Lesson 3.6: Tensions in India

Objective: Students will describe the origin, rise, and collapse of the Mughal Empire by completing a worksheet based on a reading assignment

Vocabulary: Mughal Empire

Directions:

• Watch the video on the partition of India below. Although the worksheet below does not ask questions about this video, some of the information in the video may appear in the unit exam. I recommend taking notes on the main points of the video (the goal here is to connect issues in India today with historical events)

• To better understand the religious tensions between Muslim and Hindu communities in India and Pakistan, we must look to the history of the rise of Islam in India. To do that, we must turn to the Mughal Empire.
• Get a copy of this worksheet on the Mughal Empire. To complete the assignment, you must follow the directions found on the worksheet.
• Scroll through the presentation below to see more images on the Mughal Empire