I CLASS - SOCIAL STUDIES

CLASS – 1 – SOCIAL STUDIES
TERM – 1

Ls. No. 2 – My Family


New words :

(1) family (2) small (3) large (4) joint (5) together
(6) children (7) cousins (8) uncle (9) aunt (10) father

Questions and answers :

1. What is a family?
A. Parents and children make a family.

2. What is a small family?
A. Parents with one or two children make a small family.

3. What is a large family?
A. A family with more than two children is a large family.

4. What is a joint family?
A. Parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins living together is a joint
family.

5. Who are cousins?
A. Uncle’s children are cousins.

6. Who are grand parents?
A. Parents of mother and father are grandparents.

Fill in the blanks: (Pg : 141)

Match the following :

1. mother’s mother uncle (3)
2. father’s father aunt (4)
3. mother’s brother cousins (5)
4. father’s sister grand father (2)
5. uncle’s children grand mother (1)



Ls. 3 – Parents look after the family

New words :

(1) parents (2) earn (3) money (4) offices
(5) hospitals (6) doctors (7) neat (8) washes
(9) nurses (10) health

Questions and answers :

1. Who takes care of children?
A. Parents take care of their children.

2. What does your father do?
A. My father earns money for my family.

3. What do parents give their children?
A. Parents give good education to their children.

Fill in the blanks (pg. No. 144 Bit No II)



Ls. No. 4 - Duties of Children


New words :

(1) house (2) clean (3) kitchen (4) market
(5) letters (6) happy (7) love (8) obey
(9) respect (10) help

Questions and answers :

1. How can children help their parents?
A. Children can help their parents by keeping the house neat and clean.

2. How should children treat their parents?
A. Children should love and respect their parents.

3. How can children help their father?
A. Children can help their father in watering plants and posting letters.


Fill in the blanks : Pg. 146

Choose the right answer :

1. Children bring things from the market ( a )
(a) market (b) farm (c) office

2. Children can help parents by keeping their house clean. ( b )
(a) dirty (b) clean (c) posting



Ls. 1 - My Self

à Pg No. 137

ACTIVITIES à Activities given on Pg. No. 137 to be done.

Children to paste their photograph.
(Bringing photograph is not compulsory)


*Map pointing : Himalayas, Pakistan, Arabian sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal.

LESSON “5” IS DELETED


Social - Term – II

Ls. 7 - House

New words:

house, home, protects, thieves, bricks, cement, iron, pucca, kutcha, mud, straw, villages, comfortable, bungalow.

True or False :

1. We feel safe and comfortable in our house. (True)
2. In villages poor people live in bungalow. (False)
3. We all live in houses. (True)
4. House can be big or small. (True)
5. We eat food in the drawing room. (False)

Match the following :

1. pucca house mud and straw (2)
2. kutcha house in the bed room (3)
3. we sleep many rooms (4)
4. a big house cement, bricks (1)

Questions and answers :

1. Why do we need a house?
A. We need a house because it protects us from heat, cold, rain and wind.

2. What is a pucca house made of?
A. A pucca house is made up of bricks, iron, cement, sand and stones.

3. What is a kutcha house made of?
A. A kutcha house is made up of mud and straw.

What do we do in a (Reader Pg. 147)

a) Drawing room : We sit and talk to our friends in the drawing room.
b) Dining room : We eat our food in the dining room.
c) Bed room : We sleep in the bedroom.

Fill in the blanks. Choose words from the box. (Reader Pg. 147)

(kitchen, dining, bed room, sofas)

We find Sofas in drawing room.
We eat in the dining room.
We sleep in the bedroom.
We cook our food in the kitchen.


Ls. 8 – Important places in our Neighbourhood


New words :

important, neighbourhood, railway station, air port, police station, post office, medicine, thieves, control, traffic.

Questions and answers :

1. Name three important places in your neighbourhood.
A. The three important places in our neighbourhood are school, post office and
market.

2. Where do you buy stamps and envelopes?
A. We buy stamps and envelopes in the post office.

3. Why do people go to a hospital?
A. People go to a hospital to take medicine if they are sick.


4. Why do children go to school?
A. Children go to school to study.

5. What do firemen do?
A. The firemen helps in putting out fire.

6. What do policemen do?
A. The policemen catch thieves and controls the traffic.

Fill in the blanks :

Children go to school to study.
The postman brings us letters and parcels.
The hospital takes care of the sick people.
The policeman catches thieves.
We enjoy playing in a park.

