Ancient India-Final Week

Do Now-Day 1 ● 1. Take out Unit 5 packet

● 2. Log on to Chromebook
● 3. Go to Google Classroom
● 4. Open Unit 5 DBQ Essay
● 5. Open Unit 5 Essay Checklist
● 6. Computer at 45 degrees

We will review what will be expected of

you while you write the 5 paragraph essay
this week.
Agenda-Day 1 ● Do Now
● Thesis Statement
● Restatement of Thesis
● Essay Expectations
● Essay Outline
● Write Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3
 Students will be able to write a clear and coherent introductory
paragraph as well as their two clear and coherent body paragraphs by
Objectives-Day 1 scoring a 3 or higher on this portion of the Unit 5 DBQ Essay.

Standard:

CC.HSS.6.5.1. Locate and describe the major river system and

discuss the physical setting that supported the rise of this civilization.

CC.HSS.6.5.3. Explain the major beliefs and practices of

Brahmanism in India and how they evolved into early Hinduism.

CC.HSS.6.5.5. Know the life and moral teachings of Buddha and how
Buddhism spread in India, Ceylon, and Central Asia.

CC.HSS.6.5.6. Describe the growth of the Maurya empire and the

political and moral achievements of the emperor Asoka.

CC.WHST.6-8.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the

development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose,
and audience.

Thesis Statement
If I see ANY of the examples as
part of your thesis, you WILL
get an AUTOMATIC Z(0) on
this essay!
You may review your Unit 5 DBQ Rubric
to see what will be assessed in your essay
and how you earn points if you finish your
thesis ahead of time.
We will use an Expository Thesis Statement for this essay.
An expository thesis statement has an explanatory
function. You are expected to explain to the reader what
the major focus of your topic is.
Your task is to explain what ideas did ancient Indians
consider to be the best ways to live or improve the
world.
Use the next TEN minutes to write a THESIS that
explains WHAT 3 ideas about the world are the MOST
important from Ancient India on page 19 of our packet.
Exemplar: Some of the things Ancient Indians
believed in for a better life include cultivating great
qualities to live a wholesome life, knowing that
humans are persistently attached to different
experiences, and that all living things are part of the
Supreme Being of Hinduism.

Thesis Restatement
If I see ANY of the exemplars as
part of your restated thesis, you
WILL get an AUTOMATIC Z(0)
on this essay!
You may review your Unit 5 DBQ Rubric
to see what will be assessed in your essay
and how you earn points if you finish your
restated thesis ahead of time.
With our THESIS complete, we now have to restate our thesis.
Here is the original thesis exemplar:
Some of the things Ancient Indians believed for a better life
include cultivating great qualities to live a wholesome life,
knowing that humans are persistently attached to different
experiences, and that all living things are part of the Supreme
Being of Hinduism.
All you have to do is switch the order your sentence is written in!
The reason for the restated thesis is to both remind the reader
about some of your main arguments but to also learn how to
organize your writing in a different format. Here is the restated
thesis exemplar:
Cultivating great qualities to live a wholesome life, knowing
that humans are persistently attached to different
experiences,and that all living things are part of the Supreme
Being of Hinduism are some of the things that ancient Indians
believed in for a better life.
Take 6 minutes to finish your restated thesis. If you finish ahead of
Essay Expectations- We will review the checklist together so we know what we need
to do for each paragraph!

Paragraph 1
Essential Question:
What ideas did ancient Indians consider to
be the most important to live a better life?

● Paragraph 1: Introduction: Use the Ancient India

Introduction Paragraph we typed for the majority
of your introduction paragraph.
● Copy and paste it on the new essay.
● Add your thesis statement (3 MOST important
reasons on what Ancient Indians believed in for a
better life) as the last sentence of the introduction.
● Add extra information to the questions from page 5
of the Ancient India packet if you need it.
 ● Paragraph 2: How did Emperor Asoka believe people
should live a good life?
(Asoka CERER on page 12)

Essay Expectations- ● If you got a 3 or 4 on it, copy it from the packet onto the
paragraph!

