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Now- think from a different viewpoint!  Choose one of the religions/ways of thought from your civilization.  Investigate that belief and consider how someone that has this belief system would respond to the questions above.

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Now- think from a different viewpoint!  Choose one of the religions/ways of thought from your civilization.  Investigate that belief and consider how someone that has this belief system would respond to the questions above.

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1.   A student knows that they are failing a class. Students from each of these doctrines know they will be in trouble when their parents find out. How do they handle this situation?

2.    A student has just found $20 in the hall. What should they do?

3.   A student's parents have just spent a lot of money on a new outfit. The student has been playing around and has gotten ink all over it. What should they tell their parents, or should they?

4.   A student really likes a new student in school, but all the other students are making fun of the new student's clothes. How should the first student act?

5.   A student knows that an older brother or sister is cheating on tests. How should the student act?

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1. Tech book 6.3 Read pages 5-8 and watch the videos. (You don't need to read that boxes that have the green notebook)

2.  Check out this website.

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Buddha & Buddhism for elementary and middle school Kids and Teachers - Who was the Buddha? - Ancient Civilizations for Kids and Teachers

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Another goal of Buddhism is to become the greatest person in the world. This teaching is often misunderstood. It does not mean that you are better than everyone else. It means that you are the best person you can be. The famous example that Buddhists use is the story of the ant.

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1. Tech book 6.3 Read Pages 1-3 Read and watch any two videos.

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For Kids: The Indian subcontinent is host to many religions. One of those religions is Hinduism.

Today, Hinduism is a major world religion. It began in ancient India. Hinduism is different than other major religions because there is no single founder. Hinduism is based on the Vedas, the sacred texts and teachings of the Aryans, the ancient people who settled in India around 1500 BCE.

Hinduism is a religion of many gods. However, all Hindus worship one supreme being who created a bunch of gods to be his helpers. One of the unique beliefs in Hinduism is that God is not up in some remote, far away heaven, but is instead inside each and every soul, waiting to be discovered. Knowing God is always with them gives Hindus great hope and courage.

There are Hindu temples all over the world. Each temple has one or more priests. Most Hindu priests today still come from the top caste as they did in ancient times. This caste is called the Brahmin.

Some of the main concepts of Hinduism are called dharma, karma, and reincarnation.

Dharma is a person's religious and moral duties

Karma is the Hindu idea that sums up a person's deeds during their lifetime. The phrase "what goes around comes around" comes from a belief in karma.

Reincarnation is the belief that the individual soul of a person is reborn in a different form after death, based on their karma, or their deeds in their prior life or lives. A belief in reincarnation or rebirth is part of both Buddhism and Hinduism. This is something these two major religions have in common.

Dharma, karma, and reincarnation, which comes first? It's pretty simply. How well you perform your dharma (duty) determines your karma (fate). If you do a good job, you'll earn good karma, and have a good rebirth. If you do a bad job, you'll earn bad karma, and have a bad rebirth. This continues until you get it right. If you have trouble remembering the order, think CAR for karma - a car gets you where you are going next.

If you ever visit the Ganges River area of modern day India, you'll see a great many people bathing in the Ganges River. As in ancient times, many Hindus still believe the waters from the Ganges River will help purify their souls.

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For Kids: The Indian subcontinent is host to many religions. One of those religions is Hinduism. Today, Hinduism is a major world religion. It began in ancient India. Hinduism is different than other major religions because there is no single founder.

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1. Tech book-7.2 Pages 5-6 Read and Watch.

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Taoists believe that good actions will mean a better life for their soul so Taoists follow rules and guides for living. They are not allowed to tell lies, steal, commit adultery, commit murder or drink alcohol. They also have a list of good deeds to further guide they way they live.

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1. Tech book- 7.2 Page 7

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Confucius taught that people are basically good, but about 250 years after the death of the great Chinese sage, a group of scholars known as the Legalists brought in a different view. The Legalists believed that humankind was evil and that, unless controlled, people would be concerned only with their own interests. The Legalists believed that society functioned best through strong government control and absolute obedience to authority, so they created laws that ordered strict punishments and rewards for behavior.

Confucius believed in virtue and natural order, but the Legalists believed that all human activity should be directed toward increasing the power of the ruler and the government. The Legalists held power by suppressing anyone who disagreed with them.

China had not been a unified nation for hundreds of years when the Legalists came to power. During an era that was later called the Age of Warring States, local rulers controlled many small kingdoms.
The ruler of the Ch'in state embraced the Legalist philosophy. The Ch'in united China by about 214BCE by conquering most rival kingdoms. The first Ch'in ruler of a united China took the title Shih Huang-ti, which means August Lord or First Emperor.
To stop any criticism, Shih Huang-ti and the Legalists banned all books on history and of classic Chinese literature that glorified past rulers. The First Emperor ordered all "non-essential" books collected and burned. He allowed only books on agriculture, medicine and pharmacy. Books written about Confucius and his philosophy were destroyed. During this period hundreds of scholars were put to death-many of them being buried alive.

The Legalists lost power shortly after the death of the First Emperor, and the succeeding rulers ended laws that destroyed books. Confucius' teaching managed to survive the Burning of the Books because his philosophy was often handed down orally from master to student. Thus, it was possible to reconstruct the texts from both memory and the surviving manuscripts.

Shih Huang-ti (260-210BCE), was the title of the first ruler of China's Ch'in Dynasty. His title means August Ruler or First Emperor. The title emperor (huangdi) would continue to be used by Chinese rulers for the next two thousand years.

Shih Huang-ti unified China through force in 221BCE after centuries of warfare known as the Age of Warring States.

In 213BCE, Shih Huang-ti ruled that books that disagreed with the philosophy of the Legalists were to be burned. The Legalists particularly singled out Confucian texts. Only one copy of each book was allowed to be kept in the Chinese State Library. The Legalists lost power shortly when Shih Huang-ti died, and shortly after, the practice of burning books ended.

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The Legalists - Chinese History - mrdowling.com

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Confucius taught that people are basically good, but about 250 years after the death of the great Chinese sage, a group of scholars known as the Legalists brought in a different view. The Legalists believed that humankind was evil and that, unless controlled, people would be concerned only with their own interests.

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1.  Tech book- 7.2 Page 2- 4 Read and (you don't need to read the boxes that have the green notebook.)

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A Chinese philosopher named K’ung Fu-tzu or Confucius, the Westernized version, believed that a society could become perfect, if the people who lived in it exhibited “beautiful conduct.” Confucius was born in 551 B.C.E. He had a government job which he gave up to devote his life to teaching people how to behave. Today over five million people, mostly in China and the Far East, practice Confucianism.