True or False :

1. We go to a bus station to take a train. (False)
2. Fireman helps in putting out fire. (True)
3. The teacher controls the traffic. (False)
4. We buy things from the market. (True)

Match the following : (Reader Pg. 152)

1. market doctor (3)
2. school policeman (4)
3. hospital firemen (5)
4. police station shopkeeper (1)
5. fire station teacher (2)

Choose the correct Answers :

1. The ____________ teaches us in a school (b)
(a) doctor (b) teacher (c) nurse

2. We go to _______________ to travel by air. (c)
(a) bus station (b) railway station (c) airport

3. We see many animals in the _____________. (b)
(a) park (b) zoo (c) factory

Activity Role Play of School, Hospital, Market etc.


Ls. 9 - Festivals

New words :

Diwali, Dussehra, Id-ul-Fitr, Christmas, Gurupurab, festivals, muslims, langar, celebrate, sewian, Id Mubarak, Carols, Jesus Christ, Ravana, Durga puja, Lakshmi, Shakti, worship.

Fill in the blanks :

Diwali is a festival of lights.
Dussehra marks the victory of good over evil.
Christmas is celebrated on 25th December every year.
Id is celebrated after thirty days of fasting.

True or False :

1. Sikhs eat in common kitchen called Langar. (True)
2. India is the land of festivals. (True)
3. Durga is the Hindu goddess of Shakti. (True)
4. Bengalis celebrate Holi as Durga Puja. (False)
5. Christians go to Gurudwaras. (False)

Match the following :

1. Holi Muslim festival (3)
2. Durga Puja birthday of Jesus Christ (4)
3. Id-ul-Fitr festival of colours (1)
4. Christmas Bengalis celebrate (2)

Questions and answers :

1. What do festivals bring?
A. Festivals bring joy and happiness.

2. Who celebrates Id?
A. Muslims celebrate Id.

3. Who celebrates Diwali and Dussehra?
A. Hindus celebrate Diwali and Dussehra.

4. Who celebrates Christmas?
A. Christians celebrate Christmas.

5. Where do Sikhs go on Gurupurab?
A. Sikhs go to Gurudwara on Gurupurab.


Match the following :

1. Christmas lights (5)
2. Holi 25th December (1)
3. Dussehra after a month of fasting (4)
4. Id-ul-Fitr Durga Puja (3)
5. Diwali colours (2)



Ls. 10 – National Festivals

New words :

event, unfurl, Republic, Independence, hoist, parade, tricolour.

Questions and answers :

1. On which day do we celebrate the Independence Day?
A. We celebrate the Independence Day on 15th August.

2. Who unfurls the national flag at the Red Fort on the Independence Day?
A. The Prime Minister of India unfurls the national flag at the Red Fort on
Independence day in Delhi.

3. On which day do we celebrate the Republic Day?
A. We celebrate the Republic Day on 26th January.

4. Who takes the salute at the Republic Day Parade in New Delhi?
A. The President of India takes the salute on the Republic Day Parade in
New Delhi.

5. When was Mahatma Gandhi born?
A. Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2nd October.

6. When did Mahatma Gandhi die?
A. Mahatma Gandhi died on 30th January.

Fill in the blanks :

We all celebrate national festivals.
There are three national festivals.
Some schools take part in Republic Day parade.
Mahatma Gandhi was also known as the “Father of the Nation”.

Match the following :
1. Republic Day 15th August (3)
2. Teacher’s Day 14th November (5)
3. Independence day 5th September (2)
4. Gandhi Jayanti 26th January (1)
5. Children’s day 2nd October (4)



Ls. 11 – Places of Worship

New words :
temple, Ramayana, Bhagavat Gita, Church, Bible, namaz, Quran, Guru Granth Sahib, prayers, Gurudwara, Parsis, Buddhists, mandir.

Questions and answers :

1. Why do we pray to God?
A. We pray to God to help us to become good people.

2. What are the holy books of Hindus?
A. The Ramayana and the Bhagavat Gita are the holy books of Hindus.

3. Name the holy book of Christians.
A. The Bible is the holy book of Christians.

4. Name the holy book of Sikhs.
A. The Guru Granth Sahib is the holy book of Sikhs.

5. Name the holy book of Muslims.
A. The Quran is the holy book of Muslims.




Fill in the blanks :
The Hindus go to a temple to pray.
The Muslims go to mosque to pray.
The Sikhs go to a gurudwara to pray.
The Christians go to a church to pray.


