April

April 28

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April 21

-Hindu month- Chaitra

-Discussed Hindu month and relationship between sun, earth, and stars, solar, lunar eclipse.

-Mahabharata video - the war continues:

Dupad angry because Drona killed Virat End of Drupad

Drona thought Ashwathama was dead, even though he was alive

Bheem and Dushasan fight

-Watched a Hindi music video on Hanuman and a guy working on a challenge

Homework

Who killed all of the Kauravas?

Who was one of the Kauravas favoring pandavas when Draupathi was disrobed?

April 14

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April 7

We practiced Mahisasur Mardini stotram for next week performance.

March

March 24

-Went through assembly slides

Try to have these memorized for when you go to higher classes

-Holi

-Talked about the history of Holi

-Went over homework answers from last

week

-Watched Mahabharata video

-Talked about Yudhisthira, Abhimanyu & battle

Homework

Find out why Javadratha came to stop the Pandavas

March 17

-Chanted assembly prayers

And briefly discussed the meaning of prayers

-Talked about meditation, sitting cross legged and benefits

-Watched Mahabharata video on war including Krishna, Bhishma.

Talked about characters Amba, Ambalika, Dronacharva, Bhima.

-Watched a video on the proof of Bhishma's arrow bed and army formation

Homework

Story of of Shikhandi

Why did Bhishma lie on the bed of arrows?

Which day of the war was Bhishma lain on the bed of arrows?

March 10

Today in class the kids practiced their mantras, learned more about the teachings of the Mahabharata, and saw what the places from it look like today!

The homework is…

1: Find out who Chanura is.

2: Memorize two shlokas from the Gita.

3: Write down the names of the conch shells the Pandavas blew. 

4: Prepare for annual day.

March 3

Talked about mantras and how they work Why should you say them?

Listened to Shiva Dhyana Mantra

Watched a Mahabharata video where sage gave Vedhavyasa gave a vision of the past. Briefly talked about what a mantra (from slides) actually meant.

Watched another Mahabharata video on a war including Yudhishthira, Duryodhana, and how the war played out. Briefly discussed the video and what they were doing.

Talked about getting blessing from elders even if they are your opponents

Why did Arjun stop his chariot between the two sides?

Size of Kurukshetra war

Read a chapter from Bhagavad Gita Went to a website in which there are many languages to choose from.

Watched a video on Oppenheimer talking about Bhagavad Gita.

Homework-

Find out the story of why Krishna opted to be Arjuna's charioteer? Did he lose a bet or did he do it voluntarily?

Try to memorize at least two shlokas from Bhagavad Gita

February

February 18

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February 11

In Class:

First, the students review over the homework that was assigned the previous week.

Next, we talked about the story of Garuda and Nagas, talking about who the mother and father were for that story.

Also, the teacher talked about when Arjun got into the conflict with a tribal group, who ended up being Shiva.

We then watched the video of Duryhodhan and Shakuni trying to find Arjun before the time runs out. After that, Arjuna and Bheema cut off the hair of their opponent instead of killing him.

Homework:

Know what Arjun asked from Mahadev

Know what was so special about the weapon Arjun asked for

Who was the bald guy that Arjun and Bheema cut off all the hair of

What is the relationship of this bald guy with Duryhodhana.

Extra:

The teacher talked about the HATS Annual Day performance and how Dharma 6 will be performing Aigiri Nandini without any papers (memorization) on April 16th

February 4

Talked about Hindu calendar

Watched video and discussed characters

Homework:

Why did Bhima want to break the thigh of Durvodhana?

Which thigh?

Make questions to which you know the answer to for class next wk

January

January 28

In class:

Reviewed homework

Watched video of Krishna’s battle

True or false Pandava trivia

Yakshq, Rakshas, Gandharva, Asura

Monkey battle video 

Hanuman powers song

Homework:

Jarasandha birth & powers

Lakshagrah & Draupadi’s marriage 

Hidambi

Prahlad’s father

Eklavya

January 21

Topics:

1. Discussed last week homework.

2. Real life incidents from Shri Tulsidasji life on how Bhagvan helps us.

Homework

1. Read the book till Pandavas go to forest topic

January 7

Topics covered

1. Overview of Lakshagrah, Draupadi Svayamvar and killing of Shishupal.

2. Story of Kadru, Vinta and Garuda.

Homework:

1.Kids have written down 3 questions for  the homework in their book.

