CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIA: PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH

o ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: HOW HAS PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AFFECTED WHERE PEOPLE HAVE SETTLED IN SOUTH ASIA? o LEARNING TARGET: IWBAT EXPLAIN HOW PAKISTAN’S AND BANGLADESH’S CULTURE IS UNIQUE. o FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT(S): WHAT ARE THREE ASPECTS OF CULTURE IN PAKISTAN OR BANGLADESH?

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIA: PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH BELLWORK WRITE DOWN ANYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT CULTURE IN PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH. REMINDER, ASPECTS OF CULTURE INCLUDE: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, LANGUAGES, ARTS AND LITERATURE, RELIGION, FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, FOOD AND CLOTHING, MUSIC AND DANCE

CLASSWORK TOGETHER, read about Population Patterns on page 612 Write and answer the following questions in your notes: 1. What five ethnic groups live in Pakistan? 2. What ethnic group and religion are most Bangladeshis? 3. What city is the most densely populated in Bangladesh? 4. How has the government helped reduce the fertility rate in Bangladesh? 5. What are two growing cities found in Pakistan? What are three problems in these cities?

MOHENJO DARO FUN FACTS AS WEIRD AS THE NAME MIGHT SEEM, ITS MEANING JUST GETS WEIRDER AND OF COURSE, CREEPIER. MOHENJO-DARO MEANS THE “HILL OF THE DEAD” OR THE “MOUND OF THE DEAD” IN SINDHI. THE CITY’S PLANNING WAS BASED ON STREET GRID OF RECTILINEAR HOUSES WHICH WERE MADE OF BRICKS. BESIDES, THERE WERE PROPER AND SYSTEMATIC DISPOSAL OF WASTE WATER TOO (THEY HAD PLUMBING!). THE GREAT BATH IS THE NAME GIVEN TO A 8 FEET DEEP, 23 FEET WIDE AND 39 FEET LONG BATHING POOL BUILT WITH WATERPROOF BRICKS!

CLASSWORK TOGETHER, READ ABOUT HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT ON PAGES WRITE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR NOTES: 1. What two large cities were built in the Indus River valley around 2500 BC? 2. Which group took power from the Muslim dynasty? When? 3. What country broke off from India in the 1930s? What is unique about this country? 4. Describe the dispute in Kashmir. 5. When and why did Bangladesh separate from Pakistan?

HENNA FUN FACTS PAINTING OF THE SKIN WITH HENNA, ALSO KNOWN AS MEHNDI DESIGN, IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AND VALUED IN THE MUSLIM AND HINDU CULTURES. IT OFTEN REPRESENTS THE FIRST GIFT THAT WOMAN RECEIVES FROM HER HUSBAND AT THE WEDDING. MUSLIM STYLED HENNA IS TYPICAL OF FLORAL PATTERNS AND NEGATIVE SPACES. HINDU STYLED HENNA IS TYPICAL OF INTRICATE PATTERNS, GEOMETRIC SHAPES, AND THE USE OF PEACOCKS, MANGOS, PARROTS, RANIS, GANESHA, AND NAME WRITING. HENNA IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF WARDING OFF THE EVIL EYE IN ISLAMIC TRADITIONS. THE MORE HENNA AND INTRICATE THE PATTERS ON A BRIDE'S HANDS AND FEET, THE HARDER IT IS FOR THE EVIL EYE TO FIND ITS WAY TO A BRIDE'S FOREHEAD.

CLASSWORK TOGETHER, READ ABOUT CULTURE ON PAGES WRITE AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR NOTES: 1. Why do Pakistan and Bangladesh have low literacy rates? 2. What happened in Islamabad (Pakistan) in 2005? 3. What is the main language in Bangladesh? In Pakistan? 4. What is the main religion in these countries? 5. List and describe three examples of art unique to Pakistan and Bangladesh? 6. Describe a typical family and their living arrangements.

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT WHAT ARE THREE ASPECTS OF CULTURE IN PAKISTAN AND BANGLADESH? REMINDER, ASPECTS OF CULTURE INCLUDE: SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, LANGUAGES, ARTS AND LITERATURE, RELIGION, FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, ECONOMIC SYSTEMS, FOOD AND CLOTHING, MUSIC AND DANCE