HSS APRIL 12/13, 2010
DO NOW: TAKE YOUR SEAT/TAKE OUT A PEN OR
PENCIL/TAKE OUT YOUR JOURNALS
YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO SILENTLY REVIEW
YOUR ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, NOTES AND
FLASHCARDS ON ANCIENT GREECE
IF YOU NEED TO ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE RAISE
YOUR HAND AND WAIT TO BE CALLED ON.
WHEN YOU FINISH….
• TURN YOUR TEST OVER, TAKE OUT YOUR
JOURNAL
• WRITE EQS FOR THE BEGINNING OF OUR UNIT
ON ANCIENT INDIA:
1)What is the Hindu Caste system?
2)Who is at the top of the caste system?
3)Who is at the bottom of the caste system?
4)What are the 5 central Hindu beliefs? Briefly
describe each one.
• WORK ON ANCIENT GREECE WORDSEARCH
CORNELL NOTES
SET UP A PAGE OF CORNELL NOTES IN YOUR
JOURNAL
TOPIC: HINDU BELIEFS & THE CASTE SYSTEM
STANDARD: 6.5.4
ORIGINS OF HINDUISM
• VEDISM = EARLY HINDUISM
• VEDAS = SACRED TEXTS, MEANS
“KNOWLEDGE”
• SANSKRIT = ANCIENT LANGUAGE OF INDIA
• BRAHMINS = PRIESTS & RELGIOUS SCHOLARS
• ONLY BRAHMINS KNEW HOW TO INTERPRET
VEDAS SO BECAME HIGHEST CLASS
THE CASTE SYSTEM
• HINDUISM = A WAY OF LIFE
• BRAHMANISM TAUGHT = SOCIETY SHOULD BE
DIVIDED INTO SOCIAL CLASSES
• CASTE = A CLASS IN HINDU SOCIETY
• CASTE SYSTEM = HOW THE CLASSES ARE
ORGANIZED
CASTE SYSTEM CONT.
BRAHMINS
(PRIESTS)
KSHATRIYAS
(RULERS/WARRIORS)
VAISHYAS
(FARMERS/MERCHANTS
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SHUDRAS
(SERVANTS)
CHANDALAS
(UNTOUCHABLES)
BRAHMAN
• BRAHMAN = SUPREME POWER GREATER
THAN OTHERS
• CREATES, DESTROYS AND RE-CREATES
UNIVERSE; A CYCLE
• EVERYTHING A PART OF BRAHMAN
• HUMAN SOUL A PART OF BRAHMAN, SO ALL
HUMANS PART OF BRAHMAN
• ALL OTHER DEITIES = FORMS OF BRAHMAN
DEITIES
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DEITIES = GODS
REPRESENT POWERS OF BRAHMAN
INDRA = DEITY OF THUNDER
BRAHMA, VISHNU, SHIVA = MOST IMPORTANT
BRAHMA CREATES UNIVERSE
VISHNU SAVES UNIVERSE
SHIVA DESTROYS UNIVERSE
DEVI = FEMALE POWERS OF UNIVERSE
GODS HAVE FANTASTIC APPEARANCE
DHARMA
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LAW, OBLIGATION, DUTY
FOLLOW DHARMA = PERFORM DUTIES
EACH CASTE HAS OWN DUTIES
VARNA DHARMA = WAY OF ONE’S KIND (WHY
PEOPLE CAN’T MOVE TO HIGHER CASTE)
• COMMON DHARMA = COMMON VALUES FOR
ALL CASTES; MARRIAGE, SHARING, CARING
FOR SOUL, NONVIOLENCE
KARMA
• GOVERNS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER DEATH
• KARMA = ALL GOOD & EVIL IN A PERSON
FROM PAST LIVES
• KARMA DECIDES WHAT YOU ARE REBORN AS
• EXPLAINED WHY PEOPLE WERE IN THEIR
CASTES (IF YOU HAD TOO MUCH EVIL KARMA,
YOU WOULD BE REBORN IN A LOWER CASTE)
SAMSARA
• CYCLE OF BIRTH, DEATH AND REBIRTH
• REINCARNATION = SOUL IS REBORN AFTER
DEATH
• SOUL ESCAPES REBIRTH WHEN UNITED WITH
BRAHMAN BY FOLLOWING HINDU BELIEFS
• PILGRIMAGE = GO TO HOLY PLACES & TRY TO
CONNECT W/ BRAHMAN
SUMMARIZE
WRITE A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU LEARNED
ABOUT HINDUISM
3 MINUTES
MANDALA OF HINDU BELIEFS
The pattern of creation
The word "mandala" is from the
classical Indian language of
Sanskrit. Loosely translated to
mean "circle," a mandala is far
more than a simple shape. It
represents wholeness, and
can be seen as a model for the
organizational structure of life
itself--a cosmic diagram that
reminds us of our relation to
the infinite, the world that
extends both beyond and
within our bodies and minds.
CREATE A MANDALA REPRESENTING
THE 5 HINDU BELIEFS
• YOU WILL CREATE A MANDALA TO SHOW THE
5 HINDU BELIEFS.
• DIVIDE YOUR CIRCLE INTO 5 SECTIONS, YOU
MAY DO THIS HOWEVER YOU LIKE.
• IN EACH SECTION INCLUDE A SHORT
DESCRIPTION OF THAT BELIEF AS WELL AS A
PICTURE OR SYMBOL TO REPRESENT IT.
• USE YOUR NOTES AND CHAPTER 15 IN HA! TO
HELP YOU
ANSWER EQS
• YOU MUST CORRECTLY ANSWER ALL THE EQS
TO LEAVE CLASS TODAY
• YOU WILL HAVE A QUIZ ON THE CASTE
SYSTEM AND HINDU BELIEFS ON WEDNESDAY