Paragraph 2 ● Check spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.

Didn’t Finish the Asoka CERER?

Claim: Tell us TWO of the most important beliefs Emperor Asoka
had that people should follow for a better life or to improve the
world.
❖ Two things that Emperor Asoka believed people needed to do
that ancient Indians adopted for a better life include____

Evidence: Find your evidence that matches your claim on pages 10

or 11 and copy the sentence from the paragraph. Don’t forget
quotation marks.
❖ According to the text “_______________________”.
(Document name, Author/Book name)

Reasoning: Put the evidence in your own words. Connect your

evidence to your claim and tell us why the evidence makes your
claim true.
❖ The evidence is saying _____________.
❖ This supports my claim because it ____________. <--tell
us exactly how the evidence makes your claim right.
 Evidence 2: Find new evidence that matches your claim on
pages 10 or 11 and copy the sentence from the paragraph. Don’t
Essay Expectations- forget quotation marks. Be careful not to do the same
document twice! (If you used Document C for Evidence 1,
Paragraph 2 then you NEED to use Document D for Evidence 2/Reasoning
2)
❖ According to the text “_______________________”.
(Document name, Author/Book name)

Reasoning 2: Put the evidence in your own words. Connect your

evidence to your claim and tell us why the evidence makes your
claim true.
❖ The evidence is saying _____________.
❖ This supports my claim because it ____________. <--
tell us exactly how the evidence makes your claim
right.
Transition Sentence: Let the reader know you will now start
talking about people also believed in ideas from Buddhism that
ancient Indians saw as important to live better lives or to
improve the world.
● In addition.________
 ● Paragraph 3: What are the crucial (most important)
beliefs of Buddhism? (Buddhism CERER)
● If you got a 3 or 4 on it, copy it from the packet onto the
Essay Expectations- ●
paragraph!
Check spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.
Paragraph 3 Didn’t Finish the Buddhism CERER?
Claim: Tell us TWO of the central (most important) beliefs of
Buddhism.
❖ Two of the most crucial (important) beliefs of Buddhism that
ancient Indians adopted for a better life include____ and___

Evidence: Find your evidence that matches your claim on pages

13 and 14 and copy the sentence from the paragraph. Don’t
forget quotation marks.
❖ According to the text “_______________________”.
(Document name, Author/Book name)

Reasoning: Put the evidence in your own words. Connect your

evidence to your claim and tell us why the evidence makes your
claim true.
❖ The evidence is saying _____________.
❖ This supports my claim because it ____________. <--tell
us exactly how the evidence makes your claim right.
 Evidence 2: Find new evidence that matches your claim using
Essay Expectations- the SAME document (The Four Noble Truths of Buddha) and
copy the sentence from the paragraph. Don’t forget quotation
Paragraph 3 marks.
❖ According to the text “_______________________”.
(Document name, Author/Book name)

Reasoning 2: Put the evidence in your own words. Connect your

evidence to your claim and tell us why the evidence makes your
claim true.
❖ The evidence is saying _____________.
❖ This supports my claim because it ____________. <--
tell us exactly how the evidence makes your claim
right.
Transition Sentence: Let the reader know you will now start
talking about people also believed in ideas from Hinduism that
ancient Indians saw as important to live better lives or to
improve the world.
● Furthermore.___________
 ● Paragraph 4: What are the crucial (Most Important)
beliefs of Hinduism? (Hinduism CERER)
● If you got a 3 or 4 on it, copy it from the packet onto the
Essay Expectations- ●
paragraph!
Check spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.
Paragraph 4 Didn’t Finish the Hinduism CERER?
Claim: Tell us TWO of the crucial (most important) beliefs of
Hinduism.
❖ Two of the most crucial (important) beliefs of Hinduism that
ancient Indians adopted for a better life include____ and___

