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is not boring and does not tire one. Deepa has used a variety of forms very effectively. Visiting actual sites, meeting elders and family members, teachers transacting specifi c topics, discussion with practitioners, inputs by experts and researchers, some of the media she has used creatively to convey the messages are narration, storytelling, folk songs, colorful illustrations, animations, probing questions by children and the teachers which make us pause and think. In the fi lm there are plenty of lighter moments like children watching the monkeys playing. There Produced and Directed by: Deepa Dhanraj Cinematography: Navaroze Contractor Script: Kotaganahalli Ramaih Facilitating teacher: Chegga Reddy Presented by: EDC and DSERT Produced in 2005 and presented in 2007 The fi lm is in Kannada with English subtitles Section F Beyond Dates and Fights! are patches of silence here and there, which is refreshing and helps us to think and relook at the issue discussed. The transition from one topic to the other is very smooth and logical. The fi lm very strongly drives home the point that teaching history need not be miserably boring and confi ned to remembering the dates the kings fought with eachother. Children deserve the best and thank you Deepa for giving them the best. Umashanker Periodi is Head, Child-Friendly School Initiative, Azim Premji Foundation. He has over twentyfi ve years experience in the development sector. He has contributed extensively to the National Literacy Mission as well as towards tribal education in BR Hills, Karnataka. He is also the President of Karnataka State Trainers’ Collective. He can be contacted at periodi@ azimpremjifoundation.org Pg No: 140
33 Resource Kit Section F This resource kit is not by any means an exhaustive one. It has been put together with the help of several individuals who work in the fi eld of education, all of whom we would like to sincerely thank for their time and effort. A. Organisations that Work on Social Sciences at School Level - On Curriculum and Material Development Issues SL. No B. Schools that have used Innovative Methods to Teach Social Science SL. No C. Publishers in Social Sciences • Granthshilpi - New Delhi • Eklavya, Bhopal • Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti, Delhi • NCERT, New Delhi • Publication Division, New Delhi • National Book Trust, New Delhi • Children’s Book Trust, New Delhi Name of Organisation Name of School Location 1. Eklavya Bhopal, MP 2. Uttrakhand Seva Nidhi Almora, Uttarakhand 3. Nirantar New Delhi 4. Khoj Mumbai 5. Avehi Abacus Mumbai 6. Swanirbhar, Organisation based in Noth 24 Pargana West Bengal 7. SAHMAT, Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust New Delhi 8. Vidya Bhawan Society Udaipur, Rajasthan 9. Digantar Jaipur, Rajasthan 10. Pravah Delhi 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The School Chennai Location Rishi Valley School, (Social Science and History curriculum for classes 4 to 7) Madanapalle Shishu Van Bombay Center for Learning Bangalore, Hyderabad Aadharshila Sendhwa, MP (Most of these schools have their websites where contacts and materials can be accessed) • Books on Social Science education by Sage Publications, New Delhi • Books published for Children by Oxford University Press, New Delhi • People’s History Series, Tulika Publications, Chennai • Katha, New Delhi • Tara, Chennai • Navayana, New Delhi Pg No: 141
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CONTENTS Issue XV : August 2010 Soc
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S E C T I O N A The Broad Picture
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snares and pitfalls of any examinat
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02 Section A Contested Terrain of S
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social science are also changing. T
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kind (education being one of them)
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political science and sociology tex
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the common language used to referen
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scientifi c. Natural science has a
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evolve around what the child alread
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main focus should be on contemporar
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see everything as transitional, as
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understanding of rights that emphas
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asserting, for example, that the Ho
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11 Section B Maps and Politics M. H
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Maps as Creations of Politics Polit
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Lesson 3 Accidental Crossing of Bra
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Re-imagining geography Education in
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initially believe that history is j
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at this end. Linking Textbooks, Tea
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17 Section C Review of new NCERT So
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in places and the monotony broken b
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I followed more or less the same me
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