Social Studies book 2 final

How does Sahara help her following physically challenged
friends?
a. Jagat: ___________________________________________.
b. Chanda: _________________________________________.
c. Pushpa: _________________________________________.

How do you help if one of your friends is physically challenged?
Complete the sentence with the words given in the boxes.

Water School Bag Books and Copies Pencil Box

a. I will help my friend by taking out _____________________.
b. I will help my friend by giving ________________________.
c. I will help my friend to open _________________________.
d. I will help my friend to carry _________________________.

What kind of people are shown in the following pictures?

We should help people in need.

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2Lesson Heroes of A Neighbourhood

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:

identify physically challenged and needy people in a neighbourhood.
understand that such people need help and care.

Ram and Laxman are brothers. They are together most of
the time. They like to help needy and physically challenged
people in their neighbourhood. Their !rst duty in the morning

is to go to Pavitra’s
house. Pavitra is a
!ve years old child.
She does not have
hands by birth. She
writes with her legs.
Ram and Laxman
help her to read and
write. Pavitra is very
interested to learn.
Ram and Laxman’s
mother is the head
of the school. Pavitra
doesn’t have to pay
school fees. Ram
and Laxman take her
to school and bring her back home turn by turn. Teachers also
give her special attention. Besides studies, Pavitra is also good
at singing and dancing. Her teachers and friends encourage
her to sing and dance. Pavitra’s mother is very thankful to all of
them for helping Pavitra.

Note to the teacher: Mo!vate and encourage the students to help the needy and physically
challenged people. Make them understand the importance of right a*tude in young people.

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Ram and Laxman along with other boys and girls in the
neighbourhood have established a library. The people have to
pay money to borrow books from the library. During Deepawali
they play deusi and bhailo to collect money. Do you know what
do they do with the money? Let’s listen what Sanuman Kaka
from the same neighbourhood has to say.

Sanuman Kaka: Right after I fell very sick. I had no money to
buy medicine. These good children let me borrow the money
from their deposit. Now, I am well. I’m very grateful to them. I
will return their money with my blessings and good wishes.

Sanuman Kaka further informs that these boys and girls have
dug wells in the neighbourhood using the money they have
collected. The children these days go to school regularly. When
there were no
wells, the children
weren’t so regular
at school. They
were absent quite
often. They had to
leave early in the
morning to fetch
water from a far off
place. By the time
they came home,
it was already 11
or 12 noon. A lot
of time was spent
in carrying water. Sometimes, even the elders missed their
works. But the situation has changed now. Everyone is much
comfortable and happy. No wonder, these children are called
the Heroes of the Neighbourhood.

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Write whether they are ‘physically challenged’ or ‘needy’ people
in the given space.

How do you help these people?
a. Blind: -----------------------------------------------------------------------.
b. Poor: -----------------------------------------------------------------------.
c. Beggar: ---------------------------------------------------------------------.
d. Lame: ----------------------------------------------------------------------.
e. Old: -------------------------------------------------------------------------.

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Read the lesson and answer the following:
a. How old is Pavitra?

________________________________________________.
b. Who help her to read and write?

________________________________________________.
c. Who have established a library in the neighbourhood?

________________________________________________.
d. How do the boys and girls collect money?

________________________________________________.
e. What are Ram, Laxman and other boys and girls called in the

neighbourhood?
________________________________________________.

If you meet a poor and old beggar on the way, how will you
help?

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Children also can do good works.

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3Lesson Helpful Rani

Objectives

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:
identify the needy people.
learn to help and care for them.

Ma'm: Today I will tell you the story of Rani who always likes
to help needy people.

One day, Rani and
her parents were
returning home from
the market. On the
way, she saw an old
woman crying and
begging for food.
She was not only
hungry and weak
but also dirty. She
was wearing torn and
worn out clothes.
Rani felt very sad to
see her condition.
She was badly hurt
and deeply touched
and drew her father’s
attention.

Rani:

Father,Ithinknooneishelpingthispooroldwoman,
can we do something to her?

Note to the teacher: Ask students if they have seen any needy people and if yes how
do they feel about them? Motivate them to help the needy people in any way they can.
There is no greater service than the service to needy people.

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Father: Rani, you’re right. I agree that we need to do
something for her. There is home for elderly and
helpless people (Bridhha Ashram) nearby. There
are many similar people in that Ashram. I know
the manager. We can take her there. She will be
well taken care in that Ashram.

