Ancient India

States and Union Territories:

Just like the United States, modern India is a collection of states and territories.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/US_insular_areas.png

http://www.usa.gov/Agencies/State_and_Territories.shtml

The 28 States and 7 Union Territories of India:

http://india.gov.in/knowindia/state_uts.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

THE ASSIGNMENT: In your groups you should answer the following questions about your state/territory:

What is the state’s name and capital?

What is the population of the state?

In about a paragraph describe the most important characteristics of the state. You can include: tourist attractions, industry, history or culture

What is the relative location of the state/territory?

*Use this map to locate your state: http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/india_map.html

Notice how the government of India is structured; how is it similar to the United States government?

http://goidirectory.nic.in/

You can visit the official website of your states and UT's here:

http://goidirectory.nic.in/stateut.htm

These links are from this great, all encompassing site:

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

or http://goidirectory.nic.in/stateut.htm

or http://goidirectory.nic.in/stateut.htm

Dadra and Nagar Haveli

or http://goidirectory.nic.in/stateut.htm

or http://goidirectory.nic.in/stateut.htm

or http://goidirectory.nic.in/stateut.htm

or http://goidirectory.nic.in/stateut.htm

or http://goidirectory.nic.in/stateut.htm

World Heritage Sites:

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list

Scroll down to the site within India. Read the entry and then take the panoramic tour of each site, journal a response to at least 10 of them

What do you see?

What do you recognize?

What is new or surprising?

Regions:

http://www.kamat.com/indica/geography.htm

http://www.pataks.co.uk/cooking/regions.php

http://www.emeraldworld.net/i-regions.html

Here is some information about the major cities of India:

http://india.saarctourism.org/cities-of-india.html

http://maps.locateindia.com/

Maps:

http://www.theindiatravelguide.com/Test/main1.htm

http://travels.talash.com/india-map/ind-map-3.gif

http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/india_map.html

Here is a map of the major airports in India:

http://www.indiantravelportal.com/tourist-info/airlines-timetable/map-of-airport.html

Here are some general links to India:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3454.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/country_profiles/1154019.stm

http://www.incredibleindia.org/

http://india.gov.in/

http://www.pitara.com/

http://www.pitara.com/news/news_india.asp

http://www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/India/india.htm

http://www.harappa.com/script/diction.html

http://www.civilization.ca/cultur/inde/indexpe.html

189 Indian Newspapers:

http://www.kidon.com/media-link/in.php

Music:

http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/india_31