Welcome! Unit 6 Lesson 7
The Hindu View
 Question
Materials for today:
• The OLS
• Textbook pages
184-189
• Student Pages 159160 and 180
of the Day?
True
or False
The Caste system allows
individuals to move up on
the pyramid if they get a
good paying job.
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YOUR TODAY’S ARE LIMITED!
WHAT YOU MAKE OF TODAY IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU TRADE
A DAY OF YOUR LIFE FOR IT!
THE KEY TO EVERYDAY IS TO
IMPROVE – IT IS NEVER TOO LATE
MAKE YOURSELF A BETTER
STUDENT!
-READ
-WRITE NOTES
-WORK TOGETHER
-TALK IN CHAT
-WRITE ON THE BOARD!
Student Expectations…
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I will demonstrate respect for my classmates and
teachers.
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1. Objectives and
Standards! What is
our essential
Question
2. OLS
Introduction
and discussion
on gods
3. The Sacred
Ganges!
4. Religion Profile
on Hinduism
5. What’s next?!
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Students will discuss
the role of Hindu gods
in everyday life of the
Indian People
Students will review
the beliefs of the
Hindu Religion.
•8.4.7.B: Explain the importance of
historical documents, artifacts, and
sites which are critical to world
history.
8.4.7.C: Differentiate how
continuity and change have
impacted world history. (Belief
systems and religions)
How do the Hindus belief in gods relate to their
beliefs about the landscape around them?
Hindu Deities (gods)
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There were three main
gods
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There were thousands of
other Hindu gods and
goddesses.
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They could take human
form and teach people
lessons.
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The lessons of the gods
almost always stressed the
virtue of adhering to duty.
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Gods on the Ganges
•
Three main gods became popular over
the first millennium BC. Their names were:
1.
2.
3.
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Brahma
• The Father
from which
all human
descendant
s come
from.
• The Lord of
Speech and
Sound.
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Shiva
Often pictured
dancing in a
ring of fire; god
of destruction
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Vishnu
Pictured as the
blue-skinned
preserver of the
world
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CONNECT THE DOTS!
What is the
word? What
was it?
Which god did of the Hindu
Religion did the Indian
people believe was the
Father of all People?
A) Brahma
B) Shiva
C) Vishnu
The Sacred Ganges River
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As more Aryan people
gathered near the Ganges
river, they began to consider
the river as sacred.
According to Hindu tradition,
the Ganges flows down from
the hair of the god Shiva.
They believe they can be
purified by bathing in the
water of the Ganges river.
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Starts in the Himalaya
Mountains and flows
into the Bay of Bengal
Some homes along
the River
PIT STOP 2
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•
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER
POLYTHEISTIC GODS WE
HAVE DISCUSSED THIS
YEAR?
HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT
MONOTHEISM YET?
HINDUISM IN A
NUTSHELL
 Founder?

No particular person;
emerged from a mixture
of beliefs of the Aryans
and people of the Indus
Valley
 When

was it founded?
Between 3rd millennium
BC and 1200BC
HINDUISM IN A NUTSHELL
 Beliefs?
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One universal essence
Three main gods
Thousands of other
Hindu gods and
goddesses
When the body dies, the
self is reborn
(reincarnation)
HINDUISM IN A NUTSHELL
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Sacred Texts?
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The Vedas
The Upanishads
The Ramayana
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Geographic region of the
world?
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Story pg. 185 in textbook!
South Asia
Number of followers in
the world today?
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800 to 900 million
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UNIT 6 LESSON 7
Tonight:
Finish the OLS Lesson 7
assessment
For Wednesday:
Please read pages 191199 in The Human Odyssey
textbook.
Coming up:
Unit 6 Lesson 8 – Buddhism!!
“HAVE THE EYE OF THE
TIGER!”