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 Going to school:
• The bamboo and rope bridge is being used in – ASSAM

• The trolly – LADAKH

• Cement bridge – Normal Areas or Over Water

• Vallam (small wooden boat) – KERALA

• Camel cart – RAJASTHAN

• Bullock carts – Villages in Plains

• The paths are rocky and uneven- In mountains – UTTARAKHAND

• A bird has its eyes on its head and the holes are covered with feathers-they
help them to hear.

• Lizard has the same kind of ears!

• Crocodile too has its eyes like this but we can’t see them.

• DIFFERENT PATTERNS ON THE ANIMALS ARE DUE TO THE HAIR ON THEIR

SKIN

- Without hair on an animal’s body there would be no pattern! [ CTET-Sept2016]

• Animals with ears, hair on the body – GIVES BIRTH

• Animals with no ears outside the body – LAYS EGGS

• The oldest female elephant becomes the head of the herd.

• There’s no male elephant in the herd- they left as they turn 14 or 15!

• An adult elephant can eat up to 100kgs of leaves and twigs in one day.

• Elephants sleep for only two to four hours a day.

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 • The mud keeps their skin cool.

• Their big ears also work like fans- they flap these to keep themselves cool.

• There are 10 to 12 female elephants and young ones in a herd.

• Khejadi village is near JODHPUR in Rajasthan.

• Places were built by woods at that time- about 300 years ago!

• The people of this village were called BISHNOIS .

• The KHEJADI tree can grow up without much water.

• It gives beans and Don’t get affected by insects.

• Story from BOCHACHA village in MUZZAFARPUR district in BIHAR.

• Honeybees lay their eggs from October to December.

• Every beehive has one Queen Bee that lays eggs.

• There are only few males in the hive.

• Most of the bees in the hive are worker bees.

• The male bees have no special role as workers.

• Train is started from GANDHIDHAM in KUTCH – GUJRAT

• Food of GUJRAT- dhokla with chutney, lemon rice, mithai.

• AHMEDABAD and Valsad are in GUJRAT.

• Kozhikode is in KERALA.

• Madgaon is in GOA.

• There are total 2000 bridges and 92 tunnels in the route from Goa to
Kerala.

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 • Kozhikode is a city in the state of Kerala in southern India on the Malabar
Coast- it is also known as CALICUT.

• On the way to Gujrat to Kerala, the train crosses – MAHARASHTRA, GOA,

KARNATAKA.

• Kottayam is the town in the Indian state of KERALA.

• Language where it is spoken (state)

1. Malayalam Kerala

2. Konkani Karnataka, Maharashtra, Goa and

in some part of Kerala.

3. Marathi Maharashtra, Goa, Daman &

Diu, Dadra & Nagar haveli

4. Gujarati Gujrat

5. Kannada Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,

Tamil Nadu, MH

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 6. Ferry is a kind of boat used in Kerala.

7. The details you can find on a train ticket -

▪ The train number.

▪ The date of start of the journey.

▪ The berth and coach numbers.

▪ The fare (the cost of the ticket).

▪ The distance (in kms).

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  The flower valley can be found in the hills of Uttarakhand.

▪ Flowers Like marigolds, zenia are used to dye clothes.

▪ The KANNAUJ district in Uttar Pradesh is famous for itr making.

▪ State on map KERALA & MAHARASHTRA ____

MADHUBANI PAINTING:

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 • The design in the picture is called ‘Madhubani’.
• It is a very old form of folk art.
• Do you know why it is called Madhubani?
• There is a district in Bihar called Madhubani.
• These paintings are made out of paste of powdered rice in which color has
been mixed.
• To make these, indigo (Neel), turmeric (Haldi), colors from flowers and
trees, etc., are used.
• The paintings show human beings, animals, trees, flowers, birds, fish and
many other animals.

• Belvanika village is in Karnataka.

• Gijubhai Badheka lived in Gujarat. He wrote many stories for children.

• An Indian robin lays its eggs in between of stones along road side.

• Koel lays its egg in crow’s nest.

• Birds use the nest only to lay their eggs.

• After the eggs have hatched and the chicks have grown, they leave the
nest.

• Nallamada is in Andhra Pradesh.

• Holgundi is in Karnataka.

• The children’s panchayat was called Bhima Sangh in Hilgundi.

• ABOUT BANYAN TREE- What looks like the hanging branches are actually
the roots of the tree.

• Desert Oak is a tree that is found in Australia.

