South Asia: The Diversity Continues

Many unique cultures….

L.N.1.1.1. Identify an/or analyze the author’s intended purpose of a text.

Do Now: What is the author’s intended purpose of this text?

LITERATURE KEYSTONE DO NOW

Project Tiger A 1969 survey showed that there were only 1,800 tigers in India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, and

several species had become extinct. By contrast, 50 years earlier there had been more than 100,000 tigers. To save the tiger in India, the World Wildlife Fund began Project Tiger in 1973. Read the passage to learn about Project Tiger. As you read, look for assumptions – statements accepted as true without proof.

Project Tiger is a campaign to save a wild animal from extinction. It is also an attempt to save India’s forest environment. The primary reason tigers were dying out in India was the clearing of 88% of the country’s wild lands. As part of Project Tiger, 18 tiger reserves have been created in a land area of about 9,100 square miles, 2% of India’s remaining forests. The creation of the tiger reserves necessitated the relocation of the people of 33 villages, a drastic step that was possible only because Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was personally involved with Project Tiger. Project Tiger has been successful in accomplishing its goals. The number of tigers in India has increased from 1,800 in 1977 to 4,300 today. Other wildlife living in the reserves, such as elephants, rhinoceros, and wild buffalo have flourished also. Environmental protection efforts have restored ground-level vegetation to deforested areas, and streams within the reserves suffer less silting during the monsoons. The size of India’s forest reserves, however, has not increased. A tiger needs a large territory, and tigers disperse over a wide area. Once a reserve contains as many tigers as it can support, the next generation of tiger

cubs will leave the protected area for the surrounding countryside. Sugar cane plantations, with their long-grass covers, are particularly attractive to tigers. About 1,800 tigers currently live in the reserves; the rest live wherever they can find cover, food, and water. As more tigers leave the reserves, conflict between tigers and people increases. Tigers have killed hundreds of people since the 1970’s. Most of the victims have been people who have accidentally disturbed a tiger, for example, a female nursing her cubs. However, a number of people have been victims of the 1% of tigers that prey on humans.

Information DBQ #3 this week - beginning on Tuesday - Substitute in class Wednesday South Asia Quiz/Test - Ch. 24/25/26 DBQ Work on Thursday - substitute in class Expectations for behavior

Current EventsMalala has asteroid named

after her - flattering? Immortalized forever in the stars

Hillary Clinton - announces she is a candidate for president - and she angers China with her “tweets”

L.N.1.1.1. Identify an/or analyze the author’s intended purpose of a text.

Do Now: What is the author’s intended purpose of this text?

LITERATURE KEYSTONE DO NOW

Project Tiger A 1969 survey showed that there were only 1,800 tigers in India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, and

several species had become extinct. By contrast, 50 years earlier there had been more than 100,000 tigers. To save the tiger in India, the World Wildlife Fund began Project Tiger in 1973. Read the passage to learn about Project Tiger. As you read, look for assumptions – statements accepted as true without proof.

Project Tiger is a campaign to save a wild animal from extinction. It is also an attempt to save India’s forest environment. The primary reason tigers were dying out in India was the clearing of 88% of the country’s wild lands. As part of Project Tiger, 18 tiger reserves have been created in a land area of about 9,100 square miles, 2% of India’s remaining forests. The creation of the tiger reserves necessitated the relocation of the people of 33 villages, a drastic step that was possible only because Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was personally involved with Project Tiger. Project Tiger has been successful in accomplishing its goals. The number of tigers in India has increased from 1,800 in 1977 to 4,300 today. Other wildlife living in the reserves, such as elephants, rhinoceros, and wild buffalo have flourished also. Environmental protection efforts have restored ground-level vegetation to deforested areas, and streams within the reserves suffer less silting during the monsoons. The size of India’s forest reserves, however, has not increased. A tiger needs a large territory, and tigers disperse over a wide area. Once a reserve contains as many tigers as it can support, the next generation of tiger

cubs will leave the protected area for the surrounding countryside. Sugar cane plantations, with their long-grass covers, are particularly attractive to tigers. About 1,800 tigers currently live in the reserves; the rest live wherever they can find cover, food, and water. As more tigers leave the reserves, conflict between tigers and people increases. Tigers have killed hundreds of people since the 1970’s. Most of the victims have been people who have accidentally disturbed a tiger, for example, a female nursing her cubs. However, a number of people have been victims of the 1% of tigers that prey on humans.

Hinduism Polytheistic religion - many gods of significant importance Follow nine basic truths Scriptures are the Vedas - most ancient scriptures Brahman - supreme God Reincarnation (Karma) - based on the way the

individual lives their life

Other Gods Shiva - one of the many forms of God - worshipped by different sects of Hindu religion Devi - core form of every Hindu

goddess Ganga - goddess of the Ganges - remission of sins, cycle of

death

https://www.himalayanacademy.com/readlearn/basics/nine-beliefs

Other religions in the region Buddhism - non-theistic

religion - considered more a

path, way of life Teachings of the

Buddha - Siddartha

Gautama - harmony and

balance - considered the enlightened one

Other religions Christianity

Islam

Sikhism

Taoism

Conflicts - Rohingya in

Bangladesh - Taliban in Afghanistan

Caste System 5 castes - restrictive system - undergone changes

over the years Each caste has a

moral duty or “Dharma”

- can only change castes

through reincarnation

Untouchable caste eliminated in India

Terrorism - Profile Goal is to establish fear - push an agenda - disrupt the norm Profile - typically poor - little to no formal

education - fall into suicide bombers,

etc.. Changes in profile - more socially driven - education levels improving - increased funding

Population increases Stresses infrastructure highest growth in some

of the poorest countries High mortality rates - lack of access to

health services Access to life

necessities - water - housing - jobs

Extreme Weather Summer Monsoons - heavy rains to the

region - farming possible - bring cyclones Winter Monsoons - dry conditions - destruction of land Can limit farming - high population, need

for food

Political Tensions Dam projects - Ganges River - affects Bangladesh Rohingya - stateless nation - sent from country to country Land conflicts - Khyber Pass - India, Pakistan, and

Afghanistan

Exit

Summarize in a paragraph what you have learned about South Asia.