Teacher Name Mr.

Stevens

Date/Day of week Wednesday October 12, 2022

Subject Social Studies

Grade Level 7th

Student Learning Target I can identify the basic principles of Hinduism using the Hindu Social Class activity so
that I can show the similarities and differences to other religions around the world

Success Criteria I understand the philosophy of one of the world’s largest religions today
● Explain the key beliefs of Hinduism with the slideshow notes
● Understand the perspective of being born into the caste system with the class
long activity
● Understand the spread of Hinduism to become the 3rd largest religion with
slideshow notes

Colorado Academic 1.1: Use a variety of primary and secondary sources from multiple perspectives to
Standards formulate an appropriate thesis supported by evidence.
b: Examine primary and secondary sources to identify points of view while
formulating historical claims and questions. For example: art, eyewitness
accounts, letters and diaries, artifacts, historical sites, charts, graphs, diagrams,
and written texts
1.2. The historical context of significant current events, individuals, groups, ideas, and
themes within regions of the Eastern Hemisphere and their relationships with one
another.
a. Identify and explain the historical context of key people, regions, events,
and ideas; including the roots of current issues. For example: Mansa
Musa, the conflicts in the Middle East, the Black Death, and
Confucianism.
b. Investigate and evaluate the social, political, cultural and technological
development of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere. For example: the
river valley civilizations, Hammurabi’s Code, the Hellenistic period, and
the printing press
c. Describe the interactions and contributions of various peoples and
cultures that have lived in or migrated within/to the Eastern Hemisphere.
For example: conflicts over land and resources between countries, the
foundations of world religions, East/West contact, settlement patterns,
and the historical roots of current issues.

Do Now (5-7 minutes)
● Number students off from 1-5 when students are walking into the classroom for their
caste placements
● Agenda/Planner
● Students will enter class and be given a colored token meaning which Hindu caste class
they will participate as
● Warm-ups: In 2-3 sentences, have you ever heard the word Karma? If so, what do you
think it means? If not, what do you think it means? (5 min)

Launch (7-15 minutes) Build background knowledge/connect to previous learning.

I Do/We Do ● Watch video on Hinduism (10 min)

Exploration (15-25 Actively monitor student work.

minutes) ● Hindu social caste system activity
You Do ○ Note Taking during Slideshow
○ Highest caste will be awarding “Karma points” and deducting them as well
throughout the lecture as part of the activity for reincarnation
○ I will award Karma points to the highest caste to see if any make it to “Moshka”
(20 min)
● Bring class together for “reincarnation ceremony” to see who gained a level in class (10
min)

Summary (7-10 minutes) Use of Collaborative Structures to share/summarize student learning.

● Bring class together for “reincarnation ceremony” to see who gained a level in class
○ Students must fulfill their “dharma” before the “reincarnation ceremony”(10
min)
● Bring the class together and ask the question “Why do you think that all social classes
appreciate and participate in the caste system?”
○ Allow for brief discussion between table groups (5 min)
○ Bring class back together for ONE representative from each table to share out
their tables thoughts (5 minutes)

Closing (2-3 minutes) Ticket out the Door

● Have students split a piece of paper into 4 pieces and write a 5 word summary of the
main ideas of Hinduism. Must use at least one vocab word within the 5 words. Hand to
me on the way out the door(5 min)

Differentiation planning for various learning styles, EL, IEP, GT, etc.

● Completed vocab sheet for 5th period

Materials & Resources needed:

Teacher: Students:
● Writing utensil
● Tokens for “Karma Points” ● Vocab sheet
● Projector for slideshow ● “Karma points tokens”
● Copies of Vocab Sheet for everyone
● Prizes for end

Assessment:

Formative: Completed note catcher

Summative: Exam 10/27 ish

Additional planning notes, homework, etc.

● Need some sort of token for “karma points”

● Different color paper to split class into different levels
● Need to finish slideshow and vocab sheet