1.9.4

Chapter 9 Section 4

214-216

Virginia Korrell, Dylan Thompson

Students will understand how technological and social changes have affected the was of life for the people of India.

Homework Assignment: Read the attached article and answer the following questions. Improving Education-1.9.4 Homework

1. India has a lot of potential, but why is it hard for them to turn that potential into reality?

2.Why is India's government pushing for better education for its citizens?

3.What do you think is the best way for the Indian government to improve education on a large scale basis?



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Virginia's Link on the Caste System This article, Castes of Mind: Colonialism and the Making of Modern India, is an excerpt from a book published by Princeton University. It focuses on the old caste system and how it has changed. It tells what the caste system was like in 1800's when Britain first colonized India. Then it goes on to explain what the caste system is like now and how it has changed over time. This article goes very in-depth into the topic of the caste system and should be used after reading an overview of the topic. The textbook provides a very good overview so this article is very useful to be used in correlation with the textbook. The only problem with this article, is that it was written in 2007 so some things may have changed since then. Overall, this article provides a lot of useful information that adds to the information presented in the textbook.

[|Dylan Thompson's Link - Family Life] The article, The Indian Family, is an article written by Fairfield University on the household dynamics of the Indian culture. The article provides information on everything from nuclear/exte nded family roles to the rules of marriage. Another component this article has to offer is the charts that are provided to allow visual learners to better grasp the concepts that are being explained. Beyond the textbook, this article provides information on how extended families in rural areas manage their roles within the family. Also, the article goes much more in depth on how the marriages are arranged and how marriage effects the family dynamic. Along with going more in depth on the family life in Indian culture, the article touches on the roles of women in Indian society and the privileges they do and don't have. In total, this article goes over many of the same topics that is presented in the textbook in more detail and provides more in-depth explanations than the textbook.

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This video provides a real life example of many of the topics that are presented in the textbook. First, the Ramniwash Kumar speaks of the new technology and techniques that he has been taught in the "agriculture university". Kumar was taught how to conserve water by planting his crops in rows so that the water would stay in the rows. Along with the rows, Kumar was told to change his crop so that he could use less water to improve his income. At the beginning of the video, the camera shows a brief clip of the village life in India and allows the viewer to get a better understanding of how farmers live. Kumar also touched on the "agriculture university". This shows that farmers in India are getting educated more than the previous generations to improve the percent yield of their crops planted. I believe the video gives the viewer a real life example of everything that goes on in a typical traditional Indian farmer's life.

Big Idea/ Reflection Questions 1) How has the lives of traditional farmers been changed by the improved education of India?

2) Why is the ideology of the caste system still effecting the lives of most Indians even though the government has made attempts to ban it?

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">3) What legal rights have women been able to attain in Indian society?