Engaging youth in the

civilizational narrative
Dr. Jayakumar S. Ammangudi
Arsha Seva Kendram,
Coimbatore jayakum108@gmail.com
Baudhāyana Pyathagoras
b800 BCE b570 BCE
About Pythagoras

Studied in Kanchipuram
Became a Vegetarian
Started a Gurukulam
“Mad Cap”
 Take Aways ...

 Extremely well known characters

 Make Students Say It

 Can we tell a Story?

Manu Needhi Chozhan
Take Aways ...

 Include Regional history

Wright Brothers
 Navy from Sanskrit Naava

Navigation from Sanskrit Navagati

 Take Aways ...

 Tell Stories!

 Or Share Personal Anecdotes

 Technology does not mean Machines and Electricity

Velu Nacchiyar Maruthu Sahodarargal
π
 3.14159…

Leibniz Formula 17c

 Madhava (Thrissur)
14c
Kerala School Of Astronomy,
Math

Leibniz Formula ?
Madhava Formula ?
 Take Aways ...

 Include Regional history

 Do not ignore basics (What is 17c?)

 Humour?
Take Aways ...

 Invite Questions
Take Aways ...

 Animate yourself
American Textbook Council
"The case for relative stress on Western history is that America's democratic ideas
and practices are rooted in the Judeo-Christian, Greco-Roman, and Anglo-
European past," ... The multicultural imagination has not resulted in better
history. Instead, the changes give often students a selective, puzzling, implausible
and false view of the U.S. and the world ...If students grow up ignorant of the
nation’s AngloEuropean roots and the evolution of modern liberal democracy, as
citizens they will fail to appreciate their political fortune. If students learn to
consider their nation unworthy or malign, or if they embrace globalist fantasies
and illusions, the ability of citizens to construct robust foreign policy will be
hindered or checked. In this respect, the curriculum becomes a national security
issue.
- World History Textbooks: A Review. 2004. https://historytextbooks.net/ED485622.pdf

- Testimony of Gilbert T. Sewall

THANK YOU!
Dr. Jayakumar Srinivasan

jayakum108@gmail.com

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