Rani: Thank you, father# I am very glad. Before we
take her there, let’s give her a bath, comb her
hair, and give some good food to eat and nice
clothes to wear.

Mother: Rani, I’m very proud of you. You are so kind to
others.

Old Woman: Rani, you and your parents are very kind. You
have brought me at this home. It is a comfortable
place. I can get love and care here. I’m grateful to
you all. May God bless you and your parents#

Rani: You’re my grandmother from today. I’ll come to
visit you whenever I get time.

Old Woman: Rani, my child# I consider myself very lucky to
have you as my grand-daughter. I might have
done something good in my previous life. Please
come to visit me whenever you are free.

Ma'm: Children, the helpless people who need our
help are called needy people. They are old,
blind, deaf, dumb, orphan, lame, street children
and so on. We should help them as much as we
can. Remember our little help can bring a lot of
happiness in their life.

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Who are called needy people?
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Name the needy people whom we should help.
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How can you help the following people? Match and write the
correct answer in the given space.

Very hungry ----------------------------- giving shelter

Very Sick ----------------------------- giving water

Feeling very cold ----------------------------- giving food

Very thirsty ----------------------------- giving medicine

Very poor ----------------------------- crossing the road

Very old ----------------------------- giving money

Having no home ----------------------------- giving clothes

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Read the lesson and answer the following ques!ons:
a. What did Rani see on the way?

________________________________________________.
b. Did Rani want to help the poor old woman?

________________________________________________.
c. How do Rani and her parents help the poor old woman?

________________________________________________.
d. Where do Rani and her parents take the poor old woman?

________________________________________________.

Choose the correct word from the given boxes and %ll in the
blanks.

Bridhashram Helpless Proud Kind Blessed

a. Rani was a ............................ girl.

b. The old woman ................................... Rani and her parents.

c. Rani's father took the old woman to ............................... .

d. Rani's mother was ............................. her daughter.

e. Needy people are weak and ............................. .

A little help can bring a lot of happiness to somebody's life.

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Colour The Picture

4 Civic Awareness

UNIT

Working Together
Public Properties
Protect Public Properties
Janaki is Happy to Learn

1Lesson Working Together

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:

learn that we should help each other in our works.
understand the importance of working together,

One day the children of grade two ask their teacher to tell
them a story. The teacher is happy to tell them the story. The
story goes as follows:

A farmer had !ve sons. He loved all of them very much.
As he grew old, he started worrying about them. He thought
he would die soon or he thought he had only few days to live.

Note to the teacher: Ask children how they can help each other to do different works.
Give them a group project and an individual project. Then !nd out what bene!ts did
they enjoy while working in a group and how dif!cult it was doing it alone.

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He asked to himself, $What will happen to my !ve sons after
my death?$ Then he called his sons, $Can you bring a bundle
of sticks?$ His sons got very surprised why he had asked it.
Anyway, they brought the bundle of sticks immediately. Once
the bundle was brought, the farmer asked each of his sons to
break it. Each one of them brought to break the bundle of sticks
but in vain. No one was break it.

Then the farmer asked
them to undo the bundle of
sticks and gave each of them
a stick to break. Each one
of them broke very easily.
The old farmer smiled at his
sons and tells to them, “My
sons, if you are together
you become strong like the
bundle of sticks. Working
together you can solve any
dif!cult problems easily.
Unity is strength. But it will be just opposite if you are alone.
So, my sons, you all must remain together and always help one
another”.

Teacher: Children, this is the end of the story. I hope you like
it. Now, can you think of things that you can do
together?

Roshan: Yes, we take turns to clean the white board. We join
hands in picking up the litters. We can make charts
and drawings to decorate our classroom together.

Farah: My brother and I do a lot of things together. We take

our dog for a walk and clean its kennel every morning.

We go to get milk and bread from the nearby shop.

We clean our rooms ourselves. We also help our

father to water the garden and "owers.

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Write down the ways you can help others.
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Write down the ways you think others can help you.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

Read the works given below. Underline in ‘Red’ if we should
help each other and in ‘Black’ if we should’t help each other.
a. To keep the classroom clean.
b. To water the kitchen garden.
c. To eat food.
d. To decorate home during fes!val.
e. To put on the shoes and socks.
f. To clean the house.
g. To do homework.
h. To drink water.

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Read the lesson and answer the following ques!ons:
a. Who had %ve sons?

