Grade 2 - Early Asian Civilizations

Early Asian Civilizations: Supplemental Guide PP | Pausing Point 147

Domain-Related Trade Book or Student Choice

Materials: trade book

Read a trade book to review a particular event, person, or concept;

refer to the books listed in the Introduction. You may also choose to

have students select a read-aloud to be heard again.

Exploring Student Resources

Materials: domain-related student websites

Pick appropriate websites from the Internet for further exploration

of the ancient Indian civilization.

Videos of the Ancient Indian Civilization

Materials: videos of the ancient Indian civilization

Carefully peruse the Internet for short (5-minute), age-appropriate

videos related to the ancient Indian civilization.

Prepare some questions related to the content presented in the

videos.

Discuss how watching a video is the same as and different from

listening to a storybook or read-aloud.

Have students ask and answer questions using question words

who, what, where, and why regarding what they see in the videos.

Using a Map

Materials: class map or world map

On the class map or world map, and with the use of Flip Book

images 1A-6, 1A-9, and 3A-1, review the geography of Asia and

early India with students. Help students locate and identify the

Indus and Ganges Rivers and the Himalayas. Have students talk

about the environment in which the early Indians lived and the

importance of the Indus and Ganges Rivers to their existence.

Guest Speakers

Invite parents or religious leaders in the community to come in and

talk about their traditions associated with Hinduism or Buddhism.

You will want to share with them, ahead of time, the chart used