Introduction
For your novel study, you will be reading: The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman. Throughout this novel, you will encounter customs, traditions, values, and vocabulary from a different culture. To help you better understand the text, you will conduct research on various words and phrases--some you may already know and others you may not even know how to pronounce.
Task
You will research the assigned word(s) for 3 facts that you find interesting and 3 facts that you feel are important (cannot be the same) To help you, consider the 5 W's (who, what, where, when, why, and how):
- Religion - Hinduism, basic beliefs and holidays
- Religion - Christianity, basic beliefs and holidays
- Currency - Rupee and how it measures up to the US dollar
- Clothing - Sari, Kurta, Pavadai
- Foods - Biryahi, Gulab Jamun, Laddu, Murukku, Pakora
- Foods - Pakora, Payasam, Rasam, Roti, Vadai
- Leaders - Mahatma Ghandi
- Location - Chennai, India
- Location - Slums of India
- Health - Dengue Fever
- Weather - Tsunami, Monsoon
You will then plan a slide to add to a slideshow. Once you are finished planning your slide, you will be placed in a group to create a 6 slide presentation on your group's topics (no repeat information). The 6th side will be a bibliography page (additional resources on process tab).
Process
Religion - Hinduism, basic beliefs and holidays
https://www.history.com/topics/religion/hinduism
https://uri.org/kids/world-religions/hindu-beliefs
Religion - Christianity, basic beliefs and holidays
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christianity
https://uri.org/kids/world-religions/christian-beliefs
Currency - Rupee and how it measures up to the US dollar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee
Clothing - Sari, Kurta, Pavadai
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-are-the-traditional-dresses-of-india.html
https://www.culturalindia.net/indian-clothing/kurta.html
https://www.utsavpedia.com/attires/pattu-pavadai-langadavanilangavoni-stepping-into-the-youth/
Foods - Biryahi, Gulab Jamun, Laddu, Murukku, Pakora
Foods - Pakora, Payasam, Rasam, Roti, Vadai
Leaders - Mahatma Ghandi
https://www.history.co.uk/biographies/mahatma-gandhi
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mahatma-Gandhi/Sojourn-in-England-and-return-to-India
Location - Chennai, India
https://www.britannica.com/place/Chennai
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/12-quirky-facts-about-chennai/as65562502.cms
Location - Slums of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/keep-india-beautiful/life-in-a-slum-ugly-face-of-india/
Health - Dengue Fever
https://www.cdc.gov/dengue/index.html
Weather - Tsunami, Monsoon
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/tsunami.html
https://indiasomeday.com/en/indian-monsoon/
* Resources for Bibliography:
http://www.plagiarism.org/article/whats-a-bibliography (explanation)
http://www.easybib.com/ (bibliography generator)
http://www.bibme.org/apa/book-citation (bibligraphy generator)