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Oral Traditions, Sanskrit, and the Sacred Vedas
Analyze the preservation of the Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda, and Atharvaveda through Sanskrit oral recitation and ritual hymns.
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Ancient South Asia: The Indus Valley and Vedic Society
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Analyze the urban planning, technological innovations, social structures, and economic networks of the Indus Valley civilization and early Vedic society.
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Learning standards covered
7.T1.2Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeDescribe important economic, political, and religious developments in Indian and Central Asian history and evaluate the ways in which they conform to or differ from developments in societies in other regions of the world.
7.T1.2.bMassachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Gradethe evolution and central principles of Hinduism