Sikhism was founded by Nana
1526
Babur established the Mughal Empire
1628
Shah Jahan, the ruler of the Mughal Empire, builds the Taj Mahal
1857
The Sepoy Rebellion
1920
Mohandas Gandhi became the leader of the Indian independence
movement and the Indian National Congress
1946
The British government agreed to grant India independence
1947
British and Indian leaders agreed to divide the country into India and Pakistan
15 August 1947 India became independent
1948
30 January: Gandhi was assassinated
1950
26 January: A new Indian Constitution was ratified and Jawaharlal Nehru became
the Indian first prime minister
Map of World Hot Spots
Directions: A “hot spot” is a region in the world where there has been a recent revolutionary
transformation due to unusual violence. Label and shade in the following countries that have
been “hot spots” in the last seventy years.
South Africa
India
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Pakistan
Israel
Cuba
Afghanistan
Algeria
Bosnia-Herzegovinia
Gandhi Questions
Directions: Please answer in complete sentences, after watching the movie clips in class.
1. Why was Gandhi thrown off the train?
2. Why did burn his ticket?
3. What does he recommend in his speech to other Indians?
4. What does he say the angry man can do in order to go to heaven?
5. What caused Gandhi’s death?
Name:_________________________ Date:_____________________ Period:__________
South African Vocabulary
S. African laws that
separated races
into geographic
areas
APARTHEID
Sentence
Synonym
All legal papers an adult
black citizen had to
have at all times in
order not go to jail in
South Africa .
under apartheid
.
Synonym
Picture
Sentence
Picture
a white native of Cape
Province who is a
descendant of Dutch
settlers and who
speaks Afrikaans
.
Meaning AFRIKAANER Synonym
Sentence
nonviolent action or
opposition to authority,
often in accord with
religious or moral
beliefs
PASSIVE
RESISTANCE
Sentence
Afrikaner (white) party
for apartheid that
wanted things to be
separate between all
the races
NATIONAL
PARTY
Sentence
Picture
PASS BOOK
African National
Congress, that fought
against Apartheid
Meaning
ANC
Sentence
Synonym
Picture
1976 - a group of towns
where young people
marched around and
rioted. Hundreds died.
Synonym
Meaning
Picture
Sentence
SOWETO
Synonym
Picture
a group's refusal to buy
or sell with
organizations to
protest its policies
Synonym
Meaning
Picture
Sentence
BOYCOTT
Synonym
Picture
Directions: Use your observational and math
skills to answer these questions:
1) For what was Mandela sent to prison?
2) How many years was Nelson Mandela
incarcerated (in prison)?
3) How many years ago has it been since South
Africa had its first democratic election?
4) What disease has infected almost 1 out of 5
South Africans?
5) According to the pie chart, about how many
blacks are there for every 1 white in South Africa?
6) What are the capital cities of South Africa?
7) What organization was banned 48 years after
it had been founded?
Bonus Question: Using the population of South Africa
and the percentages in the pie chart, what is the
approximate number of white South Africans?
Be the Change by MC Yogi
1st verse: Once upon a time not long ago / there was a boy who would grow & become a great soul / he lived in India
and his name was Gandhi / he believed in human rights & he felt so strongly / that he made a vow to train himself /
because he realized first he’d have to change himself / he changed his clothes & decided to walk / some days he
practiced silence and refused to talk / when he was young he studied to be a lawyer / and then he became a great
spiritual warrior / he read from the scriptures of every religion / came to the realization that we’re all God’s children
/ because he understood that we’re all equal / he became a spokesman for the people / a karma yogi devoted to
service to spread truth & peace was his purpose
Chorus: Be the change that you wanna see / in the world, just like Gandhi
2nd verse: Gandhi dedicated his life to the cause / even when it meant breaking unjust laws he often faced prison and
incarceration / but that only strengthened his determination he said he would make every sacrifice / but that he would
never kill or take a life he used his heart instead of his fist / and he taught non-violence as the way to resist a peaceful
soldier who used his mind / to fight for the rights of human kind but not just people, animals too / and his basic teaching
“God is Truth” / he joined Muslims, Sikhs, & Hindus / Christians, Buddhists, Jains, and Jews / all the many paths that
lead into / the light that shines bright inside of me and you
3rd verse: “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” / and it takes more strength and faith to be kind / with that
in mind Gandhi took a stand / against the foreign occupation of his land / when things got violent Gandhi would fast /
not eating for days until the riots would pass / but the biggest event that made the British halt / is when Gandhi-ji
decided to harvest salt / the British empire installed a salt tax / and stealing salt was an unlawful act / so Gandhi and his
peeps, took the streets / ten thousand deep they marched to the beach / but when they arrived they were beaten with
clubs / but they didn’t fight back instead they chose love / the British military realized they were wrong / and eventually
decided to go back home / you see, Gandhi-ji was a very great leader / but before all that he was shy & meager /as a
young child he was just like you and me / before he became Mahatma Gandhi / the word “Mahatma” it means great
soul / and its inside of us just waiting to unfold / if you follow your heart and act real bold / next time it’ll be your story
that’s told!
Questions on Apartheid:
1.
Why was Apartheid undemocratic?
2. How was Apartheid finally repealed?
3. Why is April 27th celebrated as Freedom Day in South Africa?