Knowing Your Neighbourhood Social Science - Knowing Your Neighbourhood

Do people meet each other socially even if there is no celebration? If so, in which places do they meet?

Do people invite each other to religious festivities? Why/Why not?

Are all people in your neighbourhood friendly to each other or do some people have their differences?

Approximately what percentage of people depends on public transport and how many have their own vehicles?

A friend comes to visit you. He has got a gift for you. However, you notice that he tossed a plastic carry bag onto the street after giving you the gift. What will you do?

You are playing cricket in a park. Your friend, who was the batsman, hit the ball so hard that it flew out of the park and broke the windowpane of a neighbour. What will be the right action of a responsible citizen like you?

People interact with friends, relatives and people around them. This happens in school, in the market, at the workplace, etc. Can one live without interacting with other people? Why do people necessarily interact with each other? Think and explan

Have you noticed that sometimes when people are unwell, they ask a doctor in the neighbourhood for advice? Similarly, people visit the market in the neighbourhood and buy fruits, vegetables, groceries, clothes and all other things they require. They may also call for help from workers like washermen, salon workers, barbers, domestic, helpers, etc. Do you thus conclude that people depend on each other within the communities with little concern for caste or religion? Explain with examples.

Do you think different languages spoken by different people in your neighbourhood have become a barrier for communication between people or do you find that people communicate better by using the local language which may not have been their mother tongue? Explain.

The last decade has brought about a large-scale cultural exchange owing to much media coverage, social programmes on television and also due to the frequent movement of people for tourism or jobs. The traditional dresses such as the salwar suit worn in Punjab came to be worn in Tamil Nadu and the Lucknow kurta worn in Uttar Pradesh is now worn in nearly all parts of the country. Do you still feel it is possible to identify the religion people follow by the dress they wear in daily lives? Elaborate your answer with examples.

Observe and describe the different types of dresses worn by people of different religions, especially on festivities.