For their final project students have the opportunity to pick from a wide range of topics.   Topics could include the following:

• Art – miniatures, traditional, contemporary
• Architecture
• Music – region, particular instrument or artist
• Jewelry
• Gemology
• Indian Cuisine – Regional
• Textiles – embroidery, weaving
• Carpets weaving
• Dance
• Wildlife – Tigers, Indian elephant, urban monkey populations, birds
• Wood carving
• Marble inlay work
• Sports – cricket, polo, hockey, kabbadi
• Fashion design
• Interior design
• Bollywood
• Slums
• Arranged marriage
• Other

Resources

1)  Destiny:  Books in our India collection

2)  Databases

• Britannica: basic information – overview
• WWW – Use the CARS method to evaluate the website to make sure it a reliable

Evaluating web sites

When evaluating web sites, remember to check that it is a reliable source.  You can use the CARS method to do this.

Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFEwwG7rq0E

• Facts on File (Modern World History):  Encyclopedia articles, essays
• Newspapers:  Newsbank and Indian Newspapers (Custom Google Search)
• Questia: ebooks, scholarly journal articles, magazines, newspaper