2015 Academic A Partition of Indian and Pakistan Lesson

Date and Number Your Papers:Block Days: Wednesday, April 8 or Thursday, April

9, 2015Friday, April 10, 2015

Monday, April 13, 2015Gandhi Mini-Q Assessment Due Monday, April 13,

2015

Day One and Day Two: Block• Quiet Question: Type Two Prompt---Using your Indian Nationalism and

Independence Notes from the last lesson and the CLASS SET of the Major Events of the Life of Gandhi, you and your partner will complete the Main Idea Organizer.• Importance of South Africa: Identify and explain THREE DIFFERENT

actions/events that happened in South Africa that shaped Gandhi into the civil disobedience leader of Indian nationalism.• Indian Nationalism: Identify and explain THREE DIFFERENT actions/events that

Gandhi did that helped India become independent.• Equality for All: Identify and explain THREE DIFFERENT beliefs/actions/events

that Gandhi held or did that were focused on equality of all people and not in support of the religious divisions and the caste system.

Day One and Day Two: Block• Class: As we learned in the last lesson and as the last event in the Major Events

of the Life of Gandhi Reading, on January 30, 1948, Gandhi was assigned by a Hindu nationalist because he had believed the Indian people should cast aside their religious and ethnic differences to coexist in an independent India. Unfortunately, Gandhi’s idealistic vision never came true. With this lesson, we will be examining the reasons for the partition of India and Pakistan, how it was handled, and the effects. • • Class: The teacher is going to do the class lecture Partition of India and

Pakistan PowerPoint, and you should be taking notes in the provided graphic organizer in EITHER PENCIL, BLACK, OR BLUE PEN.• • Homework: Continue to work on the Gandhi DBQ. Follow the chunking.

Day Three: Friday, April 10, 2015

• Class: We are going to watch the first half of a BBC Documentary on YouTube entitled “The Day India Burned-Partition.” As we watch the film, you should be adding to your graphic organizer notes in EITHER PENCIL, BLACK, OR BLUE PEN. • This documentary was uploaded on February 4, 2012.• It has a running time of 1:29:29 minutes.• The BBC Documentary is about the effects of Britain’s withdrawal from India

in 1947 which triggered one of the biggest migrations in history. 15 million were displaced, and more than 1 million lost their lives. The story is told through the testimony of people who lived together for centuries, but were forced out of their homes as one of the largest and most ethnically diverse nations in the world was divided.

• Homework: Finish up the Mini-Q. It is due on Monday.

Days Four: Monday, April 13, 2015

• Individual: For the class period, you are going to use the photocopied supplemental reading entitled “A Brief Overview of the Partition of India” and add information to the lecture notes in EITHER RED, PINK, ORANGE, OR PURPLE PEN.• Homework: If you did not finish reading the photocopied supplemental reading

on the partition, finish that up and adding information to your graphic organizer notes in EITHER RED, ORANGE, PINK, OR PURPLE PEN.