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CONTENTS
Unit Topic Page
Social Studies
Unit One Me, My family and Neighbours 2-11
Lesson 1 My Neighbours and their Occupations 2
Lesson 2 Dealings with Neighbours 4
Lesson 3 Help in the work of the Community 6
Lesson 4 Equal Treatment 8
Lesson 5 Understand Others 10
Unit Two Our Traditions, Social Norms and Values 12-21
Lesson 1 Our Traditions 12
Lesson 2 Our Language and Costumes 14
Lesson 3 Our Festivals 16
Lesson 4 Our Country Our Pride 18
Lesson 5 Good People of our District 20
Unit ThreeSocial Problems and their Solutions 22-23
Lesson 1 Keep Yourself and Your Friends Away from Bad Habits 22
Lesson 2 Theft, Robbery and Ways to Protect Ourselves 24
Lesson 3 Don’t Copy Others Needlessly 26
Lesson 4 Co-operation 28
Lesson 5 Social Organisations 30
Lesson 6 Role of our Local bodies 32
Unit Four Civics Sense 34-47
Lesson 1 Our Rights 34
Lesson 2 Our Duties 36
Lesson 3 Our National Heritage 38
Lesson 4 Our Social Rules and Regulations 40
Lesson 5 District coordination Committee 42
Lesson 6 Functions of District coordination Committee 44
Lesson 7 Equal Treatment and Mutual Cooperation 46
Unit Five Our Earth 48-65
Lesson 1 Physical Features of Nepal 48
Lesson 2 Climate and Life style of Nepal 50
Lesson 3 Natural Vegetation of Nepal 52
Lesson 4 The Soil of Our Country 54
Lesson 5 Lets draw a Map 56
Lesson 6 Lets fill the Symbols in the Map 58
Lesson 7 Use of the Globe and Maps 60
Lesson 8 Our Neighbouring Countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan 62
and Bhutan
Lesson 9 Our Neighbouring Countries: Sri Lanka, Maldives and 64
Afghanistan
Unit Six Our Past 66-79
Lesson 1 Historical Objects of Our Community 66
Lesson 2 Historical Personalities of Our Community 68
Lesson 3 Ancient Nepal 70
Lesson 4 Our National Heros: Janak, Sita, Buddha,
Ariniko, Sankhadhar and Amshuverma 72
Lesson 5 Our National heros: Prithivi Narayan,
Balabhadra and Amar Singh 74
Lesson 6 Our National Heros 76
Lesson 7 Our Head of State and the Head of Government 78
Unit Seven Our Economic Activities 80-89
Lesson 1 Occupation of the People of Dolma’s District 80
Lesson 2 School Property 82
Lesson 3 National Production 84
Lesson 4 Use of National Products 86
Lesson 5 Economic Activities of Our Country 88
Creative Arts
Unit One Visual Art 91-134
Lesson 1 Making Pictures of Objects that Come into Your Mind 90
Lesson 2 Sketching Pictures of Plants, Trees and
Environment 92
Lesson 3 Making Pictures of Different Animals 93
Lesson 4 Making Pictures through Geometrical Shapes 94
Lesson 5 Preparing Colours 96
Lesson 6 Mixing Colours 97
Lesson 7 Presentation through Colours 100
Lesson 8 Wall Painting 101
Lesson 9 Printing by means of Different Techniques 103
Lesson 10 Printing after Making Stencil 105
Lesson 11 Planning Collectively 107
Lesson 12 Different Types of Collages 109
Lesson13 Colour the Collage 110
Lesson14 Making Different Objects with Clay 111
Lesson15 Relief Work 113
Lesson 16 Independent Presentation using Clay 114
Lesson17 Making Different Objects from Paper 115
Lesson 18 Making Designs by Cutting Paper 119
Lesson 19 Making Festoons (Decorative Strips) of
Colourful Paper 120
Lesson 20 Making Paper Bag 121
Lesson 21 Reusing Waste Materials 123
Lesson 22 Constructing Objects using Wire and Boxes 124
Lesson 23 Constructing Objects using Different Geometrical
Figures 125
Lesson 24 Constructing Objects using Sticks and Strings 128
Lesson 25 Constructing Objects using Pieces of Paper 129
Lesson 26 Paper Weaving 130
Lesson 27 Weaving work in the Community 131
Lesson28 Weaving work using the Frames 132
Unit Two Music 135-153
Lesson 1 Practicing Voice 133
Lesson 2 Playing the Madal, the Tabala and the Harmonium134
Lesson 3 National Anthem 137
Lesson 4 Class Song 139
Lesson 5 Singing Local Songs 140
Lesson 6 Singing Songs 141
Lesson 7 Introduction to Dance 142
Lesson 8 Namaskara Dance 143
Lesson 9 Dancing in a Semi Circular (Chandrakar) Position 145
Lesson 10 Dancing in a Circular (Golakar) Position 146
Lesson 11 Local Folk Dance 147
Lesson 12 Hands posture 148
Lesson 13 Acting 149
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My Social Studies
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Today’s lesson was about the occupations our neighbours are
engaged in.