• Oak tree’s roots go deep into the ground till they reach water. This water is
stored in the tree trunk.

• Bihu festival is celebrated in Assam on the occasion of new rice crop.

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 • Magh Bihu is celebrated on 14th and 15th of January or in the 1st & 2nd
Magh, the tenth month of Assamese calender.

• They make bhela ghar from bamboo.

• Mukhtapur village is in the Pochampalli district of Andhra Pradesh.

• Traditional occupations are carpet weaving, toy making, Itr(perfume)

production, etc.

• These things have become famous by the name of the place where they are
made like– Kullu shawls, Madhubani paintings, Assam silk, Kashmiri
embroidery, etc.

• Abu Dhabi is in UAE ( UNITED ARAB EMIRATES).

• Currency of Abu Dhabi is Dirham.

• Chittappan – Father’s younger brother in Malayalam.

• Kunjamma – Father’s younger brother’s wife in Malayalam.

• In Kerala you can see many fruit trees like – Coconuts, Bananas, Jackfruit,
Papaya, Betelnut etc.

• The only tree which grows in desert is Date Palms.

• You can find various spices in Kerala like- Tejpatta, Cardamoms and Black
pepper.

• Garam masala is made of small and big cardamom, clove, cumin seeds
(zeera), cinnamon, black pepper, dry ginger etc.

• This is the story of lieutenant commander Wahida Prism who is a doctor in

the Indian navy.

• She is the first woman to lead a parade.

• Wahida Prism is from Thannamandi which is in Rajouri district of Jammu

and Kashmir.

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 • Total number of commands in a parade is 36.

• Tibetan also called Bhoti is the language spoken in ladakh.

• Mother in bhoti language- aama-le.

• Father in bhoti language- aaba-le.

• As the ants move, they leave a smell on the ground. The other ants follow
the smell to find the way.

• A silk worm can find its female worm from many kilometers away by her
smell.

• Mosquitoes can find people by the smell of their body.

• They also find them by the smell of the sole of their feet and the heat of
their body.

• Dogs mark out their own area on the road.

• They can make out if another dog has come into their area by the smell of
its urine or potty.

• Most of the birds have their eyes on either side of the head and their eyes
can focus on two different things at a time.

• When they look straight ahead, both their eyes focus on the same object.

• In most of the birds, eyes are fixed and cannot move that’s why birds have
to turn their heads to see around.

• Some birds like Kites, Eagles, Vultures can see four times as far as we can.

• These birds can see things from a distance of eight meters what we can see
from a distance of two meters.

• Animals cannot see as many colors as we can- It is believed that animals

that are awake in the daytime can see some colors.

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 • Those animals that are awake at night can see things only in black and
white colors.

• Birds ears are small holes covered with feathers.

• Snakes are deaf and they only feel vibrations on the ground.

• Some birds and animals have different sounds for different situations such
as for danger or happiness- e.g Langur, Tiger or leopard.

• Some animals start behaving in a different way when an earthquake or

storm is about to come.

• People who live in forests and can observe such behavior of animals come
to know danger.

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 ABOUT SLEEP
• Lizards go into a long, deep sleep for almost a season.

• Cow sleeps around 4 hours.

• Python sleeps around 18 hours.

• Giraffe sleeps around 2 hours.

• Cat sleeps around 12 hours.

- Things you need to know about the

TIGER!
• A tiger can see six times better at night than most of us.

• The tiger’s whiskers are very sensitive and can sense the movements or
vibrations in the air.

• They help the tiger move in the dark and find its prey.

• A tiger’s sense of hearing is so sharp that it can make out the difference
between the rustling of leaves and sound of an animal moving on the grass.

• The ears of the tiger can move in different directions and this helps to catch
him the sounds from all around.

• Tigers make different sounds for different purposes e.g- when it is angry,
when it callout a tigress.

• It can also roar or snarl. its roar can be heard up to 3kms away.

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 • Danger To Animals!
• The tiger is one of the most alert animals. And yet, today tigers are in
danger.

• Elephants are killed for their tusks, rhinoceros for its horn, tigers, crocodiles
and snakes for their skins.

• Musk deer are killed just to make a little scent from its musk.

• Some forest areas that are protected by our government these are:

• THE JIM CORBETT NATIONAL PARK in UTTRAKHAND and ‘GHANA’ in

BHARATPUR district of RAJASTHAN.

• In these areas nobody can hunt animals or destroy the jungle.

