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NEP Class
2020 Social Studies 4
Activities
A Work in eight groups and find out about the dance
forms and handicrafts of each state in northeast India.
Present the information as a chart. Include pictures
and say how each handicraft is unique.
Collaboration, Application of Knowledge
B Work in pairs. Choose any two places in India and
find out how you can travel between them. Give
reasons. Then, complete this table with the information.
Conceptual Understanding
Means of Possible to travel Time taken to Cost of
transport (3 or 7) travel a ticket
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C Look at these pictures and describe the process. Then,
classify each thing used as a natural or man-made
resource.
Multidisciplinary Approach, Life Skills,
Conceptual Understanding, Communication
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D Complete this table about important environment
days with the correct dates and names. Find about
five more such days and add the details in the table.
Then, make a poster on one of these days.
Multidisciplinary Approach, Creativity
IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENT DAYS
3 March 23 March
International
Day of
Forests
5 June
Earth Day World Oceans
Day
4 October
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E Talk to your family and find out how means of
communication have changed over the years.
Present your findings in a table. Include details about
how people communicated, who they communicated
with, how much time it took, what it cost and so on.
Conceptual Understanding, Communication
F Look at these two pictures and read the information.
Work in pairs and write down five questions you
would like to ask each of these people.
Critical Thinking
Rajendra Singh, Waterman of India
l 62 years, Rajasthan
l saving water in the Thar Desert
l Magsaysay Award, Stockholm Water Prize
l built 8600 water storage tanks in 37 years
Arun Krishnamurthy, founder of
Environmentalist Foundation of India
l 36 years, Tamil Nadu
l cleaning lakes all over India
l Rolex Award for Enterprise
l cleaned 141 lakes in 15 states in 14 years
G S ay and write each of these words in as many
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languages as you can. Ask your classmates to identify
each language.
Application of Knowledge, Multidisciplinary Approach
give sleep hungry yes no home
Work in pairs to say and write these words
4 in the twenty-two official languages of India.
PHOTO CREDITS: wikimedia commons (Mullookkaaran, CC BY-SA 4.0);
arun krishnamurthy (Environmentalist Foundation of India)
H Study this table and answer the questions. Then,
work in pairs to find the name of each food item
in your mother tongue.
Multidisciplinary Approach, Critical Thinking
Protein Fibre Minerals Iron Calcium
Food / per 100 g
(g) (g) (g) (mg) (mg)
Sorghum 10 4 1.6 2.6 54
Pearl millet 10.6 1.3 2.3 16.9 38
Finger millet 7.3 3.6 2.7 3.9 344
Foxtail millet 12.3 8 3.3 2.8 31
Proso millet 12.5 2.2 1.9 0.8 14
Kodo millet 8.3 9 2.6 0.5 27
Little millet 7.7 7.6 1.5 9.3 17
Barnyard millet 11.2 10.1 4.4 15.2 11
Brown top millet 11.5 12.5 4.2 0.65 0.01
1. What information does this table represent?
2. Which millet has the most protein?
3. Which millet has the most fibre?
4. Which millet has the most minerals?
5. Which millet has the most iron?
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6. Which millet has the most calcium?
7. Which millet has the highest nutritional value?
8. Which millet has the lowest nutritional value?
9. What is the total nutritional value of 100 g pearl millet?
10. What is the total nutritional value of 100 g sorghum?
Remember: 1000 mg = 1 g 5
I Imagine that you are one of the rivers in India. Trace
your course in this map and talk about your journey
through the country. Name the states you pass
through.
Conceptual Understanding, Application of Knowledge
J Work in pairs and take turns to define these terms.
Explain the difference between each with examples.
Conceptual Understanding, Communication
1. weather and climate 3. cereals and pulses
2. cloth and clothes 4. fertilizer and pesticide
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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The following pertains to all maps in this book.
© Government of India, Copyright
1. The responsibility for the correctness of internal details rests with the publisher.
2. The territorial waters of India extend into the sea to a distance of twelve nautical miles measured from the appropri-
ate base line.
3. The administrative headquarters of Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab are at Chandigarh.
4. The interstate boundaries amongst Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya shown on the maps are as interpreted
from the
“North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971,” but have yet to be verified.
5. The external boundaries and coastlines of India are based on the Record/Master Copy of Survey of India.
6. The state boundaries between Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand, Bihar & Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
and
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana have not been verified by the Governments concerned.
7. The spellings of names in the maps, have been taken from various sources.
6 8. The scale given on the maps are approximate.
9. The state of Jammu & Kashmir has been divided into two Union Territories, i.e.
(i) Jammu & Kashmir and (ii) Ladakh.
Projects
Work in groups and compare the harvest festivals
A
of India. Present the information as a paragraph or
in a table.
Application of Knowledge, Experiential Learning
l W
hen are they celebrated?
l W
here are they celebrated?
l H
ow are they celebrated?
l W
hat are the similarities between them?
l W
hat are the differences between them?
l W
hat are the special dishes or events?
B Work in pairs and answer these questions about
the local self-government in your village, town or city.
Conceptual Understanding, Application of Knowledge
1. Is it a gram panchayat, municipal committee or
municipal corporation?
2. Who are the panch or councillors?
3. Who is the sarpanch, president or mayor?
Work in groups and make a booklet on India.
C
Collaboration, Experiential Learning
l U
se a blank political map of India or draw a map of
India using a stencil. Make sure that all the groups
use maps of the same size.
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l C
hoose one of these topics: clothes / food / festivals /
dance and music / handicrafts / monuments
l F
ind out one or two main examples of the topic for
any ten states.
l D
raw or paste pictures on the map.
l C
ombine all the maps into a booklet.
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D o you have all five seasons in your village, town or
D
city? List the seasons and the months in which you
experience each season. Tell the class which your
favourite season is and why. Then, write a short poem
about your favourite season. Look at one of these
poems for help.
Multidisciplinary Approach, Experiential Learning, Creativity
Spending all my time
Under the fan or near the cooler,
Munching on mangoes and watermelons in
May and June,
Enjoying the long holiday by
Reading, riding, roaming and relaxing.
Days
Cold, Short
Shaking, Shivering, Quivering
November, December, January, February
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Making, Drinking, Sharing
Hot, Spicy
Soup
