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India Inquiry -- History 30% Project History Department Essential Learning: Make connections and use the

knowledge of the past to address current issues

Zack Gordon 4/25/13 7 India Inquiry

Explore current Buddhism around the world. Use your prior knowledge of ancient India and Buddhism to center your claims.
Explain the cultural diffusion of Buddhism from ancient India to around the world today.

1.) Inquiry

(3-5+ sentences Stretch your thinking; Be specific; Draw connections from past history and current events)
From research Buddhism has spread from one place to another and more and more people are learning the Buddha way. Buddhism could be one of the most interesting religion to learn. Buddhism is practice by many people. There are also many interesting facts and things to learn about this religion.

2.) Prediction What do you think you will find?

A. Video -- Ancient India The Impact of Buddhism as a World Religion I did this one for you. See below. B. BBC Article -http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/buddhism/history/britishbuddhism_ 1.shtml Use easybib.com to properly cite the reference materials that you use for your investigation within the selected news site. Select APA format. Alphabetize.

3.) Citations of References

Zack Gordon 4/25/13 7 India Inquiry A.) Ancient India: The Impact of Buddhism as a World Religion. National Geographic 2005 Retrieved April 18, 2013, from Learn360: http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?ID=128215 B.) BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2013.

(Expected and unexpected answers, insights, and questions related to the inquiry focus. Use Language Toolkit 2 for help with citations using APA style)
1.) According to the 2001 census there are 151,816 Buddhists in Britain. 2.) The census form made no provision for such people to be counted. There

4.) Investigation (2+ pieces of evidence per Citation = 4+ Pieces of Evidence)

are also those who refuse to label themselves as 'Buddhists' because it runs counter to the principle of selflessness or egolessness.
3.) Buddhism first found its way into Britain in the 19th century through

translations of scriptures from the various schools in different parts of the east.
4.) In 1907 a number of people got together and formed The Buddhist

Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

5.) Analysis (5-8 sentences Follow PEEER Overview model) Write a PEEER paragraph that answers the Inquiry Question
Explain the cultural diffusion of Buddhism from ancient India to around the world today.

Zack Gordon 4/25/13 7 India Inquiry

For your Evidence statement use one of your Direct Quotes Color-code your paragraph -From this period of research in last couple of days I have gone deep into the Buddhist religion and their ways. Buddhism has been the most interesting religion to learn so far this year. For example I loved how the Buddha became Buddha and how he went in to the woods and did all of that stuff. Furthermore Buddhism has been a extremely interesting and intriguing topic to learn about. That is what I believe of Buddhism.

INQUIRY RUBRIC Research

A Properly uses the 5 Ws of Website Evaluation and Easybib.com without exception Ideas and elaboration include thorough and insightful historical connections. Includes variety in sentence structure and high-level word choice throughout. Is free of most errors in conventions.

B Properly uses the 5 Ws of Website Evaluation and Easybib.com with few exceptions. Ideas and elaboration include insightful historical connections. Includes variety in sentence structure and high-level word choice occasionally. Is generally free of most errors in conventions. Follows instructions with one or two omissions, and

C Somewhat uses the 5 Ws of Website Evaluation and Easybib.com properly. Ideas or elaboration includes insightful historical connections. Includes a lack of variety in sentence structure and highlevel word choice. Has some errors in conventions.

D Does not use the 5 Ws of Website Evaluation and Easybib.com properly. Ideas nor elaboration include historical connections. Includes a lack of variety in sentence structure and high-level word choice throughout. Contains errors in conventions, so serious that meaning is somewhat obscured. Follows instructions with multiple omissions, and does not

Historical Connections

Written Expression

Quality of Work

Follows instructions completely and includes Del Mar

Follows instructions with several omissions, may not

header, 12 point Cambria or Times New Roman font.

includes Del Mar header, 12 point Cambria or Times New Roman font.

include Del Mar header, or 12 point Cambria or Times New Roman font.

Zack Gordon 4/25/13 7 India Inquiry include Del Mar header, or 12 point Cambria or Times New Roman font.

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