________________________________________________.
b. Why did the farmer start to worry?

________________________________________________.
c. What did the farmer ask to his sons?

________________________________________________.
d. Could the sons break the bundle of s!cks?

________________________________________________.
e. Why did the sons break the single s!ck easily?

________________________________________________.
f. What lesson do you learn from this story?

________________________________________________.
g. Is the farmer a wise man?

________________________________________________.

Unity is strength.

THE END

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2Lesson Public Properties

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able: to

know what things are called public properties.
understand why we need to protect them and how to do it.

Sir: Good morning, Class Two# Today, we’ll learn about public
properties. The things and places everyone can use are
called public properties. No single person owns such
properties. They belong to everyone. They are for common
use. For example, a place is where everyone can go and
visit.

Sir: Now, you all think and tell me the names of some public
properties. I’ll write down them one by one on the
whiteboard. Then we’ll learn why they are important to us
and how we can protect them.

Public Properties Why Should We Protect Them?

School We go to learn, read and write there. It’s a
place of learning, the temple of Saroswoti.

Playground We play games, sports, exercise and do a
lot of activities in playground. These are
important to remain healthy and !t.

Health Post There can’t be hospitals in every place.
Health post can give minor and emergency
treatment. We go there when we fall sick.

Note to the teacher: Explain to students the meaning and importance of public proper!es. Let
them men!on the names of public proper!es and places they have seen in their locality. Ask
them their condi!on and importance. Find what can we do to protect and preserve them?

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Public Library We can’t buy all the books we want to read.
Market Place We can go to the public library to read
Public Tap books, magazines, newspapers etc.
Post Of!ce
Road This is a public place where we can buy and
Public Park sell things. We buy what we need and sell
Chautara what we have more than we need.

Water is very important for us. We need
water for various purposes. There are public
taps in many places. We can drink and use
the water for various other purpose.

People send letters and parcels to their
families and friends and so do they receive
them through the post of!ce. It’s a means
of communication.

Can you imagine what would be the situation
if there were no roads. They are important
for transportation, trade and development.

We need clean and open space to walk,
play, relax and enjoy. But we can’t !nd such
places everywhere. Public parks provide us
such facilities.

Here people come to meet each other or
rest a while when they are tired.

Thank you. I’m quite impressed. Yes, these are some of the
important public properties and places. There’re many more.
I’m happy that you all know what’re the public properties and
places, and why they are so important.

It’s our duty to protect and preserve these properties. They
belong to all of us. We should help to maintain and keep them
neat, clean and in good condition. We can do so by making
proper use of and by taking well care of such properties.

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Name the public proper!es you have used.

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Why are the following public proper!es important for us? Read
the text and answer:
a. School: __________________________________________.
b. Health Post: ______________________________________.
c. Library: __________________________________________.
d. Market Place: _____________________________________.
e. Road: ____________________________________________.

Which public places do you use to do the following ac!vi!es?
Copy the correct answer from the boxes to match.

Chautara Play Public Post Box Market Public
ground Park Tap

a. Play football and cricket: ____________________________.

b. Post le#ers parcels: ________________________________.

c. Sit and rest a while when !red: _______________________.

d. Drink water, wash, take a bath: ______________________.

e. Play swing, slide and take a walk: _____________________.

f. Buy and sell things: _________________________________.

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Draw for the ‘Right’ and for the ‘Wrong’ statement.
a. Public proper!es belong to everybody.
b. Everybody can’t use public proper!es.
c. Our home is not a public property.
d. We shouldn’t protect public proper!es.
e. We can damage or throw waste materials near the public

proper!es.

What public proper!es are depicted by the following pictures.

We shoud respect public properties.

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3Lesson Protect Public Properties

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:

understand that public properties should be cared.
learn the ways of protecting public properties.

Today is Saturday. Muna and Madan are excited to go to zoo
with their parents.

Muna: Father# Why are those people destroying the road?

Father: They are not destroying the road. They are rather
maintaining and repairing the road. If the road is not repaired
and maintained time to time, it will be in a bad condition. Such
a road condition can be a major cause of accidents.

Madan: Mother, look# There’re many people in the zoo. There’s
something written on the board.