• A Snake Charmer’s Story!

• Sapera’s are also called KALBELIYAS.

• NAAG GUMPHAN- Designs of this kind are used in Rangoli, embroidery and
as well decoration in Saurashtra, Gujrat and South India.

• The Snake Charmers recognize a snake bite by its bite marks.

• The snake charmers collect or make many medicines with the help of
plants, which they found in forests.

• Snakes are helpful for farmers as they eat rats in the fields, otherwise rats
would eat the crops.

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 - ONLY FOUR TYPES OF SNAKES
ARE POISONOUS IN INDIA!

• Cobra,

• Common krait,

• Russel’s viper (Duboiya),

• Saw- scaled viper (Afai).

• A snake has two hollow teeth ( fangs). The poison enters the person’s body
through these fangs.

• The medicine for a snake bite is made from the snake’s poison and is
available in all govt. hospitals.

- From Tasting to Digesting:

• Our stomach’s temperature is about 30°C.

• The juice in our stomach is acidic in nature.

• Most rice grows in Kalahandi district (Odisha).

• Rice is even sent to other states from here.

• Despite of that much production of rice - There are many poor people in
Kalahandi.

• Muslin cloth is used to strain something.

• Atreyapuram town is in Andhra Pradesh.

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 • Glass jars and bottles are dried well in the sun before filling them with
pickles so that no moisture is left in them.

• Given below are some food items and some simple methods
by which these could be kept fresh for 1-2 days. Match the
correct pairs:

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 Wandering seeds!
• The seeds are great travelers! They can reach far and wide.

• The seeds has many tiny hooks which get stuck to clothes or fur. They can
also travel through water.

• When the soyabean pods are ripe, they burst and the seeds are thrown out.

• GREEN CHILLIES, TOMATO and POTATO were brought to INDIA by traders

coming from South America.

• FROM EUROPE – Cabbage and Pea were brought.

• FROM AFRICA – COFFEE Beans and Green Bhindi.

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 • EVERY DROP COUNTS
• This chapter talks about a place named GHADISAR. Sar means a lake.

• There was the school on the Ghat.

• This is the story of JAISALMER.

• There were nine lakes and they can be filled with a single lake.

• Jaisalmer get very little rainfall, once in a year or sometimes not even that.

• At some places people celebrate it whenever lakes get filled up with water
e.g in UTTARAKHAND new bride goes to bow to the spring or the pond.

• THE REASONS WHY WELLS HAVE DRIED UP…

• Water is being pumped up from under the ground, with the help of electric
motors.

• The lakes in which rain water used to collect are no longer there.

• The soil around trees and parks is now covered with cement.

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 EXPERIMENTS WITH WATER
• All oceans and seas have salty water.
• The saltiest water can be found in the dead sea.

• Around 300gms of salt in one litre of water.

• No one can be drawn in the dead sea because of that much

salt.(density)

• The person will float on the surface of water.

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 A TREAT FOR MOSQUITOES
• In malaria Fever comes with Chills and Rigors.

• Medicine for malaria- bark of the cinchona tree.

• Iron can be found in – Jaggery, Amla and more green leafy vegetables.

• Flies spread diseases like stomach problems.

• Algae is a kind of plant which spreads in the rainy season (mostly).

• The scientist who peeped into a mosquito’s stomach- RONAL ROSS.

• He found out about malaria before this people believe that it’s a disease of
bad air.

• Malaria is caused by a one-celled parasite called a Plasmodium.

• Female Anopheles mosquitoes- looks brownish with spotted wings.

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 • UP YOU GO!

• Qualities of a Leader:

– Help others in carrying their bags.

– Let the group go ahead and keep to the last.

– Help those who cannot climb properly.

– Find a good place to stop and rest.

– Look after those who are not well.

– Arrange for food for the group.

• The most important thing is to be ready to be punished even when

someone else may have made a mistake.

• Vitamins and iron give strength and keep us

warm in the cold.

• Tekla village is at the height of 1600 mts in

Jhalrapatan (Jhalwar) RAJASTHAN.

• The angle of our body should be 90 degree while

climbing and the back should be straight.

• Bachhendri Pal is the first Indian woman and the fifth woman in the world
to reach the peak of Mount Everest.

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 A Shelter so High!
• Mumbai is the most crowded city of India.

• To reach Delhi from Mumbai one has to cross many states like
Maharashtra, Gujrat, Rajasthan.

