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The Partition of IndiaHigh School

• Tennessee Geographic Alliance One Day Geography
  Workshop
• Instructor
• Kristi Neuroth
• Ravenwood High School
• Brentwood, TN

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Overview of Session

1. What is the partition of India?
2. Bellringer
3. Class assignment
4. Extension activity
5. Additional lessons and resources

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Tennessee Standards

• W.73 List the reasons for, and the effects of,
  the partition of the Indian subcontinent into
  India and Pakistan in 1947. (G, H, P)  

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Connections to Common Core Standards

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.9-10.2.BDevelop the topic
  with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts,
  extended definitions, concrete details,
  quotations, or other information and examples
  appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the
  topic.

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What does partition mean?

• Simply stated, partition means Breaking Apart
• The Partition of India was the partition of the
  British Indian Empire that led to the creation of
  the separate states of India and Pakistan in
  1947. 

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What caused the partition of India?

• August 14, 1947 saw the birth of the new Islamic
  Republic of Pakistan. India won its freedom from
  colonial rule at midnight the next day, ending
  nearly 350 years of British presence in India.
  When the British left, they partitioned India,
  creating the separate countries of India and
  Pakistan to accommodate religious differences
  between Pakistan, which has a majority Muslim
  population, and India, which is primarily
  Hindu.

Additional Reading 1. http//postcolonialstudies
.emory.edu/partition-of-india/ 2.
http//www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resou
rces/the-road-to-partition/india-pakistan-relation
s
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Thinking Geographically

• Why do you think the inter-communial conflict was
  located along the areas which would eventually
  become the border?
• Why were Muslims and Hindus fleeing in different
  directions?

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BELL RINGER Analyzing the partition of India
Spatially Thinking like a Geographer

• Study the maps provided on the following slides.
  Take a look at the physical and human geography
  of the Indian Subcontinent to see if you can make
  any initial predictions about why India broke
  into several smaller states.

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Class Assignment http//www.nationalarchives.gov
.uk/panjab1947/default.htm

1. Each student will be assigned one of the 5
   people/groups of people below.
2. The student will read the interview with their
   person/people (see student handouts).
3. Students will meet together in groups of 5 (one
   representing each person) and will discuss what
   they learned.
4. Students will complete part 2 of the assignment
   on the student handouts.

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Extension Activity

• Write a one page journal entry from the position
  of one of the people in the group discussion.
  The journal entry should be written from the
  perspective of that person during the partition
  of India and Pakistan. Include as many
  references as possible to the geographic
  landscape (both human and physical).

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UK National Archives Resources

• Personal Stories (From different religious
  groups) http//www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/panjab1
  947/default.htm
• Partition Voices http//www.andrewwhitehead.net/p
  artition-voices.html
• Tons of film and audio resources!
  http//www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/topic
  s/the-road-to-partition.htm
• Tips for students on how to use primary
  resources http//www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/educ
  ation/students/primary-sources.htm

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Additional Resources

• Postcolonial Studies at Emory University
  http//postcolonialstudies.emory.edu/partition-of-
  india/
• The Hidden Story of Partition and its Legacies
  BBC News http//www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/mod
  ern/partition1947_01.shtml
• UK National Archives http//www.nationalarchives.
  gov.uk/education/topics/the-road-to-partition.htm
• UCLA The Partition of India http//www.sscnet.u
  cla.edu/southasia/History/Independent/partition.ht
  ml
• NY Times Potent Memories from a Divided India
  http//www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/arts/potent-memo
  ries-from-a-divided-india.html?_r0
• The Guardian Partition the birth of India and
  Pakistan interactive http//www.theguardian.com
  /world/interactive/2012/sep/06/india-pakistan-part
  ition-interactive