Mother: A zoo is a public place. Anyone can come to the
zoo to see and enjoy the birds and animals there. Rules and
regulations and written on the board. We must follow them. It
says that visitors are not allowed to mimic and feed the animals.
If we do so they might be frightened, get sick and die. Look,
there are dustbins. We should throw the wastes into them. It
helps in keeping the zoo neat, clean and safe for the birds and
animals.

Muna: Look father# There’s a children park too with swings,
slides, see-saws etc. I think it’s for the children to enjoy them
when they are here. There’re also written some rules. According
to the rules, no one can pluck "owers and make the area dirty.

Note to the teacher: The lesson is just an example. Give as many examples as you can. Let
the children think and discuss the ways and means as to how the public proper!es and places
can be protected and preserved.

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Do not feed and mimic
the animals. Do not
litter. Smoking is
strictly prohibited.

It says slides and swings are only for the children.

Father: Children Park is for small children to play and enjoy.
The facilities such as swings and slides are only for children.
They’re not for adults. If misused, they get broken or damaged
soon. It costs a lot of money to set them up. We shouldn’t
pluck "owers. They are the ornaments of the park. They make
the park look attractive, fresh and beautiful. Look# There’s a
water tap too.

Muna: Father, there’s also written something. It says not to
waste water, wash clothes, take bath and to leave the tap open
after use. Why is it written like that?

Father: You know this park is a part of the zoo and this water tap
is only for the visitors. It’s only for drinking. This is not a place
for washing and bathing. Everything has its speci!c purpose.

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Related my best playground. Find out the names of 5 public
proper!es from the given !tle. Whoever gets the 10 names will
get three (smiles).

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Rewarding of Smiles by the Teacher:

Colour ‘Red’ for ‘Public Proper!es’ and ‘Blue’ for ‘Non- public
Proper!es’ in the given square.

House Car Park Library

Cycle Temple Road Clothes

Market Place Motor Cycle School

Think and write the names of any six public proper!es you
normally use:

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If you have the following public proper!es what will you write
on the respec!ve boards:

A Water Tap A Public Park

A Public Road A Zoo

What public proper!es did Muna and Madan see?
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What did Muna and Madan learn about the following from their
parents?
a. Road: ___________________________________________.
b. Zoo: ____________________________________________.
c. Park: ____________________________________________.
d. Public Tap: _______________________________________.

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4Lesson Janaki is Happy to Learn

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:

learn about the rules and regulations related to public properties.
follow the public rules and regulations while using public properties.

One day, Janaki and her father went to a public telephone
booth to call their grandparents in the village. She found people
standing in a queue. She was anxious to call grandparents and
wanted to be the !rst caller. She bypassed the people already
lining up and went in the front. The people started complaining
and making noise. It was dif!cult to talk and hear on the phone.
Then her father quietly told to her, “The telephone booth is a
public property. Everyone has equal right over it. One must stand
in a queue and wait for their turn to use it.” Janaki realized her
mistake. She apologized for it and stood in the queue waiting
for her turn. All the people appreciated her gesture.

On another day, Janaki and her parents were going to visit their
grandparents in the village. She went to the bus stand with her
father. She asked her father, “Why do they need bus tickets?”
Her father told her, “Bus is also a public property. We must take
care of it. We must buy a ticket to reserve a seat. Riding a bus
without a ticket is a crime. Not only while buying tickets but also
while getting into the bus and coming out of it, we have to be
on line and wait for our turn. Everybody can’t do it at the same
time. Pushing, pulling and crowding are uncivilized manners.
They may create chaos, confusion and stampede. Bus-park is
also a public place. We shouldn’t make it dirty.”

Note to the teacher: Mo!vate students to follow rules and regula!ons while using public
proper!es. Explain to them that these rules and regula!ons are for our own welfare and bene%ts.
Let them discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of following and not following the
public rules and regula!ons.

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Janaki and her father returned home after buying tickets. On
their way back, she saw some people waiting to cross the road.
They wanted for the red light was on. It meant that she had to
stop. They waited for the green traf!c light so that they could
cross the road. Meanwhile a policeman came and asked the
people to cross the road only from the zebra crossing. Janaki
asked the policeman, “Why should we cross from the zebra
crossing only? What happens if the traf!c rules aren’t followed?”
The policeman told her that the road is a public property. It’s
for every body’s use. If we don’t follow the traf!c rules, there
will be chaos, confusions, jams and even accidents. People may
lost their lives and properties.”

It has been a very fruitful day for Janaki. She’s very happy to be
able to learn so much about the public properties and the ways
to utilize them.

