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CBSE-STD VI-Social Science-New Empires and Kingdoms Page 1 of 40 Master Lesson Plan For New Empires and Kingdoms Board Standard Subject Chapter Language Reference Link Creation date New Empires and New Empires and CBSE STD VI Social Science English 2021-04-29 22:18:48 Kingdoms Kingdoms DISCLAIMER 1.Strictly not for Commercial use. 2.Provided on as is basis with no warranties of any kind. 3.Content that falls in Public Domain or common Knowledge facts can be used freely. 4.Some of the contents are owned by the Third parties and are used in compliance with their licensing conditions. Any one infringing the Copyright of such Third parties will be doing so at their own risks and costs. 5.Content can be downloaded and used for Personal, educational and informational purposes only. Any attempt to remove, alter, circumvent or distort the data that is accessed Is Illegal and strictly prohibited. ©SriSathyaSaiVidyaVahini www.srisathyasaividyavahini.org CBSE-STD VI-Social Science-New Empires and Kingdoms Page 2 of 40 ©SriSathyaSaiVidyaVahini www.srisathyasaividyavahini.org CBSE-STD VI-Social Science-New Empires and Kingdoms Page 3 of 40 New Empires and Kingdoms 1. MS_Objectives New Empires and kingdoms Notes to teacher: This asset lays down the proposed plan for transacting this chapter ‘New empires and kingdoms'. It states the objectives of the MLP. This asset is for teacher’s reference and need not be taught to the students. Students will be able to: Dramatize the achievements of King Samudragupta. Examine king Samudragupta and his policies which are explained in the prashasti. Enjoy the greatness of Gupta rulers. List the lineage or order of Gupta rulers. Show the extent of Samudragupta’s empire. Explain the rule of Harshavardhana through the biography written by Banabhatta. Answer the questions on Gupta rulers and Harshavardhana in the timeline of indian history. Describe the invasions by prominent rulers during that period. Differentiate the methods of administration. Analyse the ways of administration during a king's rule. Compare the assemblies during the king's rule and now. List the types of army in the early kingdom. Appreciate honesty and identifies the reward it pays. Recall questions on Pallavas, chalukyas and Pulakeshin, administration, army of kings, and assemblies during king’s rule. Summarise Samudragupta's Prashasti, his ruling policies and relations with other kings in the chapter New empires and kingdoms. Time to teach Asset Type Theme SubTheme 3 Minutes Main Script Early Kings and Kingdoms Early rulers , Early rulers 2. SA_Role play of Samudragupta Prashasti Aim: To enable the students to know king Samudragupta’s achievements through a role play. Resources required - Picture of a king with or //and a musical instrument, a poem written on a ©SriSathyaSaiVidyaVahini www.srisathyasaividyavahini.org CBSE-STD VI-Social Science-New Empires and Kingdoms Page 4 of 40 scroll with inscriptions of Samudragupta’s achievements. Setting for an activity - classroom ( indoor) Type of activity: Group activity (Teacher selects the students) Notes to teacher: Teacher selects students for different roles, depending on the strength of the class and distributes the work accordingly. Students prepare required resources such as bows/arrows, swords, axes, etc. well in advance. Students come in turn in front to do their roles. Teacher prepares the children with dialogues beforehand. Teacher asks one of the students to get a Scroll with Samudragupta’s achievements written on it. Students are selected for the following roles: 1) One for the role of king Samudragupta 2) One as a court poet - Harisena 3) Five students as other kings [Aryawarta , Dakshinapatha, Sri Lanka, Kushanas,and Sakha] for the fight. 4) Two students as subjects for each king [ten students] 5) Three students as sutradhar 1,2 and 3 (narrators-who come in between and talks). Three Sutradhars [narrators] stand one behind the other. 6] 2 subjects to answer narrator’s questions Teacher informs the students that questions like who all were there in the role play, what were they doing, who won the battle will be asked so that students take interest in observing the play and ensures participation by everyone. Clear instructions to students who are acting as subjects to walk with their king and announce his name and after the fight, they assist the king and go back to their place. Teacher has to give clear instructions to students regarding their standing positions, entry and exit directions and inform students to maintain discipline. ©SriSathyaSaiVidyaVahini www.srisathyasaividyavahini.org CBSE-STD VI-Social Science-New Empires and Kingdoms Page 5 of 40 (A total of 22 students to be selected to do the role play) Instructs the class to observe the conversation,and follow discipline. Procedure 1. Teacher calls out the selected students. (prepares the students one or two days before). 