Diversity and Discrimination — Social Studies STD 6 — Question

Discuss in short the story of the Silk making and Silk Route in your own words.

Compare livelihood challenges faced by rural and urban women.

How does prejudice lead to inequality and discrimination?

Describe in short different objects made and found in different Harappan cities or sites.

Examine the type of farming in Nagaland.

How do you think man and landforms are related?

Sometimes people make prejudiced comments in our presence. We are often not in a position to do anything about this because it is difficult to say something right then and there. Divide the class into groups and each group discuss what they could do in one of the following situations:

1. A friend begins to tease a classmate because he is poor.
2. You are watching TV with your family and one of them makes a prejudicial comment about a particular religious community.
3. Children in your class refuse to share their food with a particular person because they think she is dirty.
4. Someone tells you a joke that makes fun of a community because of their accent.
5. Some boys make remarks about girls not being able to play games as well as them.

Discuss in class what the different groups have suggested for the above situations, and also talk about the problems that can come up when raising the issue

What is natural vegetation? Why are different types of vegetation found in India?

Discuss the returning journey of Fa Xian to his country China from the subcontinent.

Explain the distribution of Northern Plains.