mahabharata

Prepared by: CYBELLE S. GAPAS

OBJECTIVES
 OBJECTIVES
✣ read and listen to the summary of Mahabharata;
✣ organize and sketch the plot of the story;
✣ construct a script to retell the story in a modern setting
though a role-play;
✣ analyze the story through analyzing it’s meaning using
comprehension questions;
✣ demonstrate active participation through paying attention,
reflection, responding, and performing; and
✣ relate the moral of the literary piece to real life situation.
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 Are you ready?

Let’s do this!
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WHAT WILL YOU
CHOOSE?
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 REFLECT!
Would you rather fight for power or live your life with contentment
and peace?

What would you feel if you have gained this power but lose
something or someone in the process or in the battle?

What if it is your duty to fight for that power? Would you choose to go
to war for it or go to hiding for your peace and everyone’s safety?

Is having power for duty different from having power for greed?

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 W__ __
CLUE:
It is state of armed
conflict between different
nations or states or
different groups within a
nation or state.

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 WAR
CLUE:
It is state of armed
conflict between different
nations or states or
different groups within a
nation or state.

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 K__ N__
CLUE:
The male ruler of an
independent state;
especially one who inherits
the position by right of
birth.

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 KING
CLUE:
The male ruler of an
independent state;
especially one who inherits
the position by right of
birth.

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 S__ __ E
CLUE:
It means someone who
has attained wisdom
judgment, and
experience

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 SAGE
CLUE:
It means someone who
has attained wisdom
judgment, and
experience

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 R__ T__ __L
CLUE:
A ceremony prescribed
by the traditions of a
community or
kingdom, including a
religious community.
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 RITUAL
CLUE:
A ceremony prescribed
by the traditions of a
community or
kingdom, including a
religious community.
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E__ P__ __O__
CLUE:
A person regarded as the
King of Kings. It is a
sovereign ruler of great
power and rank, especially
one ruling an empire.

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EMPEROR
CLUE:
A person regarded as the
King of Kings. It is a
sovereign ruler of great
power and rank, especially
one ruling an empire.

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MAHABHARATA
A SANSKRIT EPIC OF INDIA

BOOK BY VYASA
READ AND LISTEN!

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 MECHANICS
A. The students should turn on their microphones and camera for the game. The
purpose of this is to monitor the movements and actions of the students during the
activity.
B. The participants need to collect stones from Point A to Point B.
Point A – represents the area where the device (cellphone, laptops, etc.) of the
student was set up.
Point B – represents any place where the students can collect the tiny stones.
C. The stones shall be collected from outside their house and bring it to the camera.
D. Students are required to run from Point A (place of the device) to Point B (outside
their homes) to collect a stone and bring it to Point A.
E. Each student needs to bring a tiny stone one at a time and show it to the camera.
F. When they show a stone to the camera they need to announce their name and the
number of the stone for monitoring.

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For instance: MECHANICS
Student runs from Point A to Point B to get a stone and returns to the Point A…
shows it to the camera and say ”Cybelle, 1” …runs back to get another stone
and returns, shows it to the camera and say…”Cybelle, 2”…and so on.

G. The students will be given a minute to collect tiny stones.

H. The students can collect as many stones as they can within the allotted time.
I. When the students are done collecting the stones they can announce their
name and say “THE STONES ACQUIRED ARE ENOUGH”.
J. When the timer stops and the student is not back to Point A and was not able
to announce the phrase above, then he/she will lose all the corresponding points
of the stones she had collected earlier.

NOTE: A stone is worth 3 points and each point corresponds to a sweet treat
which will be distributed during the face-to-face meetings.
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SYMBOLISM
SYMBOL MEANING
1. STONE - POWER AND HONOR (IN CONNECTION TO THE STORY) -
BUT IT REPRESENTS ANYTHING THAT ONE DESIRE.

2. POINT A - YOU / YOURSELF.

3. POINT B - THE SOURCES/ RESOURCES OF OUR DESIRE.

4. THE PATH BETWEEN POINT - THE PATH AND JOURNEY IN ACHIEVING SUCCESS.
A AND POINT B

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QUESTIONS?

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 I. Mahabharata (Bridging text and context) POST TASK
1. What part of the story did you love most? Why?

2. If you were given a Kingdom like the Pandavas, would you accept it or not?
Why or Why not?

3. If you were in the place of the Pandavas, would you fight for your honor and
power, too? Why?

4. What is the main conflict of the story? What do you think is the root of it?

5. Is fighting for honor and power as a duty different from fighting for honor and
power for greed? Explain why or why not.

6. What would you feel if you were in the place of the Pandavas, where you have
win a battle for duty but lost someone in the process?

7. What lesson/s about life does the Mahabharata offer us?

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 POST TASK
Write a script to retell the Mahabharata story in a modern
setting and perform it through a role-play.
Guide:
• Your modern version of the story does not necessarily need to be an exact duplicate of
the original.
• Start with planning and creating your plot. This will help you in writing a smooth flow of
the script.
• These are the important points that you need to consider and incorporate accurately in
your modern story:
• The main characters: Kauravas and Pandavas (However, you need to change their
names)
• The conflict
• The life lessons from Mahabharata
• You may choose to alter the ending of the story based on how you wanted it to end.
• Make sure that everyone in the group has a role in the activity. (scriptwriter, narrator,
character in the story, props and design, etc.)
• Be creative and I hope you would enjoy the activity!

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QUESTIONS?

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Thank you!

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