The teacher, starting
the lesson, said, “In the
neighbourhood, there
are people who are
involved in different
kinds of occupations
and trades. In your
neighbourhood too,
may be there are
people engaged in
different kinds of jobs and occupations. Can you tell me about
the occupations of your neighbours?” Sabina said, “Close to
my house is Jeevan’s house. His father works in the field. He
is a farmer. My other neighbour uncle Bhogendra Yadav is a
shopkeeper. He owns a shop. Many kinds of commodities can
be bought from his shop.”
“My neighbour's name is Babulal. He works in the health post.
Everyone calls him a health worker. To the east of my house lies
the house of sister Sumnima. She is a news reader on the radio.”
said Mingma.
Salim stood up from his seat to say, “Sir, close to my house is
the house of Ahmad. His father is a mechanic. He repairs radio,
television and telephone. To the South of Ahmed’s house is the
house of Bindiya. Her mother is a teacher in the local school.
Note to the teacher :
Emphasize on the active learning by asking the students in your class to tell
the different kinds of work their neighbours do.
Unit 1 Me, My family and Neighbours 1My Neighbours and their Occupations
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“My neighbours are engaged in different kinds professions. Some
rear animals. Others work in the office. Yet others work as labours
in factories’’ said Usha. In this way, one by one, all the students
of the class told about the occupations of their neighbours.
1. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
a. A person living close to your house is called........
b. A person who works in the field is called .............
c. A......... repairs radio, television and telephone.
d. A...................teaches in school.
e. A person who sells commodities in a shop is known
as........................
2. Many people live in your neighbourhood. Write down what
work they do.
3. What work do the neighbours of your classmates do? Ask
five of your classmates and write it.
4. What benefits do you get from the occupations of your
neighbours? Make a table as shown below and write.
Neighbour’s occupations Benefits
Activities
We can describe the occupations and work of our
neighbours.
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Gyanimaya lives in Banepa. She reads in a local school there. She
has many friends. Lata, Pushpa, Kiran are her friends from her
neighbourhood. They all go to the same school as Gyanimaya.
Her other friends. Fulmaya, Jayarupa and Bhajuram go to another
school. They are her close friends.
them how they are doing. During festivals and other religious
function, she invites her neighbours and friends to her house.
When she is invited with other friends, she goes to attend it.
She keeps herself away from of backbiters in the neighbourhood.
She doesn’t listen to people who talk badly of other people in
the neighbourhood. She doesn’t believe it on face value until
she verifies its truth. She tells her friends to build a habit of
believing others on the grounds the truth. All her neighbours
love Gyanimaya for her good conduct. They all treat her like
their own child.
Sometimes, her friends visit her house. They greet Gyanimaya’s
parents with ‘Namaste’ and show respect to them by addressing
Note to the teacher:
Divide the students into groups and ask each group to act out the role of their
dealings towards the neighbours. Make them to follow the habit of believing in
others only after knowing the fact or the truth.
Dealings with Neighbours
She plays with her friends on
Saturdays and other school
off days. Sometimes, she
goes to her friends’ house
to play with them. At times,
She calls her friend’s parents
uncle or aunt. Whenever she
meets them, she greets them
saying ‘Namaste’ and asking
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them as uncle or aunt. Her parents feel very happy and love them
as they do to their daughter. She respects her neighbours. She
always talks to them in soft and polite language.