2. Asks the class to maintain silence and observe and note the points in their notebooks. 3. Teacher gives the swords/bows and arrows to students doing the role as kings. 4. Student doing the role of Poet Harisena gets a scroll with Samudragupta’s achievements written on it. Activity The student who was selected as King Samudragupta walks majestically and does the action as if playing with his moustache. Sutradhar 1: Can you identify who is this? Subject1: Yes - he is our king Samudragupta. Sutradhar 2. : Yes - he is a great king and has fought many battles and won many awards Now he is going to wage wars with our neighboring rulers. (Other kings enter here) Sutradhar 1: Let us see our brave king fighting over others. ©SriSathyaSaiVidyaVahini www.srisathyasaividyavahini.org CBSE-STD VI-Social Science-New Empires and Kingdoms Page 6 of 40 Kings show the action of fighting. Except for king Samudragupta, others fall down, though Samudragupta too gets wounded. Subject 2: Victory to our king Samudragupta. He is Maharaja Adhiraja[ means King of kings ] (Poet Harisena enters with a scroll in his hand) Poet: Reads the achievements written by him in praise of King Samudragupta “Oh king of kings - you are a learned good looking handsome and great warrior, amazing to see the way you fight. Wounds on your body speak of your courage and using the war equipment like swords, spears, axes, spikes, barbed darts, and arrows was great. You are a lover of poetry and a good player of Veena”. Sutradhar 2- These achievements in praise of King Samudragupta were called as ‘Prashasti.’ written in inscriptions on pillars. Conclusion -The students watch the role play - note the important points of Samudragupta’s achievements in their notebooks. At the same time understanding the achievements of King Samudragupta from the poem written by his court poet as Kavya [poem]. These achievements of samudragupta written in the inscriptions were called Prashasti. Questions are asked by the teacher to the students who were observing the role play. Follow-up questions: 1. What was the name of the poet? 2. How did the poet describe king Samudragupta? 3. What is the meaning of 'Prashasti'? ©SriSathyaSaiVidyaVahini www.srisathyasaividyavahini.org CBSE-STD VI-Social Science-New Empires and Kingdoms Page 7 of 40 Limitations: Teacher can check about the costumes for kings and other characters. These can be simple and can ask the students to get ready with available resources. Weapons like swords, bows and arrows, axes can be made in students art and craft class or can be made by students with cardboard covering them with golden sheets. Classroom can be adjusted accordingly so that space is created for the students to enact the role play. Observation: Teacher and the rest of the students observe the role play. Teacher help the students enact the roles as and when required. Time to teach Asset Type Theme SubTheme Samudragupta’s Prashasti, 6 Minutes Suggested Activity Early Kings and Kingdoms Samudragupta’s Prashasti 3. MS_Samudragupta's Prashasti Notes to the teacher: Teacher begins by asking the students about awards or rewards. Slowly she takes it further by asking why a leader of a nation or community is honoured. Further the word award is replaced by Prashasti (Sanskrit word for ‘in praise of’ ) and explains about the same in the following asset. King Samudragupta was a very famous king in the Gupta dynasty. He was a great warrior. His name was inscribed in the Ashoka Pillar in Allahabad (Prayag). The Gupta period was marked as the golden age of Indian culture and art. Samudragupta has won many battles. He was also known for his poetic accomplishments. He was also a very good veena player. All these above qualities of king Samudragupta are written in the Prashasti. Prashasti is a poem written in praise of a king. Many Prashastis have been written in praise of brave and righteous kings in the past. Samudragupta's Prashasti is written by his court poet Harisena and is composed as a Kavya (poem). He praises the king as equal to Gods. A part of his Prashasti is mentioned here: ©SriSathyaSaiVidyaVahini www.srisathyasaividyavahini.org CBSE-STD VI-Social Science-New Empires and Kingdoms Page 8 of 40 ‘’Whose body was most charming, being covered with the plenteous beauty of the marks of hundreds of scars caused by battle-axes, arrows, spikes, spears, barbed darts, swords, iron clubs, javelins, barbed arrows, long arrows and many other weapons.’’ Some other qualities of Samudragupta are shown on coins. The above coin depicts Samudragupta playing the Veena, which shows his love for music. Samudragupta with the Garuda pillar on another coin, shows his love for arts. Poet Harisena explains four different rulers, who accepted king Samudragupta’s policies, and his relation towards those rulers. Aryavartha rulers: Samudragupta waged wars against the 9 rulers, defeated them and extended his empire into their kingdoms.