 Class #1Wednesday, January 7, The Indus and Ganges River Valleys  Class #2 Thursday, January 8, India’s Geographic Setting HW Due: 4-1 Vocabulary  Class #3 Friday, January 9, Archaeological Dig- Mohenjo Daro HW Due: 4-1 Outline  Class #4 Monday, January 12, Life in the Indus River Valley HW Due: 4-1 Assessment Questions worksheet- all  Class #5 Tuesday, January 13, Hinduism in Ancient India HW Due: Mummiform Project  Class #6 Wednesday, January 14, Hinduism in Ancient India HW Due: 4-2 Vocabulary  Class #7 Thursday, January 15, Hinduism in Ancient India HW Due: 4-2 Outline  Class #8 Friday, January 16, Hinduism in Ancient India HW Due: 4-2 Assessment Questions  Class #9Tuesday, January 20, Hinduism in Ancient India India CCCS: A.2.a, A.2.b, A.2.c, B.2.a, C.2.a, D.2.a, A.3.a, A.3.b, B.3.a, C.3.a, C.3.b, C.3.c, D.3.a, D.3.c, D.3.d, D.3.f Essential Questions: 1.How did geography influence the history of Ancient India? 2.Why does planning make cities more efficient? How did the people of Ancient India accomplish this? 3.How did values and beliefs affect the people of Ancient India? 4.What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism? 5.Why did Hinduism bring the people of Ancient India together? 6.Identify Buddha and describe his life and teachings. 7.What are the main principles of Buddhism? 8.Who were important Emperors that ruled the Maurya Empire?

 Class #10Wednesday, January 21, The Beginnings of Buddhism HW Due: 4-3 Vocabulary  Class #11Thursday, January 22, The Beginnings of Buddhism HW Due: 4-3 Outline  Class #12Friday, January 23, The Beginnings of Buddhism HW Due: 4-3 Assessment Questions  Class #13Monday, January 26, The Beginnings of Buddhism  Class #14Tuesday, January 27, The Beginnings of Buddhism  Class #15Wednesday, January 28, 2015 Hinduism and Buddhism  Class #16Thursday, January 29, 2015 Hinduism and Buddhism  Class #17Friday, January 30, The Maurya Empire HW Due: 4-4 Vocabulary- convert and tolerance only  Class #18Monday, February 2, The Maurya Empire HW Due: 4-4 Outline India CCCS: A.2.a, A.2.b, A.2.c, B.2.a, C.2.a, D.2.a, A.3.a, A.3.b, B.3.a, C.3.a, C.3.b, C.3.c, D.3.a, D.3.c, D.3.d, D.3.f Essential Questions: 1.How did geography influence the history of Ancient India? 2.Why does planning make cities more efficient? How did the people of Ancient India accomplish this? 3.How did values and beliefs affect the people of Ancient India? 4.What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism? 5.Why did Hinduism bring the people of Ancient India together? 6.Identify Buddha and describe his life and teachings. 7.What are the main principles of Buddhism? 8.Who were important Emperors that ruled the Maurya Empire?

India CCCS: A.2.a, A.2.b, A.2.c, B.2.a, C.2.a, D.2.a, A.3.a, A.3.b, B.3.a, C.3.a, C.3.b, C.3.c, D.3.a, D.3.c, D.3.d, D.3.f Essential Questions: 1.How did geography influence the history of Ancient India? 2.Why does planning make cities more efficient? How did the people of Ancient India accomplish this? 3.How did values and beliefs affect the people of Ancient India? 4.What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism? 5.Why did Hinduism bring the people of Ancient India together? 6.Identify Buddha and describe his life and teachings. 7.What are the main principles of Buddhism? 8.Who were important Emperors that ruled the Maurya Empire?  Class #19 Tuesday, February 3, The Maurya Empire HW Due: 4-4 Assessment Questions  Class #20Wednesday, February 4, 2015 India Test Preparation  Class #21Thursday, February 5, 2015 India Test Day 1  Class #22Friday, February 6, 2015 India Test Day 2