1. Copy the correct sentences only in your exercise book.
a. We must always talk to our neighbours in soft and polite
language.
b. We must help our neighbours in every possible ways
we can.
c. It is good to quarrel with our neighbours.
d. We must believe others only after knowing the fact or
verification of truth.
e. We must treat all our neighbours equally.
2. The following is a short description that Gyanimaya has
written how she deals with her neighbours.
When I meet my neighbours, I join hands to say ‘Namaste’.
Then, I ask them, ‘is everyone fine ?’ A trouble, I help them
whatever ways I can. My neighbours do different kinds of
work. I do not discriminate my neighbours. I always talk to
them softly and politely. I like speaking this way. I believe
in people by probing the truth.
Like Gyanimaya, write how you behave or deal with your
neighbours.
3. In the table below, write the words you use when you
address the elders and your friends in your neighbourhood.
Activities
I sound soft and polite while speaking with neighbours.
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Note to the teacher:
Conduct the teaching learning activities by applying such methods that would
encourage the students to participate in the community works that take place
in their local communities.
Help in the Community work
Santu, Maya, Sangita and her friends live in a village called Jaipur.
Everyone around knows them because they are always ready to offer
help. The construction of health post is going on in their village. All
the locals have gathered and are contributing their share of work. As
it is Saturday today. Santu, Maya and Sangita have also come there.
They are helping in the construction work by collecting stones and
bricks to the work site. To see them thus helping, all the people are
happy there. They also extend their help at fairs and festivals in their
community. They take part in cleaning the surroundings of their
community. They clean up the road by removing stones, thorns,
etc. At religious ceremonies the community, they collect flowers
and hand them over to the organizer.
Arpana and Milan live in the same locality of a town. They join in
the the work of the community in whatever ways they can. The
day before, they all cleaned
the road. They piled up and
passed on the garbage to a
disposal site.
Arpana and Milan tip off
the local police station of
any criminal activity in
their locality. Likewise,
they also inform the fire brigade just in case of fire breaks out
in the locality. Once the fire brigade knows, the fire engines are
sent immediately to put the fire out.
Next month, there have a polio vaccine and vitamin ‘A’ feeding
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campaign to the children below five years of age. So, Arpana
and Milan are going to help to make the programme successful
by bringing children from the locality to the vaccination centre.
Everyone is happy to have children like Arpana and Milan around.
1. Look at the given pictures. What is happening in the
pictures? How can you help in such works? Tell the class.
2. In what types of work have you offered your help in your
community so far? Make a list.
3. Santu, Maya and Sangita live in a village. Arpana and Milan
live in a town. Where do you live? Act out the community
works that you can do in the place where you live.
4. Divide your classmates into two groups, A and B. Now
,ask the students of group A to tell the collective works that
take place in the village, and group B to tell the collective
works that take place in the town. Then, make a table as
shown below and write.
Collective works that take Collective works that take
place in the village. place in the town
Activities
We must help out to the campaigners in community clean
up/sanitation.
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Note to the teacher
Explain to the students the good outcome of equal treatment and the troubles
that could crop up due to unequal treatment. You can tell them stories related to
such treatments or give them examples of such incidents in your own community.
Equal Treatment
Long ago in the district of Saptari, there lived a man called Ram
Prabesh. He had a big plot of land. His house was also not small.
He had hired some men to work for him. He would think of himself
as a rich man. He was proud of his money and power. Although
he owned much wealth, he was very selfish. He never would
help the needy people in the village. Not only that, he carried a
old thaught. He never sent his daughters to school of afraid. They
would lose their character.
He'd also discriminate people
in terms of caste. He'd neglect
the old and the poor of his
village. No people in the village
liked Ram Prabesh’s manners.
So, whenever in troubles, no
people in the village would
come out to help him.
In the same village, there lived another man called Bhola. He was
very kind and helpful. He was always ready to help the people in
difficulties. Although he was poor, he was ready to help others
and would be happy in doing so. He did not believe superiorty or
inferiority just in terms of caste. He treated his son and daughter
equally. Both are sent to school. People of different castes lived
in his neighbourhood but he treated all of them equally. All were
so inspired as to send their children to school. Bhola used to say
“Son and daughter are equal”. Everyone in the village liked Bhola
very much Ram Prabesh would not like him. He would always
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speak ill of Bhola. One day, all of a sudden, Bhola’s house caught
fire. Everything in the house burnt to ashes but all the people
from the village came to help him. They arranged a place for
him to stay and helped him by giving clothes, utensils and food.
