Hari Om,
We started our classes with the opening prayers:
- Om chants (3 times)
- Shanti mantra - Sa ha navavatu
- Shri Ganeshaya Namah
- Shri Saraswatyai Namah
- Devi Dhyana Shloka – Sarva Mangala (Page 39 in My Prayers book)
We learned following topics in the class:
India's Contributions to World Civilization:
In this section, covered the following points with the help of this presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1nFj0zSz8OxEwSvsVchZeSXiXH_aQrBk-jMHErEzjQFA/edit?usp=sharing
- Started with ice breaker questions:
- How did they celebrate Navratri & Dasara
- Our Contribution
- Our Ancient Universities
- Taksasila - The World's First University
- Nalanda - A Center of Knowledge
- Famous Personalities
- Contribution To Astronomy
- Gravity
- Earth is Round
- Earth Moves, Earth Revolves Around The Sun
- Speed of Light
- The Seven Colors of the Rainbow
- Contribution to Mathematics
- The Concept Of Zero
- Binary Numeral System\
- Decimals
- Contribution To Medical Science
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Few India's Geniuses
- Aryabhatta
- Acharya Charaka
- Susruta
- Acharya Bharadvaja
- Rishi Bhaskaracharya II
- Acharya Patanjali
It was exciting to see so many students deeply engaged and eager to learn about the contributions of our forefathers. They were curious about every aspect of the topics we discussed. Although we didn't have slides, we covered a wide range of subjects, such as the differences between North and South Indian calendars, metallurgy, gemology, phonetics, early human migrations, Indian civilizations, etc.
The students had so many questions that we ran out of time for the planned activity. For about five minutes, we brainstormed how they might turn what they had learned into a play. This sparked their imagination, and they suggested ideas like reenacting a "Magic Tree House" adventure to travel back in time, or having a teacher take them on a journey in a time machine. Some students even volunteered to play historical figures like Susrutha and Aryabhatta.
Class ended with the Om Purnamadah Shanti mantra.
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Regards,
Sachin and Sirisha
Sachin and Sirisha
