GRADE 6

INDIAN SOCIAL STUDIES

HISTORY
Topic: What books and burials tell us
WALT:
 appreciate that different developments were taking place in different parts of
the subcontinent simultaneously
 introduce simple strategies of textual analysis
 reinforce the skills of archaeological analysis already developed
What will I learn in this lesson?
• the Vedas and what they tell us
 LET'S DISCUSS
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 KEY WORDS
Vedas
Samveda
Rigveda

Agni

Yajurveda Atharveda

Indra

Hymns Sukta
Soma
PRE TEST
WATCH NOW!!
 READING & UNDERSTANDING – 10 MINS
RESOURCE: SEESAW

Refer Seesaw for detailed explanation on what

books and burials tells us
 AGREE/DISAGREE

 Sanskrit is the oldest language.

 The Rigveda has the knowledge of music.
 The Rigveda was written by Charakha.
 A king is more important than a sage.
 In ancient times, women also participated in wars.
 Ayurveda is the oldest among all Vedas.
 The words sage and priest mean the same.
 Agnidev is believed to be the warrior god.
 Only men were allowed to write hymns.
 Sanskrit is the mother of all languages.
 All the hymns in Rigveda are in the form of dialogues.
 The Rigveda has prayers for daughters.
 Words jana and vish were used to describe people.
 Masters were allowed to do whatever they wanted to with their slaves.
 We can tell how rich or poor people were by looking at the things that
are buried with their dead bodies.
 TASKS
Level 1 Go to school library and try to find out that which is the oldest
book in the library. What is it about?
Level 2 Find out some people(students/staff) around you who know
Gayatri manta and ask them how they learn it. If they recite it
everyday, ask them why?
Level 3 Imagine that you live in Inamgaon, 3000 years ago, and the chief
has died last night. Today, your parents are preparing for burial.
Describe the scene, including how food is being prepared for the
funeral.  What do you think would be offered?

Challenge: Map Work

Look at the map of rivers and list out 5 rivers that are not mentioned in the Rigveda.
Find Brahmagiri on the map of important archaeological sites.

Find Inamgaon on the map of important archaeological sites.

 REFLECTION - FOOD FOR THOUGHT
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People believe in many gods and goddesses, because...
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The Sanskrit we learn today is different from the Sanskrit in which the Vedas were written,
because...
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In the Vedas, most of the hymns were composed, taught, and learnt by men, and very few by
women, because...
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People have been fighting for land from the very beginning, because...
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The 'yajnas' were performed to...
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We can find out whether a skeleton is of a man or a woman by...
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The difference between a hymn and a sloka is...
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Rigveda was recited and heard rather than read, because...
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A megalith is...