Lesson plan
Rahul
Rodrigues
Subject:
History
Topic:
Mahajanapadas
Class:
VI
Duration:
30 min
Teaching aids: Flash cards, chart, board, map of India
Objectives:
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Knowledge: Students get the knowledge about the historical states.
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Understanding: to
make students how the states were divided.
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Application: Students
apply the knowledge to day today life.
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Skills: students identify where these states were located.
Introduction:
Q: How many states do we have in India? 29
Q: can any of you
tell why our country is divided in
different states. So it’s for the better administration, so too in ancient time
in 6 B.C our country was also divided into different states and thus they were called
as Janapadas and Mahajanapadas. But
today we don’t call them by same name or either recognize by the same.
Statement of Aim:
So students today we are going to learn the lesson
Mahajanapadas.
Body:
Mahājanapada literally means “great realm", from maha, "great",
Janapada means
“foothold of a tribe",
"country"
Ø Q: can you please tell me some of the king’s name? (Chandragupta
Maurya, Akbar, Ashoka, Shivaji ,Kanishka, Prithviraj, Chauhan, Ranjit Singh,
Samudragupta, Chandragupta , Maharana
Pratap
Ø So were they all ruling together?
No,
rather they were ruling individually and this is called as Monarchies system. So
in simple words Monarchies system is
as “one king or one ruler.” Hence we are going to focus our attention on four
important mahajanapadas states. They are kosala,
Vatsa, Avanti, Magadha.
Ø Q; if you have a
meeting in your school who all take part in it or who participates in it?
Ans:
it is principle, teachers, take every decision on his own, then can you please
name me some groups in your school?
So
too there was a comity or group in every state called as Gana parishad consisting
of senior citizen. As we know that the principle has the supreme authority in
our school. Accordingly Gana parishad had the supreme authority. They would do
some minor work on the vote of majority.
Ø Q: If all want to elect your class capton or monitor,
how do you elect? On the basis of the
vote of majority. So too in Gana parishad the decision were taken on the vote
of majority.
1. Kosala:
Ø Q: Now can anyone tell me the neighboring states of
Maharashtra? MP, Gujarat, Goa etc.
In the same way Kosala
is situates at the foothills of the Himalayas in the region of Nepal and utter
Pradesh.
Ø Q: which the capital of Maharashtra? Mumbai,
so too its capital is Saket.
Ø Q: Can u please tell me your favorite city names from
India? Accordingly Kosala also had its favorite cities
known as Shravasti and Kushavati.
Ø Q: In the previous chapter or lesson, I hope you have
learned about Gautama so now can you please describe me who was Gautama?
Ø So
too the king Prasenjit also lived during the time of Gautama thus for this
reason the king Prasenjit was called as the contemporary of Gautama Buddha.
Ø Q; Can you tell me what it mean by contemporary---
lived at the same era or same time) Moreover though the king Prasenjit was so
courageous and able general during the
war between Kosala and Magadha, Kosala got merged into Magadha.
Ø Q: Do you know the country that has been constantly
fighting with our country? And for what are they fighting? (Pakistan for
Kashmir ) Hence there was also a war between Kosala and Magadha. Later kosala
got merged in to Magadha
2.
Vatsa: so the second state is Vatsa
Ø Q Can someone tell me where is Allahabad situated in
this map. So the Kushambi near the present day Allahabad was the capital of
Vatsa.
Ø Q: can you
tell some qualities of a king?
Hence the king Udayana was very brave king about
whom we learn from Buddhist literature and from the plays of the Sanskrit
playwright Bhasa.
Ø Q: we know that every place hassomething of its
special so what is the special thing of Nashik that we hardly find it anywhere
else? Grapes
Accordingly the cotton textile of Vatsa was very
famous.
After the king Udayana the state of Vatsa could not
retain its independence.
3. Avanti:
one of the important kings of Avanti was Pradyot. Ujjayani in the present day
in M.P was the capital of Avanti. This city was well-known tread center. Later,
merge into state of Magadha
Recap: I’ll ask students question regarding the lesson
Black-board
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Sub: History
Topic:
Mahajanapadas
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#contemporary -
same time
# Ancient time
in 6 B.C
# Janapadas and
Mahajanapadas
# Maha :great
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# Gana
parishad
supreme authority,
executive
council
# Monarchies
system
---- One king or one ruler
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