Materials

• Student atlases
• Unlabeled outline map of South Asia
• Video on Hinduism, and a related, teacher-developed viewing guide

Instructional Activities

1. Display the following questions on the board or overhead, and instruct students to respond to them in writing:
   • What nations make up South Asia?
   • What is the longitude and latitude running through the center of South Asia?
   • What products does the United States import from South Asia?
   
   Divide the class into groups of three or four students each, and instruct the students in each group to share their responses but to prepare their own response sheet. Allow students to use their textbooks and other available resources. Allow time for groups to share their responses.
   
   
2. Distribute unlabeled outline maps and atlases, and instruct students to annotate their map with the following information:
   • Color rivers, oceans, and seas blue
   • Color each nation a different color
   • Label the following physical and political features:
     - East and West Ghats
     - Himalayas
     - Hindu Kush
     - Bay of Bengal
     - Arabian Sea
     - Indian Ocean
     - Indus River
     - Brahmaputra River
     - Ganges River
     - Deccan Plateau
     - Khyber Pass
     - Thar Desert
     - Pakistan
     - India
     - Bangladesh
     - Sri Lanka
     - Maldives
     - Bhutan
     - Nepal
     - Karachi
     - New Delhi
     - Bangalore
     - Calcutta
     - Bombay
     - Islamabad
     - Kathmandu
     - Thimphu
     - Colombo
   
   
3. Assign a teacher-selected reading, worksheet, or other reinforcement activity, using available teacher resources.