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Write the names of public proper!es that you have used so far.

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What public rules should we follow when we use the following
public proper!es? Match and write the correct answer in the
given space.

Library ----------------------------- Buy a bus !cket

Public Tap ----------------------------- Keep silence+

Road ----------------------------- Do not li#er

Bus Park ----------------------------- Maintain good
discipline
School -----------------------------
Cross from the
Public Park ----------------------------- Zebra Crossing

Don't tease animals

Zoo ----------------------------- Be in line

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How can we protect the following public proper!es? Read the
text to complete the column.

Water tap

Flowers and plants
in a public park.

Bus park

Public library

Roads and buses

What good things will happen if we follow the public rules at
a public place? Choose the correct word from the boxes and
complete the sentence.

comfortably drinking read nicely safely play

a. We can _______________ books in the public library.
b. We can travel ______________________ on the public bus.
c. We can _____________ and enjoy at the public park.
d. We can cross the road _________________.
e. We can talk __________ on telephone in a booth.
f. We can get plenty of ________ water from a public tap.

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Colour The Picture

5 Our Earth

UNIT

Different Landforms
A Place To Live
A Green Village
A Map of Numa’s Neighbourhood

1Lesson Different Landforms

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:

identify different types of landforms .
tell the names of different types landforms.

The country is our home. It’s land form can be divided into
different kinds. They are plains, hills and mountains.
Plain: The landform, which is low and "at is called plain. In our
country, we are call it ‘Terai’. It’s usually hot and humid. People
wear thin cotton clothes. The land is quite fertile. The land is
suitable for growing paddy, corn, wheat, sugarcane, jute, cotton,
vegetables and fruits. People rear animals like cows, buffaloes,
goats, chickens, and do !sh farming as well. People catch !shes
in rivers and lakes too. There is little scarcity of water. It can be
obtained from rivers, lakes, ponds and wells. As the land is "at,
it’s easy to move from one place to another. Various means of
transportation like train, bus, tanga, rickshaw, and bullock cart
are found there. As the land is more fertile and life is relatively
more comfortable, many people like to live in the plain.

Note to the teacher: Use maps, pictures and drawings if necessary to make students
understand the di"erent types of land. Ask students where they come from and to share their
experiences of the landform they live in.

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Hill: Thelandform,whichishighand
sloppy is called hill. It’s not so hot
and not so cold in the hilly region.
It has temperate climate. Hills are
usually covered with forests. People
grow maize, millet, barley, potato,
fruits and vegetables, and keep
sheep, goats and cattle. Farming
in hills is done by cutting slopes,
which is called terrace farming. Life
is comparatively dif!cult in hills. It’s
not so easy to cultivate crops, build
roads and carry out development works. Roads are normally
steep and narrow. People use horse, donkey and mules to carry
goods. There are low lying areas at the foothills called Bensi. In
some places, there are deep and narrow spaces between two
hills called gorge. Rivers and streams "ow between the hills. On
some slopes, there are small "at lands called Tars. Bensi and
Tar are quite fertile and suitable for farming.

Mountain: The landform which is very high and steep is called
mountain. It is very cold, dry, and
windy most of the time. There’s
very little rain or no rain fall at
all. Snow-fall on mountains is
quite regular. Life in mountain
is very hard and dif!cult. It’s
thinly populated. Very few
people live in mountain. People
have to wear thick and warm
clothes. The land is not good
for farming. People rear animals like yak and sheep. They make
cheese and ghee from yak’s milk and carpets from the wool of
sheep. They grow potatoes and fruits like apples and apricot.

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Read the sentences and write down the kinds of land form they
suggest.

Landform which is Landform which is Landform which is
high and sloppy. low and !at. very high and steep.

Name the landforms representd by the following pictures.

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Read the lesson carefully and %ll in the blanks.
a. The lowland at the foothills is called ___________________.
b. The deep and narrow place between two hills is _________.
c. The /at land on the slopes of a hill is also known as _______.
d. _______________ and ____________ are good for farming
e. In mountain, people make ___________ and ___________

from yak’s milk.

Read the lesson and answer the ques!ons.
a. What do people in terai usually wear?

________________________________________________.
b. Name the animals that are used to carry goods in hilly

region?
________________________________________________.
c. Which animals are mostly reared in mountain?
________________________________________________.
d. Why is the life di2cult in hilly region?
________________________________________________.

