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Indian People – The Caste System Lesson #3. Classes in America What are some social classes in...
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Indian People – The Caste System Lesson #3
Transcript of Indian People – The Caste System Lesson #3. Classes in America What are some social classes in...
Classes in America
What are some social classes in America?
How often do you interact with people outside of your “class”? (describe)
The CASTE SYSTEM determined your place in society
Like a social class
In India, the classes live near each otherBut they NEVER mix
In India, they divide classes by your jobEach job “level” had a nameYou NEVER operated outside your job
SOCIAL STRUCTURE• THE CASTE SYSTEM• Indian society was divided into 4 social classes
CALLED
________________
What Determines
YourVarna?
Varna
• Your varna is your job.• You can marry and hang out with people in
your varna ONLY.
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• People were divided according to occupation
1. _________________________- Priests & Teachers- Highest Ranking Class- Smallest Numerically
What is the highest class In the USA today?
2. _________________________(Pronounced: ksha-tree-uhs)- Warriors and rulers
Why would warriors get tobe in a higherclass?
• 3. ________________________(Pronounced: vay-shyuhs)
- Common people (Traders, Farmers, Herders, etc.)
• 4. ________________________– Servants who waited on the other classes
CASTE ORIGINS
KSHATRIYAS BRAHMINS
VAISHYAS SHUDRAS
• The had none of the protections of the Caste System and could perform only tasks that others did not
• (such as handling dead animals)
If someone is “outside”
the caste system, what does that
make them?
untouchables
Untouchables in India
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Example of the “rat catchers” in India
1. What is a Varna?2. What determines your Varna?3. What makes varnas different?4. What is expected of you when you reach
marrying age, in terms of your Varna?5. What is the job of a Brahmin?6. What is the job of a Kshatrya?7. What is the job of a Vaisya?8. What is the job of a Shudra?