• The distance from Mumbai to Delhi is 1400kms.

• The roads of Jammu and Kashmir are difficult due to mountains.

• One has to cross Jammu and Kashmir in order to reach Leh Ladakh.

• People use Nylon tents on hilly areas.

• Ladakh is called cold desert.

• In Ladakh you’ll see wooden houses, houses with sloping roofs and covered
in snow.

• Manali is in Himachal Pradesh.

• Ladakh is high, dry and flat called a cold desert.

• Ladakh gets very little rainfall.

• There are high snowcapped mountains and a cold, flat ground because of
the dryness no plants and trees grow in Ladakh.

• In Ladakh ‘Jule Jule’ means welcome, welcome.

• It was a building with two floors.

• The house was made of stones which were kept one over the other.

• The walls were coated with a thick layer of mud and lime.

• The house looked like a shed from inside with a lot of hay stored there.

• We took the wooden steps and reached the first floor.

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 • The ground floor is for animals and for storing necessary things.

• Sometimes when it gets too cold, people also move downstairs.

• Here ground floors have no windows.

• The thick tree trunks are used to make roofs strong.

• Red chilly, orange pumpkins and golden yellow corns are found in Ladakh.

• During summer season we dry many fruits and vegetables, We store them
for winters when we do not get fresh fruits and vegetables.

• The thick walls, a wooden floor and a wooden ceiling protects the people
of Ladakh from the cold.

• In Ladakh there are narrow, rocky mountain roads. At many places there
are no roads at all.

• Changthang is at a height of almost 5000 metres. It has rocky plains there.

• At a very high place people feel difficult to breath, headache and feel weak.

• There are no petrol pumps and no mechanics there.

• Changpa – a tribe living on the mountains.The Changpa tribe has only

about 5000 people.

• The Changpa’s are always on the move with their goats and sheep.

• They get all that they need – milk, meat, skin for tents and wool for coats
and sweaters.

• If a family has more animals it is considered rich and important.

• From these special goats they get wool for making the famous pashmina
wool.

• The Changpa graze their goats at higher and colder places so that the goats
have more and softer hair (fur).

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 • They stay high up on these mountains in very difficult conditions because
that is where these goats can live.

• This is their life and their livelihood.

• the Changpas carry everything that they own on their horses and yaks. It
takes them only two and a half hours to pack everything and move ahead.

• The Changpas call their tents Rebo.

• Yak hair is woven to make strips which are stitched together.

• These are strong and warm and protect them from the icy strong winds.

• In winters the temperature drops many degrees below zero! The wind
blows at 70 Kms per hour.

• In changpa language Changthang means a place where very few people

live.

• In Shrinagar you will see some houses on the mountains, while some on
water.

• In Kashmir every lane has a bakery. Kashmiri people don’t cook roties in
their homes, they buy it from such bakeries.

• Different kinds of shelters in Jammu and Kashmir – some on high

mountains, some on water, some with beautiful designs in wood and
stone, and some mobile shelters that can even be packed and carried to
another place.

• Near the Rebo there was a place to keep sheep and goats. Changpas call it
Lekha. The walls of a Lekha are made with stones.

• Each family puts a special mark on their own animals.

• The women and young girls count and take the animals out of the lekha.

• Kargil comes in the way to Shrinagar from Ladakh.

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 Houses of Srinagar!

 Houseboats- Houseboats can be as long as 80 feet and around 8 to 9 feet

wide.

 Donga- These boats can be seen in Dal Lake and Jhelum river. From inside
the ‘donga’ is just like a house with different rooms.

 Beautiful carving on wood can be seen on the ceiling of houseboats and

some big houses. This design is called ‘khatamband’, which has a pattern
that look like a jigsaw puzzle.

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  In villages of Kashmir, houses are made from stones cut and kept one on top
of the other and coated with mud. Wood is also used. The houses have
sloping roofs.

 Some old houses have a special type of window which comes out of the
wall. This is called ‘dab’. It has beautiful wood pattern.

 The old houses here are made of stone, bricks and wood. The doors and
windows have beautiful arches (mehraab ).

When the Earth Shook!

 On 26th January 2001, earthquake hit the Kutch area in Gujrat.

 We shold do these things when an earthquake comes…

- If possible leave the house and go to an open ground.

- If you cannot go out of the house, lie down under a strong thing like a table
and hold on tightly, so that it does not slip away. Wait until the shaking stops.

