Happy Monday! Intervention Week 6

Reminders: You are NOT allowed to use headphones in class unless you have completely finished your weekly humanities assignment and have been checked off by Ms. Allen! Also, the first 5 mins of class are ESSENTIAL to getting started. Please begin working at your assigned station at a level 0…there will be no questions for Ms. Allen or restroom breaks during the first 5 minutes of class.

Humanities Week 5 Please read and go through the entire powerpoint presentation and fill out the worksheet that goes along with it. All of the questions go along with the powerpoint. Some of the questions are fill-in the blanks that you have to answer for the presentation and some of them you have to think of the answers based off the reading!

Disagree-Unsure-Agree Life is filled with suffering.

Disagree-Unsure-Agree People suffer because they want too much stuff.

Disagree-Unsure-Agree If people stopped wanting things, like power and pleasure, they would stop suffering.

If you agreed… You have a lot in common with Siddhartha Gautama

Siddhartha Gautama A former Hindu, Siddhartha Gautama, was the founder of the religion Buddhism. Later, when he began to teach what he had learned, he was called Buddha, or the “enlightened one”.

Fairness… Many people welcomed Buddhism because Buddhist teachings did not support the caste system.

Think about it… Which caste of people do you think would have most welcomed Buddhism? Those in the highest Castes, or those in the lowest?

The Key to Happiness… Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha) believed that they key to happiness was for people to give up all worldly desires.

Nirvana Buddhists believe that upon giving up all worldly desires, people will reach Nirvana, a state of eternal happiness.

Would Buddhists approve?

The Four Noble Truths: The Four Noble Truths: Life has suffering. We suffer because we want power and riches. To not suffer, we need to not want power and riches. To give up wanting power and riches, we must follow the Eight-Fold Path.

The Eightfold Path For each step of the Eightfold Path, you will take one step forward, because you are one step closer to reaching Nirvana.

Step 1 Know the truth The Four Noble Truths

Step 2 To intend to resist evil I will stay away from those people who are trying to hurt me and my education

Step 3 To not say anything to hurt others Say something nice to your neighbor

Step 4 To respect life, property, and morality Clean the desks around your area or straighten loose papers in your binder.

Step 5 To work at a job that does not injure others To be a student is a job that does not injure others

Step 6 To try to free one's mind from evil Shake the evil from your mind

Step 7 To be in control of one's feelings and thoughts I am going to worry about myself and my actions only

Step 8 To practice appropriate forms of concentration A moment of silence to reflect on my behavior.

Congratulations! We have reached Nirvana

Review Question #1 What is Siddhartha Guatama known for? A. Creating the Caste System B. Being the first person to be reincarnated C. Being the King of India  D. Creating Buddhism

Review Question #2 According to Buddhism, what is the key to happiness? A. Giving up all worldly desires B. Being successful and making a lot of money C. Being reincarnated D. Working towards getting to the top of the Caste System

Review Question #3 What are the Four Noble Truths? A. The four most important people in Buddhism B. The four different Caste Systems in Indian Society C. Four ideas about suffering and how to stop suffering, which are the basis of Buddhist thought D. The four jobs that will provide people with the most money

Review Question #4 What is Nirvana? A. The most famous type of music from Ancient India B. The process of reincarnation C. The religious texts of Buddhism D. The state of happiness that comes from giving up worldly desires

Review Question #5 Which of the following is a main reason that Buddhism was so accepted in Ancient India? A. Buddhist teachings did not support the Caste System B. Buddhism paid people yearly fees to be a part of it C. Buddhism was forced upon the people, and they feared death if they did not follow the teachings D. Buddhism supported the Caste System so that the rich people got richer.

Review Question #6 What religion did Siddharta Guatama practice before he founded Buddhism? A. Judaism B. Hinduism C. Daoism D. Christianity

Review Question #7 What did Buddha tell people to do in order to live well? A. Find a place without sickness B. Embrace sickness and death C. Follow the Four Noble Truth D. Become wealthy and powerful