Congratulations to Kelly Stevens, Rogers-Herr Middle School, Sharon Willets, Chase Middle School, and Eric Eaton, Polk County Middle School on their lesson plan competition submissions.
(Please contact us for videos and materials for the lesson plans below.)
Elementary School
1. Asia Society: Animal Tales Travel Around the World
Students will compare the Indian tales/parables to tales of other traditions in an examination of this genre of literature. Students will be challenged to explore how the tales fit into contemporary society in both Indian and western culture through analysis and creation of their own tale. http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/elementary-lesson-plans/animal-tales-travel-around-world
2. Asia Society: World Rhythms
Students and teacher will learn how to build and play the Tube-la. http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/elementary-lesson-plans/world-rhythms-tabla
3. Asia Society: Trade Along the Silk Route
Students will explore elements of trade along the Silk Roads by examining the products of various locations along the route--production, influences of resources and environment, challenges of transportation, and economic exchange. http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/elementary-lesson-plans/trade-along-silk-roads
2. Asia Society: World Rhythms
Students and teacher will learn how to build and play the Tube-la. http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/elementary-lesson-plans/world-rhythms-tabla
3. Asia Society: Trade Along the Silk Route
Students will explore elements of trade along the Silk Roads by examining the products of various locations along the route--production, influences of resources and environment, challenges of transportation, and economic exchange. http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/elementary-lesson-plans/trade-along-silk-roads
Middle School
Teacher: Kelly Stevens, Rogers-Herr Middle School, Durham, NC(Please contact us for videos and materials for the lesson plans below.)
"Homeless Bird"
"Arranged Marriages in India"
"Hinduism and the Caste System"
Holi, the festival of colors– Social Studies, World Cultures
Middle-school students can learn about the mythology and cultural practices one of India’s most widely celebrated festivals, Holi. The lesson is activity-based and meant to visually and textually introduce middle-school aged students to the colorful festival of Holi as it is celebrated across various parts of India. Although rooted mainly in Hindu religious mythology, its enthusiastic adoption across various religious sects attests to its popularity as a community event. The lesson encourages students to understand some of India’s cultural practices (namely the celebration of festivals and holidays) as very similar to their own, while still appreciating the ways in which they may differ. http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/_files/pdf/outreach/LP_Holi.pdf
"Arranged Marriages in India"
"Hinduism and the Caste System"
Holi, the festival of colors– Social Studies, World Cultures
Middle-school students can learn about the mythology and cultural practices one of India’s most widely celebrated festivals, Holi. The lesson is activity-based and meant to visually and textually introduce middle-school aged students to the colorful festival of Holi as it is celebrated across various parts of India. Although rooted mainly in Hindu religious mythology, its enthusiastic adoption across various religious sects attests to its popularity as a community event. The lesson encourages students to understand some of India’s cultural practices (namely the celebration of festivals and holidays) as very similar to their own, while still appreciating the ways in which they may differ. http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/_files/pdf/outreach/LP_Holi.pdf
High School
1. Partition in the Classroom
This comprehensive curriculum unit provides a lens into the complexity of the 1947 Partition of India and serves as a case study for teaching migration in diverse classrooms. The unit requires students to synthesize information from primary and secondary sources (oral histories, speeches, maps, graphs, short stories, films) and create interpretive materials (skits, debates, comics, stories) for understanding the history and geography of Partition.
Lesson Plan: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/_files/pdf/outreach/partition_in_classroom.pdf
Appendix: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/_files/pdf/outreach/partition_in_classroom_appendix.pdf
2. India/Pakistan Dispute over Kashmir (Middle to High)
Students will debate the India/Pakistan dispute over Kashmir. Students will attempt to resolve the problem addressing all known areas http://geography.mrdonn.org/kashmir.html
3. Asia Society: Indian Mathematical Achievements (Middle to High)
Students will come to learn about Indian advancements in math and how they were affected by Indian culture and religion. Through cross-cultural analysis students will compare and contrast advancements in math and science in India, and with other parts of the world. http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/secondary-lesson-plans/indian-mathematical-achievements
4. Asia Society: How Much is There to Eat? (Middle to High)
This activity uses simple math to compare the American South with India in terms of population density and food production. http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/lesson-plans/grades-6-8/how-much-there-eat
This comprehensive curriculum unit provides a lens into the complexity of the 1947 Partition of India and serves as a case study for teaching migration in diverse classrooms. The unit requires students to synthesize information from primary and secondary sources (oral histories, speeches, maps, graphs, short stories, films) and create interpretive materials (skits, debates, comics, stories) for understanding the history and geography of Partition.