December

December 10

Discussed Hindu calendar

Story of Dhronacharya

Quiz

Watched video and discussed characters Watched video on Garuda

Homework:

Read book

Find out the story of Garuda, Vinta, Kardru

Story of 100 snakes

December 3

In class:

Discussed why nature does not want us to remember our past life  

Reviewed homework (who was the father of Arjun, whom did Kunti call for Bheema?)

How were the karavas born

Watched Mahabharata videos (Madri’s sacrifice)

Pandavas early life

Homework:

Read as much of Mahabharat this week and count number of pages to report to class next week

Find out who Kripacharya and Dronacharya are, how they were born, and what their relation is to each other 

Who is the son of Dronacharya

Optional: get tillik from upstairs 

November

November 19

Topics covered

1. Discussed about Kunti and her background

2.  Birth of Pandavas and Kauravas.

3.  Duty of Dhrithrashtra as a king when he was advised to sacrifice his son.

4. Similarities between Greek gods and Hindu gods.

Homework: 

1. Name of the deity which Kunti invoked using the mantra and how many of them

2. Who adopted Karna after the birth? Name the adopted father and mother name

3. List the powers/ qualities of each Pandavas.

4.  Research on names of 7 weekdays in various languages and try to see a pattern.

November 12

In class:

• Poornima to Amasya is 14 days, discussed when festivals will be on Hindu calendar 

• Ghandari’s 100 sons

• Discussed last weeks homework

• Deepavali pooja 

Homework:

• Find out how did Afghanistan come into existence (Gandhar)?

• How was Kunti born?

November 5

Discussed more about Mahabharata and characters (Dhritrashtra, Ambalika, Amba, Bheeshma, etc)

Discussed characters and relation to each other

Watched video- (discussed characteristics about characters, what they did, where they came from)Played small game

Homework

Who is Rishi Parashar?

Find out the name of the father of Ghandari

Find the story of Kunti

- Read book

October

October 29

In class:

Meditation session

Homework:

Practice meditation techniques

October 22

- Discussed Hindu calendar

- Discussed who Parshuram's guru was

- Talked about What Parshu means

- Watched Mahabharata video

- Discussed characters (Amba, Parshurami, Bheeshma, Shiva)

- Relation between characters

(Satvavati, Parashar, Vichitravirva, Chitrangda, Ambika, Ambalika, Maid, Pandu, Vidura, Dhitrashta)

Homework:

- Find out the name of Vedvyas.

- Find out the name of Amba in her second birth.

- What was Satyavati's name before she met Parashar and what was the story of her birth?

- Read book.

October 8

Materials covered: Discussed about Amba, Ambika and Ambalika. Why Salva didn't marry Amba ?

Homework:

1. Find out Guru of Parshuram

2.  Find out how was Vedvyasji born

3. Read the book

September

September 24

In class:

Discussed Mahabharata, who wrote it

Gregorian calendar 

Why do we have leap years? How do we account for leap years in Hindu mythology?

Watched a video on Mahabharata and noted down various characters (Rakshas, Hida, Ganga, Devarata, Shantanu, Parshuram, Chiranjeevi)

Received textbooks

Homework:

Count beads in a Malak

Find out the name of Vadya

Read the story of Ganga and Shantanu

Memorize 12 Hindu months 

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September 17

In class:

Every week, there will be a quiz on the three columns (see attached)

Discussed 12 Hindu months 

Watched crash course video on earth revolution 

Homework:

Find out the name of the person who created the names of the months (January, February, March, etc.)

Bring notebook and pencil to class everyday 

If we follow Hindu months, when do we have leap years?

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