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 Blow Hot, Blow Cold
 This story has been written by Dr. Zakir Hussain, former President of India.

 The air coming out of our mouth can be cold or hot as compared to the
temperature outside.

 Stethoscope is used to listen our heartbeats.

 The cold air comes down as it is heavier.

 The breath can be cold or hot according to the outside temperature.

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 Who will do this Work?
■ To sensitise children to be respectful during their interactions with
cleaning department of the school.

■ So that children can think of some ways (machines, or other things) so that
people would not have to do the work they don’t like to do.

■ Gandhiji’s friend Mahadevbhai’s son Narayan stayed with Gandhiji when he

was young.

■ Teacher can use news items on issues related to ‘untouchability’ in the class
to develop sensitivity.

■ Bhimrao Ambedkar was from Goregaon in Maharashtra.

■ The Indian Constitution was prepared under the leadership of Baba saheb
Ambedkar.

■ Interview (adapted) from the documentary film ‘India Untouched’ by

Stalin. K.

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 Across the Wall
■ The Nagpanda and Afsana Mansuri Basketball teams are in Mumbai.

■ Victoria Terminus Station (railway station) is in Mumbai.

■ Discuss these to build children’s understanding on issues, such as, similar

games for boys and girls, equal opportunities for all while playing etc.

■ Sholapur is in Mumbai.

■ Try to develop an understanding in children that players are recognized by

their ability to play rather than by their caste or economic status.

■ Bacchu khan playground is in Mumbai named after a coach Mustafa Khan.

■ This chapter is about climbing the gender wall made by society.

A Seed tells a farmer’s story

• Vangaam is in Gujrat.

• In old times good seeds were stored in dried gourd(lauki) coated with mud.

• Neem leaves protect seeds from insects.

• Undhiya is a kind of dish(sabji) prepared by keeping the pot upside down

between hot coals. (undhiya means upside down in Gujrati).

• Undhiya is being eaten with bajra rotis and home-made butter, curd and
buttermilk.

• By growing the same crop over and over and using so many chemicals the
land becomes unfertile.

• Crotons plants give signal when the soil becomes dry.

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 • The roots of the crotons do not go deep in the ground. So when the top
layer of the soil becomes dry, the croton leaves bend and become limp.

• The earthworms soften the soil by digging underneath to make tunnels.

• WHOSE FORESTS?
• Kuduk is a community of Adivasi people in Jharkhand.

• The forests are disappearing – in their place mines are being dug, dams are
being built.

• Torang means jungle in the kuduk language.

• Right to forest act was made in 2007.

• The land on which we grow one tin of seeds is called one tin of land.

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 • JHOOM FARMING
• After cutting one crop, the land is left as it is for some years. Nothing is
grown there.

• The bamboo or weeds which grow on that land are not pulled out. They are
cut and burnt. The ash makes the land fertile.

• When the land is ready for farming it is lightly dug up, not ploughed.

• Weeds and other unwanted plants are also not pulled out, they are just cut.
So that they get mixed with the soil. This also helps in making the soil
fertile.

• This is being done in Mizoram.

• The main crop here is rice.

• The people celebrate when the crop is ripened and they do Cheraw dance
holding bamboos.

• Like Father,
Like Daughter

• We acquire certain traits at birth from our parents and certain things or
skills we learn from our environment.

• Polio is caused by a virus, it is not inherited.

• A doctor can be invited to spread information about these disease.

• Gregor Mendel was born in a poor farmer’s family in Austria in 1822.

• For seven years he did experiments on 28,000 plants in the garden of the
monastery.

• Pea plants have some traits which come in pairs- Like the seed is either
rough or smooth.

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 On the Move Again
• Dussehra comes before the rainy season

• Farming of sugarcane needs much water.

• Puranpoli(sweet rotis made from jaggery and gram)- This is being eaten
with a spicy kadi dish.

• Caravan is a bus or cart in which one can live with all the facilities.

• Rats have poor eye sights but have excellent sense of smell, touch and
taste.

• In Nagpur they put sugar in dal.

• In dance the hands and face are used to convey feelings. These are called
mudras and bhavs.

• The owl can rotate its neck backwards to a large extent.

• A bird’s feathers help it to fly and keep itself warm too. From time to time
birds lose their old feathers and new ones grow in their place.

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 • ABOUT BRAILLE…
• Braille is written on a thick paper by making a row of raised points (dots)
with a pointed tool. Braille is read by running the fingers on the raised dots.

