SOCIAL SCIENCE HOLIDAYS HOMEWORK
CLASS IX
SESSION 2023-24
Disaster Management
TASK 1 INDIVIDUAL ACTIVITY
1. Every student has to compulsorily undertake investigatory project on any of the
assigned topic.
2. Different forms of art may be integrated in the project work.
3. The distribution of marks over different aspects relating to Project Work is as follows:
The distribution of marks over different rubrics related to project work is as follows
S.NO ASPECTS MARKS
1 Content accuracy, originality and collaborative skills(group 4
presentation)
2 Competencies exhibited and presentation 4
3 Viva voce 2
4. The project report should be handwritten by the students themselves.
● Prepare the project on the basis of below mentioned topics:-
(i) What is a disaster?
(ii) types of disasters?
(iii) causes of disasters?
(iv) Precautionary measures/ Mitigation measures .
(v) Guide / Steps to be followed for making people aware about disaster.
(vi) Give the recent measures initiated in disaster management by the government
of India.
(vii) Prepare the case study of your investigatory topic.
I. PROJECT WORK
TOPICS
* Natural disaster
Earthquake (Roll no. 1-6)
Flood (Roll no. 7-14)
Cyclone (Roll no. 15-21)
Drought (Roll no. 22-30)
* Human induced disaster
COVID 19 (Roll no. 31-37)
Nuclear disaster (Roll no. 38-45)
Chemical disaster (Roll no. 46 onwards)
Project work should be completed under following heads:-
• Cover page – showing project title, student information, school and year.
• List of contents with page numbers.
• Acknowledgement
• Project overview – purpose, aim, and methodology.
• Chapters – with relevant headings.
• Bibliography – Theme
• All the photographs – sketches and pictures should be labelled.
Following instructions are to be followed while preparing this project report
• Gather material for the project from newspapers, magazines etc.
• Project work will be carried on A4 sized sheets.
• Project work should not contain more than 15 pages.
TASK 2: INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT (Group activity)
Topic:- Forest Society and Colonialism, Natural Vegetation and wild life
Methodology:- A sample Interdisciplinary project plan Link has been provided to get
an insight about IDP
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1668TKkRt80r4-kbjJ_Y7zg4mF3Vq1Y9k/
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Guidelines:- It involves combining 2 or more disciplines into one activity-more coherent
and integrated.
Research and present a PPT on the colonial Forest policy and its impact on Forest
Societies
Instructions:
Group activity
1) Divide the group into smaller teams
2) Team leader will divide the areas of investigation and analysis among the
students
3) Team leader will compile the PPT
Roll.no:- 1-10
Colonialism and Forest Society :-
1) To categorize different types of forest during the colonial regime.
2) To examine the reason behind commercial forestry.
Roll.no:- 11-20
Rebellion in the Forest:-
1) To discuss the social and cultural world of forest communities through the
study of specific revolts.
2) To understand how oral traditions can be used to explore tribal revolt.
Roll.no:- 21-30
Forest Transformation in Java ,Tropical Evergreen Forest
1) To bring out the plight of Forest dwellers under colonial rule.
2) Critically analyses the reasons for rebellions at forest areas of South - East Asia
with specification to JAVA.
3) Explain the features, area ,plant species,animal species, geographical condition of
Evergreen Forest
Roll.no:- 31-40
How Colonialism has affected the Forest biodiversity and the survival of indigenous
and the survival of indigenous communities living in and around the Forest
1) To analyze different process through which transformation may occur in the
modern world.
2) Compare the forest situations prevailed at Pre-colonial, colonial and post
colonial era
Roll.no:- 41 onwards
Different types of Vegetation and wild life in India-Journey from Pre-colonial period to
Present day.
1) To defend the role of government and the local communities in protecting the
forest cover.
2) Analyze and evaluate the growth and role of commercial forestry in different
types of vegetation.
3) To devise ways to protect the forest vegetation and wildlife in India
Presentation Template by the students
Name of the student:
Members of the team:
Class 9th: Section: Date of submission
Topics of IDP:
Title of the project:
Objectives:
Evidences: Photos, Excerpts from interviews, observation, videos, Research
References etc.
Overall presentation:Link of PPT,Shared documents
Acknowledgement
References (websites, books, newspapers etc)
Reflection
Rubrics for IDP
Rubrics Marks Allocated
Research work 2
Collaboration and communication 2
Presentation 2
and content relevance
Competencies 4
● Creativity
● Analytical skills
● Evaluation
● Synthesizing
Total 10
Task 3 :- Attempt the questions of the History chapter Covered in the class in
assignment booklet provided. Objective type questions to be attempted in the booklet
itself and long answers questions are to be practiced in practice copy.
Task 4:- Practice Maps of India in your Map practice book of the chapters covered in
class Both of History and Geography
NOTE: Submission date: 5th July 2023