Bhola was happy to find his neighbours helping him so kindly.
Next year, Ram Prabesh’s house and fields were swept without a
true by the flood of Saptakoshi River. No one came to help him.
Because of his bad manners, he did not receive any help from
his neighbours. Thereafter, Ram Prabesh realized his wrong and
decided to be kind to everyone and treat them equally.
1. Answer the following questions:
a. Why was Ram Prabesh proud of himself?
b. What behaviour of Ram Prabesh was not liked by the
locals ?
c. What did Bhola believe in?
2. Make a table as shown and write three different behaviour
of Ram Prabesh and Bhola:
Ram Prabesh’s Behaviour Bhola’s Behaviour or or
Manners Manners
Activities
3. What kind of people live in your locality? Are they like
Ram Prabesh or like Bhola? Who do you want to be like?
Why? Tell the class.
I do not discriminate my neighbours and friends. I treat
them all equally.
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Note to the teacher:
Right from the early age the children should be taught to cultivate the habit
of understanding and respecting others’ feelings. They should be told that it
is not good to hurt others. Do some activities in the class highlighting this.
Understand Others
Ram Lakhan and Srikrishna study in Grade V. Ram Lakhan is
from Terai. Srikrishna is a hill born and now settled in the Terai.
They go to school and sit together. One day, Ram Lakhan lost
his pen. He asked all his friends in the class, but they denied to
have seen it. Meanwhile, Ram Lakhan accused of stealing his
pen. He shouted out ‘Srikrishna is a thief’.
Srikrishna said to Ram
Lakhan, ‘I am innocent,
don’t accuse me.”
Srikrishna was hurt at Ram
Lakhan’s behaviour. He
felt insulted and thought
nobody understood his
feelings. He felt embarrassed
of loss of his image. He was
disappointed and pulled himself apart from his friends.
That same day, at lunch break Ram Lakhan reviewed his blame
to Srikrishna. He said to himself, “I have hurt him unnecessarily.
Had he stolen my pen, he wouldn’t have felt so upset. How hurt
would I have felt if I had been in his place? I shouldn’t have
behaved like that to him.” He then went to Srikrishna to ask
him to forgive him. The next day, the lost pen was found in the
school ground.
We all must respect the feeling of others. We must understand.
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We must place our serves in other's situations to see how it feels.
We must share the feeling of others. This is called sympathy. Hence,
from now on, all of us should try to understand others’ feelings and
should not treat or speak in a way that would hurt anyone.
1. Answer the following questions:
a. What did Ram Lakhan say to Srikrishna? Why did he
say so?
b. How did Srikrishna feel about Ram Lakhan behaviour
towards him?
c. What must we do to show our sympathy to others?
2. What behaviour falls under sympathetic behaviour? Make
a list of such behaviour.
3. If anyone behaves badly with you or discriminates you,
how would you make him/ her understand that it is not a
good thing to do?
4. Point out which of the following is good behaviour and
which is bad behaviour.
a. Taking the pen of your friend in a stealthy manner.
b. Helping friends in the times of need.
c. Hating a friend who is weak in studies.
d. Loving brother and sister younger to you.
Activities
I will always be sympathetic to my friends and treat them
equally.
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Unit 2 Our Traditions, Social Norms and Values
Our Traditions
Announcer: Today we are having an oratory competition in our
class on the topic “Our Traditional Customs”. The first speaker
Jyoti Nagarkoti is here to present her views.
Jyoti: Respected teachers, judges and my dear friends!
Some traditional customs in practice in our society have invited
many problems. Calling anyone a witch or giving him/her trouble
or discriminating people is a social crime of caste, preventing
them to enter the temples and collect water from the public water-
tap, is another form of in-justice. Exorasing (freeing from evil
spirits) and quarrelling are not good practices. Ghosts, Spirits,
etc. do not exist. How could the non existent make anyone
sick ? People fall sick infected by
germs and bacteria too small to see
with our naked eye. We must keep
ourselves away from all these kinds
of bad customs. Thank you.
Announcer: Now I would like to call
the next speaker, Brij Mohan Jha.
Brij Mohan: Respected teachers,
judges and friends!