Evidence: Find your evidence that matches your claim using

Documents G or F(pages 16/17) and copy the sentence from the
paragraph. Don’t forget quotation marks.
❖ According to the text “_______________________”.
(Document name, Author/Book name)

Reasoning: Put the evidence in your own words. Connect your

evidence to your claim and tell us why the evidence makes your
claim true.
❖ The evidence is saying _____________.
❖ This supports my claim because it ____________. <--tell
us exactly how the evidence makes your claim right.
 Evidence 2: Find new evidence that matches your claim using
Essay Expectations- Documents G or F and copy the sentence from the paragraph.
Don’t forget quotation marks. For this paragraph, you may use
Paragraph 4 the same document twice, or use both Document F and
Document G one time!
❖ According to the text “_______________________”.
(Document name, Author/Book name)

Reasoning 2: Put the evidence in your own words. Connect your

evidence to your claim and tell us why the evidence makes your
claim true.
❖ The evidence is saying _____________.
❖ This supports my claim because it ____________. <--
tell us exactly how the evidence makes your claim
right.
 ● Paragraph 5: Conclusion
Restate your thesis. This is the sentence in the introduction that tells us what the paper
is about. Change the way it is written. Ancient India-Final Week slides have an example (DO
NOT COPY the example). Use the connection part on page 19 for the next part of
Essay Expectations- your conclusion. Write your choice:
Why do you think Hinduism is one of the world’s major religions? Explain with at least TWO

Paragraph 5
examples.
● One of the reasons why Hinduism is one of the world’s biggest religions
is_______. This shows that many people want to believe in the ideas of
Hinduism because_________. Another reason why Hinduism is one of
the biggest religions of the world is_______. This illustrates why
Hinduism is one of the biggest religions around the world
because__________. Lastly, many people follow Hinduism
because________.

Why do you think Buddhism is one of the world’s major religions? Explain with at least TWO
examples.
● One of the reasons why Buddhism is one of the world’s biggest religions
is_______. This shows that many people want to believe in the ideas of
Buddhism because_________. Another reason why Buddhism is one of
the biggest religions of the world is_______. This illustrates why
Buddhism is one of the biggest religions around the world
because__________. Lastly, many people follow Buddhism
because________.

Given Asoka’s killings in Kalinga, should we still take his edicts seriously? Why or why not?
Provide TWO examples on why we should or should not follow Asoka’s laws.
● One reason why we (should/should not) follow Asoka’s laws is________.
This shows why we (should/should not) follow Asoka’s laws
because_______. Another reason why we (should/should not) follow
Asoka’s laws is________. This illustrates why we (should/should not)
follow Asoka’s laws because_____. Lastly, people (should/should not) look
back at Asoka’s laws because______.

Essay-Paragraph 1
Completion
6 Minutes-Finish writing your
introduction paragraph.
If done, go through and read it out loud
to catch any grammar or spelling errors
before going to your next paragraph.
You should be working on _Paragraph 1____________
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For on track
Review checklist and adjust
? Get started
Use the next 6 MINUTES to finish writing paragraph 1. Double check your essay checklist
to make sure you are adding everything that you need to finish paragraph 1 completely.
Here is a sample for paragraph 1. If you use ANY of the sentences from the slides, you
WILL GET A Z(0) ON THIS ESSAY!
Exemplar: The first civilizations in India started in the Indus Valley part
of the Indian territory. One of the geographic features near this area of
civilization in India is a river, the Indus River. This river helped the
settlements grow into a strong civilization in India because it was
excellent farmland for farming that the Ancient Indians were able to use
and they were able to trade with other civilizations using the Indus
River.People chose to live in various parts of India because they wanted
to get better land to farm near a river or be protected by other people
with the mountains. Some evidence that shows that this reason was why
people wanted to live in India is how the Indus civilization apparently
evolved from the villages of neighbors, using the Mesopotamian setup of
irrigated agriculture with sufficient skill to take advantage of the
spacious and fertile Indus River valley while controlling the strong
annual flood that simultaneously fertilizes and destroys.Some of the
things Ancient Indians believe about the world include cultivating
great qualities to live a wholesome life, knowing that humans are
stuck with duhkha(unhappiness), and that all living things are part
of the Divine.

