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India's Demographics and Cultural Diversity: A Closer Look

Explore India's diverse demographics, including population size, religious distribution, and cultural characteristics. Learn about Hinduism, Islam, reincarnation, and social issues. Engage in discussions and readings to deepen understanding. Homework assignment involves creating a brain frame connecting key terms.

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India's Demographics and Cultural Diversity: A Closer Look

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  1. Table of Contents • India’s Demographics 2.05 • British East India Company 2.06 MAKE UP WORK 2.05

  2. India’s Demographics ___2.05 Agenda: • Do Now • Notes / Video • Reading • Discussion • TTL

  3. Classwork for Tuesday 2.05 (15 points) • DN / TTL (5 pts) • Readings (5 pts) • Discussion Participation / Observation Notes (5 pts)

  4. Demographics: characteristics / study of a human population • race • gender • language • religion

  5. India • 1.2 billion people (2nd most populous in the world)  4x more than USA • 33% live in poverty 15% in USA • Two major religions: • Hindu (87%) • Muslim (13%)

  6. Hinduism • 900 million believers (mostly in India) • Polytheistic  many gods and goddesses (Muslims are monotheistic) • everyone shares a universal soul (brahman) • reincarnation: return to earth until you reach enlightenment

  7. Instructions • Read the article about “Race in America”. • In your notebook, begin answering the discussions questions (“Wonderings”) using details from the readings. • You have 10 minutes before the discussion begins.

  8. Homework (Due Wednesday, Jan 6th) • Make a brainframe that links together the following terms/ideas: India, Hindu, Muslim, untouchables, demographics, reincarnation, discrimination, polytheistic, monotheistic

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