Thursday, March 20, 2014

Warm Up: What is one thing you can challenge yourself to do during our

discussion today? An example might be “I am going to reference the text at least

once during the discussion.”

Learning Target:I can discuss political, social, and economic challenges, with a

focus on India (1947-64).

Religion: Hindu, Muslim, Sikh (partition, acceptance of secular state & new policies)biggest source of extremism

Language: Hindi, English, 10+ other languages (official)

Caste: Inequality of Dalits legally Class: Massive wealth gap Gender: New policies vs. traditional ideas

Axes of Conflict - Interconnected

Congress: Moderate, socialist (Nehru)

RSS: Hindu fundamentalists

Akali Dal: Sikh activists

Muslim League: Fought for separate state during partition

Pressure Groups & Political Parties

Nehru -1889-1964◦ Lawyer◦ 1st President◦ Goals:

Secular, unified state Reduction in extremism More rights for women & Dalits

Gandhi – ◦ 1869-1948◦ Leader of independence

movement◦ Assassinated by Hindu

extremist◦ Goals:

Secular, unified state Reduction in extremism More Dalits

Nehru & Gandhi

Why? ◦ To think deeply about themes in our Democracy

unit generally and our India case study specifically.

◦ Prep for tomorrow’s timed essay.

How:◦ 3 Tables with facilitator/recorder taking notes

about themes in the conversations◦ All else will rotate when the bell rings and take notes on different discussions.

Discussion Prep

1. How effectively can non-violent protest create political change?

2. Agree or Disagree: Nehru did all he could to increase gender & class equality.

3. How serious was the problem of religious extremism in India?

Back-Up Questions4. How did partition continue to affect India

after independence?5. How does religion influence a country’s

history, both positively and negatively?

Discussion Prep - Questions

What themes emerged? Did most people agree or disagree?

Shares - Facilitators

Please answer the following and hand it in before you leave today. Prepare to share!

1. What was your challenge goal and did you meet it? Why or why not?

2. What was the most interesting thing you heard someone else say?

3. Did your understanding of the following increase, decrease, or stay the same: non-violent protest, religion, extremism

Reflection & Close