I can tell the landforms of my country.

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2Lesson A Place To Live

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:

know which place they live in.
name the things they see around.

My name is Mingma. My house is on the slope of a hill. It is a
beautiful place. There are other big and small hills around my
village. They are covered with forests. The people of my village
go to forest to collect !rewood and fodders. There’s a stream
nearby. We get drinking water from a stone tap ‘Dhunge-
Dhara’. There’re few houses in my villlage. During my holidays
me and my father take our cows and buffaloes for grazing.
The road is steep, zigzag and narrow. We need to walk very
carefully during wet months. My school is on the opposite side
of my house. It is also on the slope of a hill. The road to school
is steep and dif!cult. I have to go up and down to reach my
school. I often get tired. But I can’t miss school. Some children
do not go to school. Their parents are poor so they can’t send
them to school. But I’m lucky in that way. There is a beautiful
river near my house. It makes pleasant sound. Me and my
friends love to watch the river "owing. We wonder where this
river comes from and where it goes. There is a suspension
bridge (Jholunge-Pul) over this river. It’s really a fun to walk on
this bridge. It swings left and right when we walk on. There’re
so many things to enjoy in my village. But the most beautiful
thing is the sun rising and setting from or behind the hill.

Note to the teacher: Let students know the types of landforms. Ask them to discuss
how landforms in"uence the climate, natural vegetation, crops and the people’s way
of life.

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My name is Hariya. I live in terai. The land is "at, wide, open and

hot. I can see houses, people, animals, and their movements

and activities till the far end of the !eld. When the paddy is

ripe, the entire !eld looks yellowish like a golden plate. During

harvesting time, we all go to the !eld in bullock carts. There is a

pond with a peepal and a banyan tree near my house. We take

our cows and buffaloes to the pond to drink water. We often

take a rest under the shade of the peepal and banyan trees.

There are !shes in the pond. Every Saturday me and my friends

go to the pond for !shing. There is no problem of drinking

water. Every house has tube well. Though roads are not properly

constructed we don't have dif!culty in travelling. We can move

around the village easily. My school is quite far. I go to school

by rickshaw or tanga. Riding rickshaw or a tanga is really a great

fun. We can hardly see any hills in the plain. There are some very

thick forests where there are lots of wild animals. I enjoy living

in my village.

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Read the lesson and %ll the column with %ve di"erent things
that you %nd in hills and plains.

Hills Plains

Match the followings:

A B
Well
Dhunge -------------------------- Cart
Road
Steep -------------------------- Field
Dhara
Bullock --------------------------

Tube --------------------------

Paddy --------------------------

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Write four things you see the region you like.
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Fill in the blanks.
a. Mingma has to ___________________ up and down to reach

her school
b. It is really a fun to walk on a __________________ bridge.
c. Hariya goes to school by ___________ or ______________.
d. The movement in plain is _________________________.
e. The __________________ is steep and di2cult in the hill.
Answer the following ques!ons:
a. Where is Mingma's house?
b. Why should Mingma walk carefully?
c. How people move from one place to another in plain?

I love my place very much.

THE END

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3Lesson A Green Village

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:

draw a free-hand sketch map of their village or neighbourhood.
draw the various things that are in or around them.

My name is Gaurab. I live in a village. My village is full of trees
and plants. It’s green everywhere. Even the houses are painted
green. So it’s called a green village. I study in Class Two. Today,
we are going to draw a hand sketch map of our village or
neighbourhood. This is the sketch map of my village.

My village is surrounded by hills. The hills are covered by
forest.

Note to the teacher: Encourage students to draw the sketch map of their village or
neighbourhood including things found there. The best sketch map can be rewarded and
displayed in the class room or library.

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There are many houses, some of them are big while some
are small. People of my village have planted many trees.
They have even painted their houses green. My village
really looks different from other villages. That’s why it is
called a ‘Green Village’.

My school is in the middle of the village. There is a big
playground. There are a lot of "owering plants around
our school. There is a health post, a post of!ce, a bank
and some shops near my school.

My house is not very far from school. I walk to school. It
takes only a few minutes for me to reach my school. There
is paddy !eld around my house. There is also a pasture
land. Cows and buffaloes are taken there for grazing. There
are temples, chautaras and water taps in our village.

A small river "ow between the hills. There is a suspension
bridge over the river.

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Draw a sketch map of your village or neighbourhood showing
the things in and around it and give it a !tle.