Match the following :
1. Sikhs Fire temple (2)
2. Parsis Church (4)
3. Buddhists Gurudwara (1)
4. Christians Temple (3)

Map Pointing :
Himalayas, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean.



LESSON 6 IS DELETED



* * *

Social - Term – III

Ls. 12 Good Manners

New words :
manners, elders, habits, respect, greet, please, thank you, sorry, silence, polite

Questions and answers :

1. Who teaches us good manners and habits?
A. Our parents and teachers teach us good manners and habits.

2. How should we treat parents, teachers and elders?
A. We should always respect and wish our elders, parents and teachers.

3. When do you say ‘Please’?
A. I say ‘Please’ when I ask for something.

4. What do you say when you hurt somebody?
A. I say ‘Sorry’ when I hurt somebody.

5. When do you say ‘Thank you’?
A. I say ‘Thank you’ when I am given something.

Fill in the blanks : (Refer pg. 108)

1. We should respect our elders.
2. We should not use bad words.
3. We must speak politely to people.
4. We must obey the words of elders.
5. Children should learn good manners.

One Word answers :

1. When we hurt some body, we should say – Sorry.

2. When we are given something, we must say – Thank you.

3. How should we speak to others?
A. Politely.


Ls. 13 Our School


New words :
school, teachers, assembly hall, gather, principal, library, swings, slides, canteen, peon.



Questions and answers :

1. Why do you go to school?
A. We go to school to read and write.

2. Who is the head of the school?
A. The Principal is the head of the school.

3. What do we find in a library?
A. We find books, magazines and newspapers in the library.

4. In which class do you study?
A. I study in class I.

5. What is the name of your school?
A. The name of my school is Slate – The School.

6. What do you do in the Assembly Hall?
A. We gather in the Assembly Hall for morning prayers and school functions.

7. Where do you study?
A. I study in my classroom.


Fill in the blanks : (Pg. No. 112)

1. The canteen sells food to the children.
2. The Principal is the head of the school.
3. We play games in the playground.
4. The sweeper cleans the school.



Choose the right answer :

1. Children should play games in the ______________. (b)
(a) classroom (b) play ground (c) corridors

2. A ____________ rings the bell. (c)
(a) Watch man (b) sweeper (c) peon

True or False :

1. We go to school only to play. (False)
2. The Principal is the head of the school. (True)
3. We gather in assembly hall for morning prayer. (True)





Ls. 14 Our Classroom


New words :
classroom, student, blackboard, chart, duster, throw, corner, waste.

Questions and answers :

1. Where does the teacher write?
A. The teacher writes on a blackboard.

2. What do you do with a dust bin?
A. I throw waste papers into the dust bin.

3. Where does your teacher keep the books?
A. My teacher keeps the books in the cupboard.

4. What do you find on the walls of your class room?
A. We find many charts on the walls of my class room.


Ls. 16 Early Man


New words :
early man, earth, thick, roamed, search, killed, huge, bark, caves, life style.

Questions and answers :

1. When did early man live on the earth?
A. Early man lived on the earth long long ago.

2. What did early man eat?
A. Early man ate fruits, roots and raw meat of animals.

3. How did early man cover his body?
A. Early man covered his body with leaves, bark of the trees and skin of the
animals.

4. Where did early man live?
A. Early man lived in forests.

Fill in the blanks & True or False (Refer Pg. 120)

1. Early man lived on the earth long ago.
2. He/She did not live as we live.
3. He slept on trees.
4. Early man killed animals with stones.
5. He lived in caves to protect himself from heat, cold and rain.


Choose the right answer :

1. Slowly early man started living in - (c)
(a) flats (b) buildings (c) caves

2. Early man used ___________ to kill animals. (b)
(a) guns (b) huge stones (c) knives

True or False :

1. Early man slept on trees. [True]
2. Early man lived in cities. [False]
3. Early man ate cooked food. [False]
4. He roamed from one place to another in search of food. [True]


Deleted Lessons: Ls 15 & 17.


* * *