SCHOLAR NAME: ______________________________

COHORT: ____________________________

HOMEROOM: ____________________________

GRADUATION YEAR: __________________________

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

Table of Contents

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA LOCATION GRAPHIC ORGANIZER......................................................4

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA PLACE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER..............................................................5

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA MOVEMENT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER...................................................6

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA GRAPHIC ORGANIZER.............................................................................7

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

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SOUTH AND CENTRAL ABSOLUTE LOCATION ACTIVITY...................................................................9

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA POLITICAL MAP ACTIVITY DIRECTIONS........................................10

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA POLITICAL MAP ACTIVITY MAP.........................................................11

SOUTH ASIA CLIMATE READING...............................................................................................................12

INDIA SPOTLIGHT: MOTHER TERESA READING................................................................................14

INDIA SPOTLIGHT: RABINDRANATH TAGORE READING................................................................16

THE MISSING SEA HUMAN ENVIRO INTERACTION READING....................................................18

MANAS READING...........................................................................................................................................20

KAZAHKHSTAN ANTHEM ANALYSIS........................................................................................................22

ROYAL NEWS BHUTAN AND NEPAL ACTIVITY......................................................................................23

THE RAMAYANA TODAY AND YESTERDAY.............................................................................................24

GOLDEN AGE OF GUPTA...............................................................................................................................25

INTO THE HIMILAYAS CHART READING ACTIVITY...........................................................................26

EDUCATION BEFORE AND AFTER SOVIET UNION...............................................................................27

SPOTLIGHT: NAGORNO KARABAKH........................................................................................................28

CASPIAN SEA DISPUTE..................................................................................................................................29

TIMELINE FOR ATTILA THE HUN..............................................................................................................30

SOUTH ASIA CLIMATE READING...............................................................................................................31

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

SOUTH ASIA HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION READING....................................................33

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA LOCATION GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

ABSOLUTE
RELATIVE
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA PLACE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

PHYSICAL
HUMAN
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA MOVEMENT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

PEOPLE GOODS

GEOGRAPHICAL ECONOMIC

IDEAS

POLITICAL
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION GRAPHIC
ORGANIZER

DEPEND ON THE MODIFY/CHANGE THE

ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT

ADAPT TO THE ENVIRONMENT

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ABSOLUTE LOCATION ACTIVITY

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

BETWEEN LATITUDE LINES: _____________ and _____________
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA POLITICAL MAP ACTIVITY DIRECTIONS

STEP 1: Label each country in the list below on the POLITICAL MAP of Africa.

Afghanistan Kazakhstan Tajikistan

Bangladesh Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan
Bhutan Nepal Uzbekistan
India Pakistan

STEP 2: Finish Presentation

Color all locations on each map (COLOR AROUND YOUR LABEL)

**SPICY CHALLENGE**

Label the following cities and mark with a star

Kabul Colombo
Islamabad Astana
New Delhi Bishkek
Kathmandu Dushanbe
Thimphu Ankara
Dhaka Tashkent

EXCEEDS MEETS APPROACHES NOT YET

THE STANDARD THE STANDARD THE STANDARD PROFICIENT

ALL locations on the map are
labeled correctly and neatly and
are printed in black or blue ink
or pencil. Labels are in
horizontal direction. Place
names are capitalized and
spelled correctly. Writing is
legible like it would be in an
atlas
Most of the locations Assignment is a little Assignment is
are labeled correctly. more than half poorly
Labels are not neatly complete. Labels are attempted or
readable by the messy or unreadable by locations are not
instructor or are not all instructor or are not in labeled
in horizontal direction. horizontal direction. accurately.
Place names are not Place names are not
capitalized. spelled correctly.
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA POLITICAL MAP ACTIVITY MAP
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

SOUTH ASIA CLIMATE READING

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

INDIA SPOTLIGHT: MOTHER TERESA READING

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

1. What groups of people did Mother Teresa work with in India? How
did she help them?

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2. How did Mother Teresas work go beyond India and continue even
after she died?

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Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

INDIA SPOTLIGHT: RABINDRANATH TAGORE READING
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

1. How did Tagors influence extend beyond his native land?

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2. Tagore felt that nationalism threatened world peace. Do you

agree? Why? Why Not?
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

THE MISSING SEA HUMAN ENVIRO INTERACTION READING
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

1. What economic activity is killing the Aral Sea? Why?

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2. What effects have the changes in the Aral Sea had on the
regions climate? Why would such changes have these effects?

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3. In the early 1960s, people in the region planned to turn the town
Muynak into a major resort for Central Asia. What do you think
has happened to those plans? Why?

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4. Predict what you would believe is the future of Kokaral and its
people.

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

MANAS READING
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

1. Which words from poem best describe Manas character?

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2. Why does the storyteller introduce the epic poem about Manas
as a fairy tale?

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3. NOW YOU!! Write a short poem about an older person in your family that you
admire. In the poem, describe that relative as a great hero, such as Manas.
Exaggerate some of the facts in your poem to make your hero seem larger than
life.

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Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

KAZAHKHSTAN ANTHEM ANALYSIS
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

1. What qualities do you believe the people want for their country?

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Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

ROYAL NEWS BHUTAN AND NEPAL ACTIVITY
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

THE RAMAYANA TODAY AND YESTERDAY

1. Why do you think THE RAMAYANA has had appeal outside of

India?

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________________________

2. Do you think the story of THE RAMAYANA would make a good

movie? Why or Why not?

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3. What values does the story of Prince Rama teach?

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

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4. Why has THE RAMAYANA survived for so long?

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

GOLDEN AGE OF GUPTA

DIRECTIONS: Read the article below and answer the questions.

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

1. Why do you think the Gupta period has been called the classical
age of Indian Civilization?

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2. Why might Da-hsien have been traveling in India during Chandra

Gupta IIs Reign?

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

INTO THE HIMILAYAS CHART READING ACTIVITY

1. Do you think that SNOW is an appropriate name for the

Himalayas? Explain why or why not. What other name would you
suggest?

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2. Do you find the facts about the Himalayas wildlife surprises? Why
or why not?
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

EDUCATION BEFORE AND AFTER SOVIET UNION

DIRECTIONS: Read the text and analyze the educational values of Soviet education and Post-
Soviet education.

Question in a Soviet Classroom Questions in a Classroom After the

Soviet Union

1. How is the Soviet learning method different from the learning

method used in schools in Central Asia and the Caucasus today?
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

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2. How would you have to use both kinds of thinking to understand

the Aral Sea

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SPOTLIGHT: NAGORNO KARABAKH
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

CASPIAN SEA DISPUTE
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

TIMELINE FOR ATTILA THE HUN

1. Why do you think the Huns were able to form such a large
empire?

_____________________________________________________________________

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________________________

2. Do you think Attila was a strong commander? Explain using

information from the timeline as evidence.

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Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

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GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH ASIA CLIMATE READING
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

GLOBAL LITERACY GRADE 6

SOUTH ASIA HUMAN ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION READING
Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X

Name: ____________________________ Date: _______________

HR/Cohort ___________ Argosy Class of 202X