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MONDAY/TUESDAY
TITLE: THE ORIGINS OF HINDUISM
Do Now:
On this day in history in 2003 Fred Rogers, of
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died. What was
your favorite tv show as a small child? Who
were your favorite characters ?
AGENDA
Do Now
Origins of
Hinduism Lesson
Hindu Skit
OBJECTIVE
Students will read a Hindu story
and write a script for a skit which
will be performed on Thursday
Rewrite this on the
left side of your
notebook in your
own words
VOCABULARY
Hinduism: the religion of the peoples of India
Brahmanism: the Vedic age religion which
refers to a single spiritual power which lives
in everything
Guru: thinkers and teachers of religious
ideas
Brahman: one supreme God
ROAD MAP
For this entire week we will be looking closely
at the religion of Ancient India: Hinduism
Today: we will look at the origin or start of
Hinduism
Wednesday: we will look at the belief system
of Hinduism
Thursday/Friday: we will look how Hinduism
spread and became a major religion.
ROOTS OF HINDUISM
For more than 2,300 years, Hinduism has
been the major religion of India.
The word Hinduism means “the religion of
people of India.”
VEDIC AGE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES
The Vedas are India’s oldest religious texts
Priests memorized the Vedas and passed
them on orally, later they were written down
The Vedas contained hymns to many gods
and rituals designed to keep the gods happy
They also included sacrifices and the god of
fire, Agni, would “eat” the sacrifices offered
to the gods
BRAHMANISM
Scholars called the Vedic age
religion Brahmanism
Brahmanism was a religion
ruled by priests and rituals.
Their “sacred” knowledge gave
the Brahmins great power and
influence in Indian society
Only Brahmins, or priests from
the highest caste, could perform
rituals.
THE EVOLUTION OF HINDUISM
About 500 B.C. the ways of
worship began to change.
Old gods became less
important and some people
began to doubt that carrying
out the rituals perfectly was
not as important.
They began asking questions
like “Why are we born? How
should we live? What
happens when we die?
UPANISHADS
To answer the
questions, Gurus left
their homes and spent
their days thinking and
talking about religious
ideas
Some were written
down in the Upanishads
UPANISHADS
These writings introduced
2 core beliefs of Hinduism
The belief that there is 1
supreme God
Other gods are just different
forms of this god
Every person is born with
a soul that is part of
Brahman
The soul is known as atman
MAHABHARATA AND THE RAMAYANA
These new ideas
became two great epic
poems, the
Mahabharata and
Ramayana
The Mahabharata and
Ramayana explained
Hindu religious ideas to
all people and set the
standard for how to live
MAHABHARATA
The Mahabharata contains over 100,000 stanzas
making it the longest poem
The best loved section is the Bhagavad Gita or
“Song of the Lord ”
FOUR GOALS OF LIFE
Hindus believed that
people are born wanting
four basic things.
All four goals are
desirable, but not all
people achieve all of these
goals in a lifetime .
4 GOALS OF LIFE: PLEASURE
1.Pleasure: People
begin their lives by
wanting pleasure
This may be very
simple such as eating
or a deeper pleasure
such as falling in love
or having a family
4 GOALS OF LIFE: SUCCESS
2. Success: gaining
fame, wealth, or
power, or becoming
important in the
community
4 GOALS OF LIFE: DHARMA
3. Dharma: Hindus
believed in living an
ethical
or
moral
life
The Bhagavad-Gita,
They
must
fulfill
the
says “it is better to do
duties assigned to their
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caste
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imperfectly than to do
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not follow
their proper dharma
threaten the social order .
4 GOALS OF LIFE: MOKSHA
4. Moksha is the release
from life where a person’s
soul is united with the
universal soul
A persons soul, Atman, and
the Brahman become one
They believed becoming one
with god meant the end to
suffering, pain, fear and
want.
HINDUISM SKITS
You will be divided up into small groups
I will give you a traditional Hindu story which
you need to read and then write a short skit to
teach the rest of the class the message
Each group member must have a speaking part
Be sure to include all the characters
Each skit should only be about 3 min long…We
will present these on Friday!
WEDNESDAY
TITLE: BELIEFS OF HINDUISM
Do Now:
Create a compare/contrast diagram to
show what you already know about
Hinduism, we will add to this throughout
the week. . We will complete the right
half next week after we learn about
Buddhism.
OBJECTIVE
Students will understand the
basic Hindu beliefs and how
karma influenced their place in
the religion
Rewrite this on the left side of your
notebook in your own words
AGENDA
Do Now
Beliefs of Hinduism
Lesson
Karma Project
VOCABULARY
Reincarnation: the rebirth of a soul in a
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body
Karma: the sum of a person’s actions and
consequences, words and thoughts
REINCARNATION
Hindus believed that few people can achieve
moksha in one lifetime
They also believed that when most people die,
their souls are reborn in a new body
They can be reborn in a higher or lower class
and can even be reborn as an animal or insect
OR
The Bhagavad-Gita states
“As a man discards
Worn-out clothes
To put on new
And different one,
So the embodied self (soul)
Discards
Its worn-out bodies
To take on other new ones.”
LAW OF KARMA
How a person is reborn is determined by the law
of Karma
Hindus believed that bad karma would bring
rebirth in a lower class
Good karma brought rebirth in a higher class
Based on your behavior, attitudes and thoughts,
where do you think you would be reborn…higher
or lower and why?
