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Plan for Online Classes
Date : History October 3rd week Grade : VIII
Subject : History Unit per week : 2
Chapter: Byzantium and Europe
Topic/s: Byzantine Empire
Mode of presentation : Resources required:
3rd live session ppt, , History book
SMART Objectives.
Students will be able to;
● Locate the Byzantine Empire on a world map.
● List the names of the group of the people who attacked Byzantine Empire.
● State the current-day name for the city of Byzantine.
● Describe the significance of the geographic position held by the city of
Byzantine.
● Develop awareness for how current day Istanbul shares similar advantages.
Course content to be taught
(Please provide all the details of resources, links and references required. You may attach
appendices of the content to be taught for approval)
The Papacy
The Popes and the Franks.
The Reign of Charlemagne
The Vikings
Methodology ( please include all the strategies and activities that to be used to achieve Time
the teaching objectives)
Starter Activity:
How did Buddha represent himself? 5
Mention the symbols used by him. mins
Methodology:
Teacher will discuss the following points related to Buddha’s teaching:
He explained that:
Good people often suffered with pain and poverty. 25
Wicked people prospered by arguing that whether they were punished or
mins
rewarded.
Bad people would be reborn with poorer position as an animal or insect.
A person with good deeds would be reborn with rich or better position.
Teacher will also discuss the importance of Nirvana with the help of the following points:
Nirvana is most commonly associated with Buddhism, in which it is the oldest and
most common designation for the goal of the Buddhist path. It is used to refer to
the extinction of desire, hatred, and ignorance and, ultimately, of suffering and 5
rebirth. mins
Through meditation and prayer people could desire and escape into state of eternal
happiness called Nirvana.
Eight noble path will be discussed with the help of the ppt.
Do read and highlight the important lines from the book in class. 5
mins
HOMEWORK:
Read pages 1 and 2 for the written work. Reinforce all the key features related to the
teachings of Buddha and sources given on page 1.
Warm up Activity: 5mins
The session will start with a question;
Middle :
Live Session:
AFL activity will be carried out with the following questions;
30
mins
APPENDIX A
Guided Assignment