1. Bellringer Vocab quiz…. STUDY!!!!!
Get out your vocab list and religion chart

2. Agenda
Aryan review
Hindu Beliefs
Prince of Egypt

3. Objectives
Students will be able to… 28. Explain the impact of Aryan migration into India. 29. Describe the major beliefs and traditions of Hinduism.

4. India Geography Isolated Peninsula Sub-continent Himalaya Hindu-Kush
But, mountain passes allow migration

5. Aryan Migrations Aryan nomadic groups
Come from north of the Black Sea
Move into parts of Asia and Europe
Settle in India among the agricultural people already there

6. Aryan Culture Aryans brought elements of their culture to India Gods
Sacred writings: the Vedas and Upanishads
Religious rituals
Social class structure (Wuzzles game)
Imposed their beliefs on the natives

7. The Caste System
The rigid social class structure in India, a part of Hindu beliefs
Caste determines your social status, job, friends, spouse
Cannot change caste in your lifetime
Move up if you lead a good life and follow the rules

8. The Caste System

9. The Brahman
Hindu spiritual goal is to reunite their individual soul with Brahman, the “World Soul”
The world, all individuals and individual souls, and all gods derive from the Brahman

10. Hindu Gods All gods are “manifestations” of the Brahman
Manifestation: appearance in bodily form
Hundreds or thousands of “gods”
VERY open religion – can worship many different things and be a Hindu
Is it polytheistic or monotheistic?

11. Hindu Gods Common Hindu Gods Brahma, the creator Vishnu, the preserver
Shiva, the destroyer

12. Freeing the Soul
To reunite your atman with the Brahman, you must achieve perfect understanding: moksha
This takes more than one lifetime! Reincarnation (or rebirth in a new body) occurs after the cycle of life, samsara, is complete
Reaching moksha ends reincarnation

13. Reincarnation
Your position in the next life is determined by karma, the sum of your good and bad deeds and how well you performed your dharma, or the duty of your role in life
Dharma is associated with your caste, and karma determines what caste you return to – a very serious punishment or reward

14. Reasonable Question
Why did so many people agree to a religious, cultural, and social system that made their lives miserable with no hope of improvement?

15. Mr. Poth’s Rule of World History #5
They’re called gods for a reason

16. Summarize!