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Aryans Bring Changes to India

Aryans Bring Changes to India. Ms. Berry 6 th Grade Social Studies. Warm Up:. Map Practice: Study your map for 5 minutes. Grab a white board, a marker, and a napkin. Put your maps away and let’s practice!. Who are the Aryans?.

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Aryans Bring Changes to India

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  1. Aryans Bring Changes to India Ms. Berry 6th Grade Social Studies

  2. Warm Up: • Map Practice: Study your map for 5 minutes. • Grab a white board, a marker, and a napkin. • Put your maps away and let’s practice!

  3. Who are the Aryans? • Around 1500 B.C. large numbers of people began to migrate into India. • 3000 years of migrations • New ideas and customs introduced • These earliest immigrants were known as Aryans- warriors and herders • The word Aryan means “noble”

  4. Migrations Paths

  5. Why did they migrate? • May have migrated due to overpopulation in their homeland. • Traveled through the Hindu Kush into the Punjab and the Ganges plain. • Defeated the local natives. • Brought horses, chariots, and iron tools with them.

  6. Focus Questions: • Who were the Aryans? • What paths did they take to get to India? • Why did they migrate? 4. What did they bring with them?

  7. What is Hinduism? • A religion that originated from the Aryans- still seen in present-day Indian culture and beliefs • Sanskrit- a holy language used by the Aryans, thought to be spoken by the gods; many languages that are spoken in India today are based on this • Vedas- the four holy books, written in Sanskrit

  8. Hinduism • One of the world’s oldest religions • Believe in 3 main gods: • Brahma- the Creator • Vishnu- the Preserver • Shiva- the Destroyer • Below these main gods are many other lesser gods

  9. Focus Questions 5. What is Sanskrit? 6. What are the Vedas? 7. What is Hinduism? 8. Who are the three main gods?

  10. What do they believe? • Teach that people live many lives until they reach spiritual perfection. • Reincarnation- the belief that the soul lives on after death and returns to life in a new body • If you live a good life and obey religious teachings will be reborn into a higher social position. • Those who do not lead good lives will return as lower life forms.

  11. Holy Cow! • Hindus also believe animals have souls • Cows are sacred animals so they do not eat beef

  12. Focus Questions • What is reincarnation? • Why are cows seen as holy?

  13. Compare and Contrast • How is Hinduism similar to Christianity? • How is it different?

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