Modern India by Kelly McDermott https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf In what ways does caste continue to influence people's access to opportunities and rights in India today? en-us 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC 2025-04-08 23:37:03 UTC hello@padlet.com India's Independence mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468871 Watch this brief documentary about India's independence and partition.

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468871 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468872 Explore oral histories of people who were present during Partition in India in 1947.

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468872 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468873 Explore the process of Partition through digital museum exhibits of the British and Indian armies.

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468873 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468874 Infographic on how the British spilt India.

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468874 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468876 Caste is technically illegal in India, but social divisions still exist.

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468876 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468877 How the caste system may operate in modern India

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468877 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468878 What do you see and wonder about 3 of the images within this article?

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468878 Economic Development Timeline mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468879 Read about India's economic development

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468879 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468880 India is the world’s largest democracy and second most populous country

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468880 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468881 Before we understand caste today, we need to understand what it is and where it came from.

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468881 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468882 British colonial rule solidified and reshaped caste divisions. Why?

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468882 mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468883 (4:24 - 9:30) The caste system originated over 2,000 years ago with the Hindu varna system.

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468883 Exit Ticket mcdermottk8 https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468885 3 - Three important facts or ideas you learned about the caste system.

2 - Two connections or questions you have about the caste system.

1 - One sentence explaining how caste still affects life in India today.

]]> 2025-04-08 23:36:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mcdermottk8/9jauve1sf3cvhqjf/wish/3401468885