3 PATHS TO GOD
Hinduism lays out 3
paths to moksha
They may choose to
follow only one or up to
3 at a time
They would spend their
entire life trying to
reach moksha
3 PATHS TO GOD: WAY OF KNOWLEDGE
This was traditionally
chosen by Brahmins
1. Way of
Knowledge: they
must fully
understand atman
and Brahman
3 PATHS TO GOD: WAY OF WORKS
2. Way of Works: carrying out religious rituals
and duties which would improve their karma
This path was chosen most by Hindus
They offered prayers and food to the gods at
temple ceremonies
They do good deeds without expecting anything
in return
The Bhagavad-Gita says “he who does the tasks
dictated by duty, caring nothing for the reward of
the action”
3 PATHS TO GOD: WAY OF DEVOTION
Also known as the path of love
3. Way of Devotion: People achieve
moksha by devoting themselves to loving
God
The Bhagavad-Gita suggests that the way
of devotion is superior to the other ways
People on this path may repeat their
god’s name all day long or present gifts
at their god’s temple
SKIT PRACTICE
You need to finish writing your skit today. Use
the rest of the time to practice.
For HOMEWORK: you need to practice your part
so you don’t let the rest of your group down
You will be graded individually for this so you
need to do your part
THURSDAY/FRIDAY
TITLE: SPREAD OF HINDUISM
Do Now
On this day in 1872, Yellowstone
National Park was established.
Write about one of the following:
Your favorite camping, hiking or
backpacking trip.
Where you would like to go
camping, hiking or backpacking
OBJECTIVE
Students will understand the spread
of Hinduism and how it became a
major world religion
Rewrite this on the elft side of your
notebook in your own words
AGENDA
Do Now
Spread of Hinduism
Lesson
Skit final practice
Skit presentation
VOCABULARY
Pilgrim: someone who travels to a shrine or
sacred place
HOW HINDUISM SPREAD
Because the
subcontinent of India is
in a vast region, many
people belonged to
different ethnic groups
These ethnic groups all
had their own language,
rulers and religion
Still, most adopted
Hinduism
THE GROWTH OF HINDUISM IN INDIA
Hinduism is very flexible and easy to adapt
People did not have to give up their old
deities or ways or worship
Instead, they would just add them on to the
deities and rituals of Hinduism
Hindus also did not form organized groups or
worship together
They prayed and made offerings at shrines in
their homes or local temples
No matter where Indians went, they could easily
carry the religion with them.
HINDU SECTS
As Hinduism spread, different sects
developed
Three Hindu sects attracted large numbers
of followers and each followed a specific
deity
Vishnu
Shiva
Shakti
HINDUISM IN OTHER PARTS OF ASIA
Over time, Hinduism
spread
Indian merchants set
up trading posts
throughout Southeast
Asia. Wherever they
settled, Hindu priest
traveled with them
Also, migrating people
from northern India
took Hinduism in to
Nepal
WORLDWIDE HINDU COMMUNITIES
Recently, Hinduism spread around
the world and is practiced in about
150 countries
LEGACY OF HINDUISM
Hinduism today is the world’s thirdlargest religion
More than 800 million people follow
its faith
However, India is still the spiritual and
cultural center of Hinduism
RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
Hinduism has shaped Indian life
Placing flowers or food at a shrine is
a daily ritual
Each year, the entire country takes
part in Hindu religious festivals
Many rivers, mountains, rocks and forest are
connected with legends of gods and gurus
The Ganges River is India’s holiest site
Each year thousands of pilgrims flock to the
Ganges to bath in its waters
Some pilgrims believe the waters will wash away
bad karma
Others believe it will heal diseases or a disability
INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS
Thinkers in ancient
India asked questions
about life and death
that still concern Hindus
today
Because the early Hindu
texts were written in
Sanskrit, that language
became India’s first
language of learning
AESTHETIC TRADITIONS
Hindusim inspired
India's’ first great
works of literature
Today, people all over
the world still read the
Mahabharata and the
Ramayana
These epic poems are
retold in comic books
and movies!
Hinduism also encouraged the
development of arts
Hindu temples are designed around
religious ideas
Detailed carvings of gods and goddesses
decorate temple walls
Hindu temples are centers of art, music,
and dance as well as places of worship.
You will have 30 minutes to create a comic strip which
tells the importance and practices of Hinduism
You may choose to focus on the 3 paths to God, the 4
goals of life, the spread of Hinduism…there is a lot of
freedom for creativity.
Your comic strip must have at least 6 colored pictures and
captions.
PRESENT SKITS
Each group will present their skit
While other groups are presenting you
need to be quietly listening
If you are talking your grade will drop
Please talk loudly enough that
everyone can hear you
EVALUATE PARTNER PARTICIPATION
You will receive a handout which will rate your
group members
Give them a grade number and write a
comment to tell me why you think they
deserve that grade
Take out a blank piece of paper and label it like this:
Group Member’s Name:
Group Member’s Name:
Grade They Deserve:
Grade They Deserve:
Why they deserve that grade:
Why they deserve that grade:
Group Member’s Name:
My Name:
Grade They Deserve:
Grade I Deserve:
Why they deserve that grade:
Why I deserve that grade: