Going to the Mela LOOKING AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES - Going to the Mela

Role play: Organise a mock mela With the help of your teacher, organise a mock mela in your classroom. Discuss and plan the different roles, stalls, and games that are part of a mela. Use learning-teaching materials available locally, e.g., toys, puppets, play money, miniatures and clay models to set up your stalls and role-play buyers and sellers

Draw in your notebook Draw and label different vehicles that you see around your school and home.

Talk to the elders in the family and find out how melas were different when they were young.

Have you ever been to a mela? What are the things you liked most in the mela?

Why should safety measures be followed when travelling by bus, car or while riding a bicycle?

How can we ensure safety during travel?

What kinds of vehicles do we see around us?

How can we care for our elders?

Why are fire engines and ambulances present in a mela?

Study the sketch and answer
(i) Find and circle Rohit and Sneha's house on the map.
(ii)Find and circle Nita and Radha's house on the map. 
(iii) Whose house is closer to the parade ground? 
(iv) If you have to go from the police station to the parade ground, places would you pass through?