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1. Startclasswithvideo:Youtubevideoabouthowthecastesystemisseentoday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyCQDIwHlXY
2. CasteSystemSimulation
HinduismandtheCasteSystem:ARolePlayingActivity
*Tellthemthislater:HistoricalContext:
HinduismisareligionfromIndiathatisdifferentin
manypartsofthecountry.Butonethingthatissimilaristhecastesystem.TheAncientAryans
whocreatedHindubeliefsdividedupIndiansocietyinto4castes:Brahmin,Kshatriya,Vaishya,
andShudra.TheUntouchablesareoutcasts(notevenpartofthecastesystem).Eachcaste
hadtopracticegooddharma(therulesfortheircaste)andalsounderstandtheideaofkarma
(youractionswillhaveconsequences)orelsetheymightbereincarnatedinalowercaste.Butif
theypracticedgooddharma,theymightmoveupthecastesystemintheirnextlife.
YourTask:
Youwillbetoldwhichcasteyouarein.Eachpersonwillbepartofagroupthathas
onestudentfromeachcaste.Asagroup,youmustmakeaposterthatcutsoutimagesand
wordsfromamagazineandgluesthemontoadiagram.Thediagramshowsthelevelsofthe
castesystem,soyoumustchooseimagesorwordsthatrelatetoeachspecificcasteandthen,
nexttothelevel,explainhowtheyrelate.Therolesforeachcastememberarebelow:
Brahmin:
Superviseanddirecttheothers.Youareinchargeofdecidingwhichimagesgo
intothediagram,proofreadingandeditingwhattheKshatriyaswrite,andkeepingeveryoneon
task
Kshatriya
:Youwillwriteexplanationsofhoweachimagerelatestothecastelevel.The
Brahminmustproofreadaroughdraftofwhatyouwritebeforeitgetswrittenontotheposter.
Whileyouarewaitingforsomethingtodo,youmustremainquietandrespectthoseinyourown
casteandthoseaboveyourcaste.
Vaishya
:Youmustgluetheimagesontothediagramintherightwaysaccordingtowhat
theBrahmindecide.Whileyouarewaitingforsomethingtodo,youmustremainquietand
respectthoseinyourowncasteandthoseaboveyourcaste.
Shudra
:Youmustcutoutthewordsandimages,thattheBrahmindecideon,fromthe
magazine.Whileyouarewaitingforsomethingtodo,youmustremainquietandrespectthose
inyourowncasteandthoseaboveyourcaste.
Untouchables
:Youarethecleanupcrew.Youarenotallowedtospeaktoorinteractwith
anyoneoutsideyourcasteandyoumustcleanupaspeoplemakeamess(iftherearescraps
ofpaper,pickthemup),whilealsogettingpeoplewateriftheydesire.Theycanspeaktoyou,
butyoucannotspeaktothem.
KarmaandDharmaPoints:
Whiledoingthisactivity,therewillbekarmaanddharmamonitors
walkingaroundtheclass.Theywillhavelistsofeverystudentandbeaddingaplussignora
minussignnexttoeveryonesnameiftheyarepracticinggoodorbadkarmaanddharma.At
theendoftheclass,wewilladduphowmanydharmaandkarmapointseachstudenthas,and
thatwilldetermineyourgradefortheassignment.
Remember
,
yourgradeisbasedonhow
wellyouactaccordingtoyourdharma.
ATLgradeforreflectiononactivity
4.CasteSystemReflection/ExitTicket(homework):
Inaparagraph,describeyourexperienceduringthisactivity.Discussthefeelingsyou
experiencedbasedoffofyourcaste.Didyoudoyourdharmawell?Whatbehaviorsdidyou
observefromyourselfandotherpeopleinyourgroup?