1.8.3

1.8.3 **Chapter 8 Section 3** Pages 189-193 Alex D'Arcy, David Mercner

//Instructions:// Scroll down to the subheading titled "Caste" (look on the sidebar to see a list of headings) and answer the following questions: 1.) What is the general purpose/goal of the caste system? 2.) How is the caste system organized? 3.) What social norms are people under the caste system expected to follow? Now scroll down to the subheading titled "Family and Kinship": 1.) What are general characteristics that a traditional Indian family has? 2.) What norms are women expected to follow within a family? **Visuals:**
 * Students will be able to understand the social effects of the caste system,** ** the village's role in traditional life as well as the structure of a traditional Indian family. **
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media type="custom" key="27265088" **Useful Links:** Alex's Link on India ​The article from the Britannica database offers a detailed look at a wide variety of topics in India. Major themes that are covered in the article include daily lives of citizens, the caste system, economic patterns, and ethnic groups in India. The author supports the information in the article with many facts and additional readings that validate the information provided. The text includes a completely factual, non opinionated base of information that can be verified through other sources. On the same hand, the author provides many extra resources at the bottom of the article should a reader want more information on a certain topic. The article serves as a valuable resource in understanding the very complex history and nature of India, providing both basic details and additional, more in-depth information. The website is very useful to any person interested in India whether they be a brand-new learner or a more advanced student.
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 http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/spring07/zuffoletti/traditional.html This article coming from the University of Florida does a very good job of explaining arranged marriages. This particular document was produced by their interactive media lab, which would make it a very reliable source. It was used in our research to describe the many factors behind arranged marriages. Some of those which are reputation, wealth and religions. This article was very easy to access and had a webpage setup that made it easy to access and understand all of the information. This article It fit into our research because we our in charge of explaining the patterns of life in Indian society, and arranged marriage is definitely a common occurrence in Indian culture. This text really helped me understand arranged marriages to a deeper level. With arranged marriage still being relevant today hopefully the students will understand the “why”behind arranged marriages.

 Multimedia Clip (embedded) 8.3 period 1 video http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/

 This video from PBS offers great insight on basic knowledge of India. PBS is a very reliable resource and this video includes no bias at all. In the video, the show tremendous video footage of indian villages. It does an outstanding job of giving watchers a general overview of the history of India and how they became the powerful nation they are today. Additionally, this video is very fun to watch because it gives you a sense of what life in India is like. It was imperative to our research because we have no information on basic Indian history. This video will be very helpful to the class because it will give them a basic understanding of Indian history. Hopefully from this, they will have a better understanding of Indian village life and history.

In what ways did the caste system influence the lives of Indian people? What general characteristics could you apply to the usual village life in India? How have the lives of women been negatively impacted in traditional Indian culture? media type="custom" key="27292674"
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