A friend speaking before me was able to see bad traditions and
customs. In our society. it does not lack good customs and
practice. Respecting elders and showing hospitality to the guests
are good customs. Having food after bathing and changing clothes
is a good habit because, in doing so, dirty things cannot get onto
the food we eat. The festival of Bhai tika strengthens love between
brothers and sisters. Eating ghiu-chaku at Makar Sankranti gives
strength to our body. The habit of eating things after washing
ourhands and legs keeps us healthy. Hence, we have to preserve
the good old traditions of our society. Thank you.
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Announcer : Brij Mohan just now has presented his ideas. Now
I would like to call Sumitra Gauchan.
Sumitra : Respected teachers, judges and friends!
Some traditions and customs in practice in society are good and
others bad. A sight of an empty pot, empty basket or a cat crossing
way has no connection with good time or bad time. It is just a
fear. Looking people down as lower caste or anothers religion is
a serious social crime. Discrimination between children as son
and daughter is bad. Putting people down as poor and posing as
rich is a social evil.
Throwing away the bits and pieces of foodstuff after meals and
keeping the kitchen clean is a good practice because in doing
so, the house always remains clean. Therefore, we must avoid
all the bad practices and take up the good ones from today itself.
Thank you.
1. Conduct a similar kind of oratory competition in your class
and award the student who stands first.
2. Put up a role play that shows the good practices of our
society.
3. Complete the table below by writing the good and bad
practices that exist in your community and the ways to
correct the bad practices:
Good practices Bad practices Ways to correct the
bad practices
Activities
We should uproot bad practices and start good ones.
4. Ask your classmates to make a note of the good practices
they find in their families.
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Our Language and Costumes
A live commentary of a cultural programme of the 'Children’s
Day' is going on. Sunita, Jeevan and their friends are carefully
listening to the commentary. People of all social classes and
religions have gathered on a large ground. They are in their
own traditional costumes and ornaments. Local music by social
groups has heat up the area. People
from Newar, Tamang, Gurung, Rai,
Limbu, Dhimal, Tharu, Rajbanshi,
Sherpa, Brahmin, Chhetri, Magar,
Thakali, Chepang, Sunuwar,
communities have joined in. Now,
the song ‘Saya thari goda eutai
chaal; Saya thari baaja eutai taal’
(Many feet, with same movement;
many instruments, with the same
tune) is playing. Most people there tap their feet in response
to the music. The dancers dance in a group in circle to give an
impression of multiple colours. The entire ground looks like a
beautiful flower garden. All the spectators clap and cheer. Wow!
They have position themselves in a way to give an impression of
a big marigold flower. What a beautiful flower it is! One petal of
the flower is of people in similar costume. A flower of hundred
petals each with people in different costumes. It looks like a
colourful marigold flower. Each group is dancing and singing in
its own language in distinct movement. They are singing the song
“Haamro bhasa ramro, Haamro bhes ramro, haamro sabai jaat ani
desh ramro”(Our country is beautiful, our costumes colourful and
Note to the teacher
In our society there are people of multiple castes and they have their own
languages. Even though we have diverse food habits, costumes and practices,
we stand united to develop our country. Do some activities in the class that
would develop feelings of helping and respecting each other.
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beautiful, our country is composed of people of multiple different
castes and beauty) It represents different religions and languages
of Nepal. Now the singing and dancing have been stopped, and
the chief guest of the programme is addressing.
Nepal is a beautiful garden of varieties of flowers. We are people
of different castes, languages, culture and costumes. May be
we look different in our dressup and languages. We carry a
common identity 'Nepali'. People of every community, caste and
religion respect their own language and costumes. We respect
our own language and costumes. Certainly, we are of different
communities. But, we have a sence of 'Nepal' deep at heart."
1. Make a list of different social groups in your community and also
write the languages they speak.
2. Translate the sentence in bold letters below into your own mother
tongue. Then divide yourselves into groups of students with the same
mother tongue and read out the sentence together. Finally, like in
the lesson, fall in line and holding each other hands, read out the
sentence in your own languages loudly.
“Let us all Nepalis stay united, Nepal is our common home, we all
live in harmony.”
3. What needs to be done in the community to for the people of many
castes and religions to live in harmony?
4. Draw the pictures of different costumes worn at special festivals in
your community and write a few lines about them.
5. Saya thari goda eutai chaal
Saya thari baaja eutai taal
What does this song mean to say? Explain in one paragraph.
