India, a land of contrasts

Hi guys,

today we first brainstormed about India and what you knew about the country. Then you had to read some documents to add some more information in the spidergram.

Here is what you said about it so far:

ANIMALS:
elephants

MONUMENTS and IMPORTANT PEOPLE:
Taj Mahal
Sultan
Gandhi & Nehru

TRADITIONS & CULTURE:
the red dot (in your forehead )
Sari
Decorated trucks
Hair
Cricket/Hockey

RELIGIONS:
Hinduism
Buddhism
sacred / holy cow
Offerings

THE MEDIA:
Slumdog millionaire
Bollywood - Famous people - TV shows

ECONOMY:
One of the biggest powers
Many people (density/population ----- overcrowded = densely populated)
poor people
developing country

FOOD SPECIALTIES:
chicken
spices
dabbawala (a person who brings your lunch)

LANGUAGES:
Many official languages (10)

HW:

- vous devez apprendre les faits sur l'Inde et préparer des questions (entre 5 et 10) type "who wants to be a millionaire" à partir des informations trouvées dans les documents ou données en classe (3 solutions proposées dont une seule est correcte).