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Write down the names of the things you have drawn in your
sketch map.

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Answer the following ques!ons:
a. What is the name of Gaurab's village?

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b. Why is Gaurab's village called a green village?

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c. How does Gaurab's village di"erent from other villages.

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d. How does Gaurab go to school?

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e. What are there around Gaurab's house?

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We should plant trees in our surrounding.

THE END

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4Lesson A Map of Numa’s
Neighbourhood

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:

draw sketch map using four main directions.
learn to use various simple symbols to show things in the map.

Teacher: Children# Today you will learn to draw a sketch
map using simple symbols and four main directions: East,
West, North and South. You will create your own village or
neighbourhood.

A Sketch of Numa’s Neighbourhood

Note to the teacher: Encourage students to show their imagination and creativity while
drawing a sketch map using symbols. Let this lesson be a fun and an enjoyment for
students. They can use as many colours as they have to make their sketch attractive
and lively.

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• Hills are in the north.
• Lake is in the east.
• Temple is west to the lake.
• Footpath lies south to temple.
• River lies west to temple.
• Bridge lies south to hills.
• Police station lies west to river.
• Hospital is situated west to police station.
• Post of!ce lies south to hospital.

Symbols and Signs

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Look at the symbols in the lesson. Draw symbols where the

names are wri#en in the diagram. Colour them. Find out how

your sketch map looks like now. Symbols and Sign

(Hills)

Lake Temple
Hospital

Foot Path River
Post O2ce Road

Road

Road Bridge

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Write down what there are in the East, West, North and South
of your house in the given space. (You may take the help of your
elders).

N E
W

S

Look at Numa’s sketch map of her neighbourhood above and
put circle in the correct direc!ons.
a. The temple is in the south3north of her house.
b. There is a river in the east3west of the police sta!on.
c. The lake is in the east3west of the river.
d. The hospital is in the north3south of the hills.
e. The bridge is in the east3west of the footpath.

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Colour The Picture

6 Our Past

UNIT

Good Friendship Never Ends
Hello! Happy Birthday Arya
Our National Emblems

1Lesson Good Friendship Never Ends

Objectives
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:

talk about the family of their friends.
talk about their past and present situation.

Sugam: Father# This is my friend, Safal. He has come to
Kathmandu after appearing his SLC examination.. He lives in
Taplejung with his grandparents, parents, uncle, and aunt. I
met him when I used to go there to my mamaghar. We have
been in touch since then. He is one of my friends from there.
His parents are farmers. They used to give me home made curd
with fresh beaten rice and fresh oranges from their garden when
I visited them. His grandmother and mother weave colourful
blankets and carpets. There was no proper road at that time
to reach there. I still remember how we had to walk up and
down the hill for hours. There was no electricity. People used

Past Present

Note to the teacher: Encourage students to show concerns about the family members
of their friends by trying to know what they did yesterday and what they are doing
now. For some activities below, the teacher may have to guide students and make them
interact to !nd out the answer to complete the given work.

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to cook with !rewood and light
their house with kerosene lamp.
But, according to my friend, lot
changes have taken place over
the years. There is electricity and
most of the houses use biogas to
cook food. Hand looms and Dhiki–
Janto are being slowly replaced by
small machines. Cash crops such

as cardamom, tea, umliso
and so on are replacing
the traditional farming.
There’s a gravelled/black
tarred road and an airport.
We can go there either by
bus or by plane. Lots of
things have changed in
short period of time.

Safal: It has been a long time that you have not come to
Taplejung. Hope you will come some day.

Sugam: I met your uncle and aunt in Kathmandu a few days
ago. They have got good jobs. Your aunt is a teacher, isn’t she?.
The radi, pakhi, blanket and carpet woven by your grandmother
and mother are getting good price in Kathmandu. You said
your parents are engaged in cardamom (alaichi) and ginger
farming, aren’t they? I’m very happy to see your days getting
better and better. I suggest you Safal to stay with your uncle
and aunt and study in Kathmandu.

Safal: Sugam, I’m indeed very happy that you are so concerned
about me and my family. You know our past and present as
well, don’t you?

Sugam: Of course I do. True friendship never ends#

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Evalua on Ac vi es:

Find and write about the past and present of your best friend’s
family members.

Family In the past At present In the past At present
members

Who they Place lived Place living Work did Work doing
are. now

Write three things about your family?
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