Essay-Paragraph 2
6 Minutes-Claim
4 Minutes-Evidence 1
7 Minutes- Reasoning 1
4 Minutes-Evidence 2
7 Minutes-Reasoning 2
2 Minutes-Transition Sentence #1
You should be working on _Paragraph 2______________
+ For on track
- Review checklist and adjust
? Get started
Use the next 30 MINUTES to write paragraph 2. Double check your essay checklist to make sure
you are adding everything that you need to finish paragraph 2 completely. Don’t forget to use TWO
DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS!!!
Some of the most important beliefs that Emperor Asoka had about the world was
(Action 1) and (Action 2). For example: “In hard work and the dispatch of business
alone, I find no satisfaction. For I consider that I must promote the welfare[Well-being]
of the whole world, and hard work and the dispatch of business are the means of doing
so. Indeed there is no better work than promoting the welfare of the whole world. And
whatever may be my great deeds, I have done them in order to discharge my debt to all
beings. I work for their happiness in this life, that in the next they may gain heaven…
May my sons, grandsons, and great grandsons strive for the welfare of the whole world.
But this is difficult without great effort.”(Asoka’s Edicts, Asoka). According to Asoka, he
would help the world since there’s nothing better to do besides helping others. This
proves that Asoka saw (Action 1) as one of the things needed for this world, since he
wanted others to be happy. Asoka also wanted his family to help the world, showing
how this is something that Asoka saw as the MOST important for the world“It is good to
be obedient to one's mother and father, friends and relatives, to be generous to [all], it
is good not to kill living beings, it is good not only to spend little, but to own the
minimum of property.” (Asoka’s Edicts, Asoka). According to Asoka, you should obey
others, not kill and only own a few things. This shows that Asoka promoted great
qualities that he wanted others to follow to make the world a better place. It also
proves that Asoka cared about others since he asked people to obey many kinds of
people, not just the ruler of India, showing how much Asoka cared about the world.
With that in mind, ____
 You should be working on _Paragraph 3______________

Essay-Paragraph 3 ?
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For on track
Review checklist and adjust
Get started
6 Minutes-Claim
4 Minutes-Evidence 1 Use the next 30 MINUTES to finish paragraph 3. Double check your essay
7 Minutes- Reasoning 1 checklist to make sure you are adding everything that you need to finish
4 Minutes-Evidence 2 paragraph 3 completely. DO NOT USE ANY PART of the EXAMPLE or you
will get a Z on the essay!!
7 Minutes-Reasoning 2
2 Minutes-Transition Sentence #2-Exit Ticket Two of the crucial beliefs of Buddhism include (Action 1) and (Action 2). For
example:“Because of the impermanence and continuous change of all that we call
If done, go through and read it out “reality,” the attempt to hold on to it is as doomed to frustration as the attempt to
stake out a piece of a flowing river.” (The Four Noble Truths of Buddha, Religious
loud to catch any grammar or spelling Literacy Project). According to The Four Noble Truths of Buddha, reality is doomed
errors. to be angry because it continues to change. This proves that one of the central
beliefs of Buddhism is rejecting reality since there’s no way to stop changes from
happening. We also see how reality is doomed, making Buddhism a better option to
follow that can help you stop worrying about the changes going on.For example:
“the “illness” that the Buddha diagnosed as the human condition is duhkha, a term
often rendered in English as “suffering” or “unsatisfactoriness.” (The Four Noble
Truths of Buddha, Religious Literacy Project). According to The Four Noble Truths
of Buddha, people’s lives are going to have suffering as a permanent illness. This is
one of the central beliefs of Buddhism since they said what is wrong with humanity.
This also proves one of Buddhism’s central beliefs since they mention there are
three different types of duhkhas that can hurt humans, while offering paths to help
stop the duhkhas. However, ________