• Louis Braille belonged to France. when he was three years old, he was
playing with his father’s tools. Suddenly, a pointed tool hurt his eyes. He
lost his eyesight.

• He had keen interest in studies. He kept thinking of different ways to read

and write.

• Finally, he found a way – reading by touching and feeling. This way of

reading later came to be known as the Braille script.

• This script is based on six points.

• Braille can now also be written using the computer.

• If you show the children the actual Braille script they will be able to
understand it better.

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 • In the beginning, pots were made of stone and clay.

• People made pots of stones by digging and scraping stones with their
hands.

• Kahwa(tea) with almonds and cardamom is being taken in Shrinagar.

• The Dal lake is in Shrinagar.

• Tourists enjoy the ride of shikara in Dal Lake.

• Houseboats can be found in shrinagar.

• Birds prevent fruits from insects as they eat them.

• Bajju village is in Rajasthan.

• Symbols are important to make children understand about maps.

• Discuss the re-use of water.

• This would help the children to understand the importance of saving water.

• It will be useful to listen and adopt suggestions given by the students in this
regard.

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 • Houses of different places…(ASSAM)

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 • To Make a Tank or a Tanka…

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 EVS Pedagogy from
NCERT!
• Children can learn the classification skills by categorizing the animals,
things, etc.

• Motivate children to collect information from their surroundings as they

learn a lot from their surroundings.

• Give children opportunities to observe the nature(not just sit in the class)

- i.e Active Participation.

• Teacher can connect the classroom to the outside world.

• Encourage them to work in groups- it will help them to learn diversity.

• A teacher can inspire them to read stories.

• Enhance their creativity by promoting activities such as arts and crafts.

• Works can be given e.g draw something and observe yourself.

• Let them be the judge sometimes or give them opportunities to classify

plants, animals etc.

• Let them recite the stories or other things do not force them to memorize.

• Community resources- A doctor, a farmer, their grandparents can discuss

about plants to help them know more (real life examples).

• Encourage children to make friends with a tree- water it, look after it.

• It will develop their concern for the environment.

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 • Teacher should promote student’s regional songs, rhymes related to
water.

• Make them sensitize towards issues like discrimination.

• Give them opportunities to observe and ask questions.

• To clarify few things discussions can be held.

• Encourage them to use locally available resources or materials.

• Choose situations which children can understand and relate to, so that
they can perform better such as games.

• we all have different abilities.

• Relate things to children’s own experiences it will make them sensitive

towards issues.

• Give them opportunities to express themselves.

• Encourage them towards things such as origami, finger painting, arts and
crafts etc.

• Children must know the characteristics of birds even if they do not know
their names.

• A teacher can organize a discussion over good or bad effects of rain.

• Children can consult their family members for things like cooking.

• Discussion can be done on how fuel effect our environment, teacher can
use news reports on the same.

• A teacher should include children’s experiences into conversations.

• Give them real life examples as much as possible.

• A story can be better taught by including role plays-this will enhance their
creativity.

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 • Give them opportunities by which they can learn by doing them.

• Let them give opportunities to help each other.

• Discussion on gender issues such as technology, different business related

gender issues, alcohol consumption - can be held.

• Let them observe birds closely to know about them- teacher can help them
make a bird bath for this.

• Children can share their experiences on local methods of collecting water.

• Things are interdependent in our environment.

• Encourage children to locate some place on map-this will increase their

understanding of places, directions and distances.

• Encourage children to ask their elders about animals and insects. Discuss
with the children about the reducing number of birds due to changes in the
environment.

• Debate helps children look at any issue from different angles- teacher can
also explain them the meaning of term debate.

• Teacher can explain different people’s role in our society, life etc.

• A railway time table can be brought to classroom. Help the children to learn
how to read the time-table. You can use time-table to devise many
interesting activities to teach geography, mathematics, etc.

• Through games, a teacher can bring children’s attention to the point that
we make rules for our lives, the way we do for games, so that things can be
done in a proper manner.

• Discussion can be done about discrimination in games on the basis of

gender, caste and class.

• Encourage children to observe flowers closely.

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 • The children should be helped to group flowers based on easily observable
characteristics- like number of petals, colors, whether in bunches or not,
etc.

• A visit can be organized to a construction site nearby so that children can

interact with the people working there- people from such places also be
invited to the classroom to discuss about their work and tools.

• Changes in the environment, families, places can be discussed in the

classroom.

