Hinduism

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Aim: How did the central ideas of Hinduism affect the people of India?

• Do Now: Copy the Vocabulary• Polytheism: the belief in many gods• Reincarnation: the belief that all souls are reborn

after death (return as something else)• Dharma: the religious obligations of a Hindu,

includes fasting, self-denial, and non violence• Karma: the judgment of one’s soul after death.

Those who have good karma come back as a higher life form

• Moksha: State of perfect understanding of all things and release from life in this world

Reading Activity

• Students will be chosen to read passages from the documents

• While your classmates are reading, please underline all words you do not understand (we will discuss these words as a class)

• After reading the documents, you will answer the questions that follow

Student Debrief

Students will take notes using the Hinduism handout

Lets Take a Hindu Start

• Rise early and bathe in the Ganges River–Cleansing body and soul

Lets Take a Hindu Start

• Burn incense and offer prayer

Lets Take a Hindu Start• Yoga – breathing exercises

Background• No real founder

• No formal church

• Almost considered a way of life

Aryan Invaders• Aryans and non-

Aryans followed their own forms of religion

• This resulted in the blending of different forms of the religion

Polytheistic? Monotheistic?

• One god or world soul = Brahman–He has three

personalities

1.Brahma – the creator

•Vishnu – The Preserver

•Shiva – The Destroyer

Vedas• Collection of

sacred writings –Hindu teachers try to interpret and explain the meaning of the Vedic hymns

The Upanishads• Teachers’ asked

questions as they meditated–Later the

teachers’ comments were written down in the Upanishads

Moksha• State of

perfect understanding of all things and release from life in this world

Reincarnation

• Means ‘Rebirth’

• An individual spirit (ATMAN) is born again and again until Moksha is achieved

Karma• Means good or bad deeds

• Your Karma determines your state of reincarnation

Summary Activity

• Students will take out the handout “What are the central beliefs of Hinduism?”

• Students will read the documents and answer the questions based on the information we have learned today

Aim: How did the caste system organize Hindu society?

• Do Now: Copy the vocabulary into your notebook

• Caste System: system where people are ranked into groups based on heredity

• Brahmin: priest class• Vaisyas: herders, farmers, merchants• Sudras: servants, laborers• Untouchables: performed the lowest tasks in

society

Caste System

Brahmins -

Kshatriyas -

Vaisyas -

Sudras -

Priests

Warriors

Merchants

Untouchables

Recall Activity

Homework Check

Discuss homework

Document Activity

1) Students will read or analyze the first (2) documents

2) After, students will answer the questions that follow

3) We will then discuss your findings

Reading Activity

• As a class we will read the documents relating to the treatment of the “untouchables”

• At the end of each document, students will report on how the untouchable is treated

Caste System

• Began in the Hindu religion and is based on writings in the Vedas (holy book)

• Rules:

• 1) a person was born into their caste and could not change it during their life, only in their next reincarnated life. Only after following caste rules would bring good karma

• 2) different caste members were not allowed to intermarry or work together

• 3) untouchables were considered so “unclean” that they were outside the caste system (outcasts)

Pictures Cited• Slide 1 – http://www.unitedindia.com/INDEX_files/Hindu_Om_Aum.jpg• Slide 2 – http://www.cardsunlimited.com/largeimage/SaddhuatGanges.jpg • Slide 3 – http://www.shantishop.com• Slide 4 – http://www.harunyahya.com/images_books/images_buddhism/budizm36.jpg,

http://blog.insideoutmag.com/outabout/Incense%20at%20Hindu%20temple.png• Slide 5 – http://www.webwombat.com.au/lifestyle/health/images/yoga-1.jpg,

http://gymnasticscoaching.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/yoga.jpg• Slide 6 – www.theholidayspot.com • Slide 7 – http://www.chemistryland.com/CHM107Lab/Syllabus/blender.jpg• Slide 8 – http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/4/4d/250px-Trimurti.jpg• Slide 9 – http://www.hknet.org.nz/brahma.jpg• Slide 10 – www.umysl.pl/astrolog/iko_bogowie/vishnu.jpg• Slide 11 – http://www.monochrom.at/polytheism/pictures/TanzenderShiva.jpg• Slide 12 – http://blog.shunya.net/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/23/vedas_2.jpg• Slide 13 – http://lunaydragon.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/vedas2.jpg• Slide 14 – http://www.siliconindia.com/books/newbooks/Pics/Upanishads_BIG.jpe• Slide 15 – http://cci.wl.dvgu.ru/news/images/bigfoto/moksha.jpg• Slide 16 – www.hknet.org.nz/changing-bodies2.jpg• Slide 17 – http://www.spiritandsky.com/images/reincarnation2.jpg• Slide 18 – www.smart-kit.com • Slide 19– made