Activities
Our country is a common home of all Nepalis, we all
must love it.
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Our Festivals
Dear Kajari,
A big Ekadashi fair is being held at the Bishankhu
Narayan temple of our village. The fair is held every
year on Kartik Sukhla Ekadashi. The temple of Lord
Narayan is in the cave. People far off places come to
visit the temple to offer their prayers. A large, crowd
gathers here on this particular day. Cuckoopint
(arum), sweet-potatoes, peanuts and oranges are
bought and sold, and eaten on this day. Remember
to write me about the fair held in your place.
Various festivals are observed in our country out of them,
some are religious and other cultural. Dashain, Tihar, Chhat,
Christmas, Baishak Purnima, Janai Purnima, Id, Teej, Krishna
Janmastami, Wadangmet, Sakela (a festival observed by Rai
community), Gaura, etc. are religious festivals. Udhauli, Ubhauli,
Loshar, Maaghe Sakranti, Buba Aama ko Mukh Herne Aaunsi
(Father’s day and Mother’s day), Naya Barsha (New Year), Jatra,
Dewali, Guthi, etc are cultural festivals. The day to observe these
festivals are marked in the calendar. In our country, almost
every month one or on other festival of different communities
falls. Some festivals have roots to a religion, caste or area where
they are observed. Because different festivals are celebrated at
different times of the year, there is always an environment of
merry making and excitement in our country. The Government of
Nepal declares public holiday on some important festivals. These
festivals provide us a chance to meet our relatives and extend
yours friend
Bikash
Kajari Kalwar
Lahan, Siraha
Note to the teacher:
Our country is a multi cultural country. Different kinds of festivals of different
castes and religions are celebrated here. Tell the students that festivals
should be celebrated in a friendly atmosphere and in an economical way. Do
some activities in the class that would aware the students on these aspects.
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cooperation. We get new clothes to wear and delicious food to eat.
We worship and offer our prayers to gods and goddeses, and also
dance. In some festivals different games are played. Houses are
also cleaned and decorated as indicative of the coming festivals.
If invited to attend the festival observed by people of any castes
or religions, we should accept the invitation and after taking the
permission from our parents, we must go to participate in the
festival. In the name of festivals, we must not spend more than
we can hold. Festival must not come as a show off or burden.
Activities
1. Make a sample postcard and send it to your friend
explaining him/her about the fair or festival celebrated in
your community.
2. Look at the yearly calendar to find out the festivals observed
in the different months of the year and present them in the
table given below:
Month Date/ Tithi Name of the festival Celebrated by which
Day religious groups and
castes/Where is it
celebrated
3. Make a list of festivals celebrated in your community.
4. Tell your friends the activities carried out at celebration
time of festival in your family.
5. Form a group of friends and act out the things done at any
one of the festivals observed in your community.
We must celebrate our festivals happily. We must not
show off while enjoying festivals.
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Our Country Our Pride
1. Lagdachha malai ramailo merai pakha
pakhero Himalchuli muntira pani
bharne pandhero
2. Hey aama Nepal timilai
Sansarako ramri banaunla
3. Himalko chhadke topi chha Maidanko
choli dhoti chha Tara aajhai pura
huna, auta kura chha Chhaati ma
Nepali mann chahinchha
4. Lalupate fhulio hajur lekhai
ramailo Danphe Munal nachidiye
deshai ramailo Sarangiko dhun hajur
gaineko geetDanda kanda chhahara nai
nepalako geet
Dear Daughter, Mehendu
Blessings!
Here, I would like to share some happy moments I had had during
my trip to a foreign country. Once a foreigner asked me, “Which
country do you come from?” I said to him, “I come from Nepal.”
He then asked me, “Where is Nepal?” I said, “It is in Asia. It is
also called a country of Mount Everest.” Embraced me and he
said, “Wow, I apprecate you as a native of the country of Mount
Everest.” The other foreigner said, “I visited Nepal two years ago.
Your country is like the heaven. There are rivers, lakes, springs
and falls in all places. We get to see rare wild animal like one
horned rhinoceros and bird like spiny babbler. When I fell ill
Note to the teacher
Teach the students to identify the different important places of our country
and be proud of these places. Play our national songs (given above) and make
them sing together so that the students develop a sense of patriotism from
the early age.