Lesson Plan: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/_files/pdf/outreach/partition_in_classroom.pdf
Appendix: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/_files/pdf/outreach/partition_in_classroom_appendix.pdf
2. India/Pakistan Dispute over Kashmir (Middle to High)
Students will debate the India/Pakistan dispute over Kashmir. Students will attempt to resolve the problem addressing all known areas http://geography.mrdonn.org/kashmir.html
3. Asia Society: Indian Mathematical Achievements (Middle to High)
Students will come to learn about Indian advancements in math and how they were affected by Indian culture and religion. Through cross-cultural analysis students will compare and contrast advancements in math and science in India, and with other parts of the world. http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/resources-schools/secondary-lesson-plans/indian-mathematical-achievements
4. Asia Society: How Much is There to Eat? (Middle to High)
This activity uses simple math to compare the American South with India in terms of population density and food production. http://asiasociety.org/education-learning/lesson-plans/grades-6-8/how-much-there-eat
Community College
1. The Ramayana Through the Arts
The goal is to introduce students to the great Indian epic Ramayana in its diversity, through readings as well as images, music, and dance and theatrical presentations www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu/lessonplans/The%20Ramayana%20Through%20the%20Arts-Diane%20Freedman-2007.htm
2. Islam in the United States: Hate Crimes and Hope
Students will learn some basic information about Muslims in America through a short lecture, an interview, and a reading, understand both hate crimes and possibilities for hope, and state several things they have learned and formulate questions to learn more. education.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/4CF410FE-882F-45FC-AFAB-EE425B9FF4DC/0/IslamintheUnitedStates.pdf
3. Culture – Unit on Religion and Globalization
This unit focuses on religious perspectives about globalization. In the introductory discussion, students will discuss the role of values in shaping perspectives about globalization, through consideration of an article on globalization written by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a Globalizaton101.org "Ask the Experts" interview. www.globalenvision.org/forteachers/17/854/
4. Women of Afghanistan
Students will study the traditional role of women in Afghanistan, their experiences under the rule of the Taliban, and their struggle to provide a better life for themselves, their families, and their country in the years since 2001. www.firstladies.org/curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=1847
5. Women in the Indian Independence Movement - the Salt Protests of 1930 (with CC modification)
This lesson will examine women’s involvement in the Indian independence movement
through their participation in the 1930’s Salt March. www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/_files/pdf/outreach/LP_salt_protest.pdf
6. Business Strategy with Asia: Outsourcing or Not? (with CC modification)
This lesson discusses the positives and negatives effects of outsourcing using a variety of business articles. http://ncta.osu.edu/Asia%20Outsourcing%20or%20Not%20Rush.pdf
7. Sanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)
The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) serves as a bridge between Stanford University and K-14 schools by developing multidisciplinary curriculum materials on international themes. http://spice.stanford.edu/catalog/list/0/0/g/
The goal is to introduce students to the great Indian epic Ramayana in its diversity, through readings as well as images, music, and dance and theatrical presentations www.ceas.sas.upenn.edu/lessonplans/The%20Ramayana%20Through%20the%20Arts-Diane%20Freedman-2007.htm
2. Islam in the United States: Hate Crimes and Hope
Students will learn some basic information about Muslims in America through a short lecture, an interview, and a reading, understand both hate crimes and possibilities for hope, and state several things they have learned and formulate questions to learn more. education.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/4CF410FE-882F-45FC-AFAB-EE425B9FF4DC/0/IslamintheUnitedStates.pdf
3. Culture – Unit on Religion and Globalization
This unit focuses on religious perspectives about globalization. In the introductory discussion, students will discuss the role of values in shaping perspectives about globalization, through consideration of an article on globalization written by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a Globalizaton101.org "Ask the Experts" interview. www.globalenvision.org/forteachers/17/854/
4. Women of Afghanistan
Students will study the traditional role of women in Afghanistan, their experiences under the rule of the Taliban, and their struggle to provide a better life for themselves, their families, and their country in the years since 2001. www.firstladies.org/curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=1847
5. Women in the Indian Independence Movement - the Salt Protests of 1930 (with CC modification)
This lesson will examine women’s involvement in the Indian independence movement
through their participation in the 1930’s Salt March. www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/southasia/_files/pdf/outreach/LP_salt_protest.pdf
6. Business Strategy with Asia: Outsourcing or Not? (with CC modification)
This lesson discusses the positives and negatives effects of outsourcing using a variety of business articles. http://ncta.osu.edu/Asia%20Outsourcing%20or%20Not%20Rush.pdf
7. Sanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE)
The Stanford Program on International and Cross-Cultural Education (SPICE) serves as a bridge between Stanford University and K-14 schools by developing multidisciplinary curriculum materials on international themes. http://spice.stanford.edu/catalog/list/0/0/g/