india unit study · 7. travel down the western coast to goa. this is a very popular beach...
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Subjects: Reading, History, Geography,
Following Directions, Cooking, Foreign Language, Art, Music, Math
IndiaUnit Study
Teacher InstructionsThank you for downloading our India Unit Study! Here is what is included in the study:
Pages 3-4: India Notebooking Pages: Two different styles. Print the one you want. Check the blog post below for resources to complete it.
Page 5: Map of India Scavenger Hunt: Print and use with a globe or world map. Answers on page 20.
Pages 6-7: Following Directions Around India: Print one map for each child and read directions to learn more about India and practice listening skills.
Page 8: Place Notebooking Page: Use to research one of the places mentioned in the Following Directions activity or any other place in India.
Pages 9: Indian Currency: Learn about India’s currency and practice some math skills.
Page 10-17: Famous People Notebooking Pages: Print the people you want to learn more about and follow the links in the blog post to study them.
Pages 18-19: Book Summaries: One fiction, one non-fiction. Use to summarize book(s) about India.
Also refer to our post, India FREE Unit Study, for:1. Videos and research links about India.2. Hands on activities.3. Recipes for Indian food.4. Resources to learn about famous Indians.5. Links to learn the Indian language.6. Fiction and non-fiction lists of books and movies about India.
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Credits
Language Spoken: ___________________________________Area: __________________________Population: _____________________Capital: ________________________Currency: ______________________Government: ______________________________________________________Dominant Religion:___________________________________
Indian Foods: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Other Notes:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Climate: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Biomes/Terrain: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
History:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Interesting Facts: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Find a body of water to the west of India. ___________________________2. Find a body of water to the east of India. ___________________________3. What large island lays off the southeast coast of India?
______________________________________________________________4. What six countries border India? ___________________________________
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5. What is the capital of India?_____________________________________________________________
6. What are three other cities in India?_____________________________________________________________
7. What mountains lay along the northern border of India?_____________________________________________________________
8. What mountains line the western and eastern borders of the peninsular part of India? _____________________________________________________
9. What are three rivers in India?_____________________________________________________________
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Map of India Scavenger HuntUsing a map or globe, find the following locations and fill-in the answers.
1. New Delhi is the capital of India and lies in the northern part of India. Circle New Delhi in orange.
2. To the far north of India sit the Himalaya Mountains, which has many of Earth’s highest peaks. Draw three brown mountain peaks in the northern tip of India.
3. Between the Himalayas and New Delhi lies Punjab, a mecca for the Sikh religion. The Golden Temple is there. Draw a gold building near Punjab.
4. Just south of New Delhi is the Taj Mahal. Draw a building with a rounded roof to the south of New Delhi.
5. Now stop at Uttar Pradesh. One of the world’s oldest living cities, Varanasi, lies here along the River Ganges. Draw a blue curvy line under Uttar Pradesh to show the river.
6. Now travel toward the western coast to the state of Maharashtra. There are enormous cave shrines in this area. Draw a gray cave to the left of the ‘I’ in India.
7. Travel down the western coast to Goa. This is a very popular beach destination. Draw a blue wave the left of Goa and a small red sand bucket under it.
8. Travel further south to the area west of Bangalore. Draw a large yellow building to represent the very opulent Mysore Palace.
9. Now travel down to Kerala, a very tropical area of India. Draw a simple tiger here to represent a tiger preserve that people like to visit here.
10. Finally, India has two sets of islands that lay way out in the Bay of Bengal. Color them orange.
Did one of these places sound interesting to you? Do some research and learn more about it using the notebooking sheet on the next page.
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Following Directions Around IndiaThese directions were created to improve listening comprehension skills. Read the directions to your children and help them as needed. They could also read the directions themselves and follow them, if you prefer to work on reading comprehension skills.
Following Directions Around India
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Interesting Facts:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Draw a picture of something you learned:
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Place: ______________
Circle the place on the map.
Known For:_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Notes:
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Indian Currency: The Rupee
Coins:
CoinsHow many = 10 rupees?
How many = 50 rupees?
50 paise 20
1 rupees
2 rupees
5 rupees
10 rupees
NotesHow many = 100 rupees?
How many = 500 rupees?
5 rupees
10 rupees
20 rupees
50 rupees
100 rupees
200 rupees
500 rupees
2000 rupees
Find today’s exchange rate:1 dollar =_________ rupee
What similarities and differences do you see between India’s money and your own?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Known For:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interesting Facts:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Akbar the Great1542 – 1605
India
Known For:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interesting Facts:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Mahatma Gandhi1869 - 1948
India
Known For:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interesting Facts:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Mother Teresa1910 - 1997
India
Known For:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interesting Facts:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Deepak Chopra1946 - ______
India
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Known For:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interesting Facts:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Narenda Modi1950 - _______
India
Photo credit: Cropped: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macri_with_Modi_01.jpg
Known For:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interesting Facts:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Mukesh Ambani1957 - ______
India
Known For:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interesting Facts:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Deepika Padukone1986 - _____
India
Photo credit: cropped: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deepika_Padukone_at_an_event.jpg
Known For:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Interesting Facts:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Virat Kohli1988 - ______
India
Photo credit: cropped: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Virat_Kohli_charity.jpg
Title: __________________________________________Author: ________________________________________Year Published: _________
Setting (Place and Time):____________________________________________________________________________________________Main Characters: ____________________________________________________________________________________________
Main problem in the story:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
How was it solved? : ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Fiction Book Summary
Title: __________________________________________Author: ________________________________________Year Published: _________
Topic(s):____________________________________________________________________________________________
Interesting facts you learned:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Draw a picture of something you learned:
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Non-Fiction Book Summary
Map Scavenger Hunt:
1) Arabian Sea 2) Bay of Bengal 3) Sri Lanka 4) Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar 5) New Delhi 6) answers vary 7) Himalayas 8) Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats 9) answers vary
Indian Currency:
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Answer Keys
CoinsHow many = 10 rupees?
How many = 50 rupees?
50 paise 20 100
1 rupees 10 50
2 rupees 5 25
5 rupees 2 10
10 rupees 1 5
NotesHow many = 100 rupees?
How many = 2000 rupees?
5 rupees 20 400
10 rupees 10 200
20 rupees 5 100
50 rupees 2 40
100 rupees 1 20
200 rupees 10
500 rupees 4
2000 rupees 1
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