• Events can be organized for children to eat together.

• Let children think about the solutions of issues such as drinking, fights in
the families etc. - charts and posters can be prepared by the children with
the support of teachers.

• Tables can be used to categorize things such as soluble, insoluble etc.

• Children can be encouraged to learn the languages spoken by their friends.

This would help them appreciate and respect other languages.

• Encourage children to talk to their elders and neighbors about old times.
This would help them develop their understanding of history.

• Talk to children about various sources of history such as maps, pictures,

excavated things, books, records and ledgers.

• Safety rules can be discussed in the classroom.

• Discuss about the possible options for reducing the number of vehicles on
the road and also use different news report related to it.

• Encourage the children to relate the use of the term ‘per cent’ to other
instances from their lives, such as- chances of winning a game, marks in a
subject, discount sales, etc.

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 • Newspaper reports can be used to make students understand the term
temperature.

• A discussion can be held on earthquake and its effects.

• News items on issues related to ‘untouchability’ can be used in the class to

develop sensitivity.

• Give opportunities to children to share their experiences about games-

Discussion can be held on the issues such as similar games for boys and
girls.

• Team work can be promoted during games.

• A teacher can show them both aspects of a thing- such as dams-a debate
can also be organized.

• Encourage children to use their experiences and imagination about forests.

• A teacher should be sensitive while listening some problems of children.

• An arrangement can be made for the children of families that are always on
move- Discussion can be held.

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 •WHAT NCF-2005,
SAYS ABOUT EVS?

• Themes of EVS!
• FAMILY AND FRIENDS
• FOOD
• WATER
• SHELTER
• TRAVEL
• THINGS WE MAKE AND DO

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 • Subthemes of EVS!
• FAMILY AND FRIENDS
• 1.1 Relationships
• 1.2 Work and Play
• 1.3 Animals
• 1.4 Plants
• FOOD
• 2.1 Tasting
• 2.2 Digesting

• 2.3 Cooking
• 2.4 Preserving Techniques
• 2.5 Farmers and Hunger
• WATER
• SHELTER
• TRAVEL
• THINGS WE MAKE AND DO

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 • More about syllabus given…
(role of the book)

• An attempt has been made by NCERT to develop a deep and inter-related

understanding of each theme. Each theme begins with key questions in a
language suitable for children.

• One also needed to tackle the differences of gender, class, culture, religion,
language, geographical location, etc.

• Evaluation of course should be a continuous process and the child should

be assessed as she/he observes, asks, draws, discusses in groups, etc.

• NCF’S RECOMMENDATIONS:

• NCF-2005 recommends that children’s life at school must be linked to their

life outside the school.

• It will diminish the gap between the school, home and community.

• It discourages the bookish or rote learning.

• Textbook developed on this basis attempt to implement the idea of

discourage rote learning.

• It will help us in achieving the child-centered system of education outlined

in the NATIONAL POLICY OF EDUCATION(NPE-1986).

• Integrated learning…

• The child looks at the environment around him in a holistic manner and
does not compartmentalize any topic into ‘science’ and ‘social science’.

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 • Hence EVS in classes III and V integrates the concepts and issues of Science,
social science and environment education.

• This subject is not there in classes I and II, but the issues and concepts
related to it are meant to be a part of Language and Mathematics.

• There is no place for definitions and mere information in the textbook of

EVS even the language used in the book is not formal but that spoken by
children.

• Textbook is not the only source of knowledge, but should support children
to construct knowledge through all sources such as by people, their
environment, newspapers etc.

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 • Lesser the burden!
• Flexibility in the daily time-table is required in order to actually devote the
days to teaching.

• The methods of teaching and evaluation will also determine the effectivity
of the present textbook (in order to make their experience good at school).

• Higher priority and space should be given and opportunities for

contemplation, wondering, discussion in small groups and activities
requiring hands on experience.

• Textbook of EVS is child centered, so that children get a lot of space to

explore and are not compelled to learn by rote.

• Role of school authorities:

• The school principals and teachers will make efforts to encourage children
to reflect on their own learning and to pursue imaginative activities and
questions.

• Children should generate knowledge by engaging with the information

passed to them by their adults.

• Inculcating creativity and initiative is possible if we perceive them as

participants in learning, not as receivers of a fixed body of knowledge.

• The prescribed not book should not be considered as the sole basis of
examination because this is the reason why the other resources and sites of
learning are ignored.

THANK YOU!
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