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there, I was cured of taking herbal medicines. The medicinal
herbs found there are very effective.” He further said, “Nepal is
also known as a country of temples. There are artistic temples
everywhere. Different monuments at different places have
their own tales of history. Nepal is filled with natural beauty. I
appreciate Nepal very much. Makalu and Kanchanjunga peaks;
Phewa, Rara and Tilicho lakes; Gandaki, Koshi and Karnali
rivers; Lumbini and Ram Janaki temples and Kathmandu, Patan
and Bhaktapur Durbar squares are examples of art and beauty.”
I felt very proud to be a Nepali citizen. We must conserve such
places in our surroundings. Our future generation should see
them, so we must preserve them. My dear, discuss the things
with your friends. I will keep on writing more in my next letters.
Your daddy,
Babu Tsheri Sherpa Activities
1. In rhythm, sing together the national songs given in the lesson. Sing
the complete song. You can play the cassette or CD of these songs
and sing together. These songs are often played on the radio and the
TV.
2. Make a list of the things that make our country known to others.
3. What things are there in your community you feel proud of and
make your community known to others? Write a letter to your friend
describing these places.
4. The picture given in the lesson shows the things we are proud of
having them that make our country known to others. List the name
of the things. If there are any other such things, add to your list.
5. Write a national song or poem and sing it in the class.
6. Organise a programme to clean the important places nearby your
school or your house.
We are proud of the things that make our country known
to others and we will do our best to preserve them.
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Good People of our District
Hitmaan is a well-known farmer
in the whole of Palpa district.
In addition to growing paddy,
wheat and maize, he grows
vegetables as well. He grows
varieties of fruits and ginger in
his steep field. He also keeps
cows, buffalos, goats and fowls.
He contributes a little of his
savings from agriculture and
animal rearing to social work.
He also lends money to the
needy in his neighbourhood.
Farmers from different parts
of the district come to him to
learn about vegetable and fruit farming. He has contributed a
good amount of money to establish a higher secondary school
in the neighbouring village.
Satni Devi Chaudhary is a social worker in Kailali district. She
is famous all over the district. She has formed women’s pressure
group in many villages of her district. This has helped increasing
the income of women. Now, she is active at constructing road
to facilitate the goods's excess to the market. This road will
link the Rural Municipality to the district headquarters. Her
conviction “Let us make our place beautiful ourselves”, receives
wide support.
Note to the teacher
Tell the students that there are renowned people in every district. Do some
activities in the class in order to make the students identify such people and
their work so that the students would get encouragement and inspiration to
work like them.
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Hira Maya Nakarmi, an engineer working in our district says,
“All must come whatever skill they have with to contribute
development.” Had she worked in the city, she would have
earned a lot of money. But, she preferred to live in village to
contribute for it. She is involved in the developmental works
like generating electricity generation from the river, constrution
canal to bring water for irrigation and school building in the
village. This year, she was honoured as the best personality of
the district. Many other people do good works in our district. She
has set an example for every one to learn about 'development for
us and by ourselves.
1. Make a table like the one below to write down all the good
work of Hitmann, Satni Devi and Hira Maya:
Hitmann Satni Devi Hira Maya
2. What sorts of questions would you ask if you met a renowned
social worker, doctor, artist, teacher, of your district? Write
any five questions that you would ask him/ her.
3. Make a list of work that you think you should do to become
a change maker of your district in future.
4. Make a list of all the good work each student of your class
has done. Announce the student with a series of his/her
work as a renowned student of grade V, and make him
leader of your class for one month.
We know the good people of our district and will.
Activities
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Unit 3 Social Problems and their Solutions
Save Yourself and 1 others from Bad Habits
Dhaniya’s Family
No one in Dhaniya’s family is addicted to alcohol or drugs. No
one there drinks, smoke or take tobacco. No record of quarrel
or fight is there. Hence, all there are healthy and peace loving
No or little amount of money goes on treatment and medicine.
Since they avoid a bad habit, they are able to save money from
the family income. They suggest the local all around to quit bad
habits. Not only this, their effort goes to rid people of bad habits.
The locals are grateful to them. Most of people around there have
high regrds to the family.
Muniya’s Family
In Muniya’s family, her father drinks and smokes everyday. As a
result, there is always a dispute in her family. Because he spends
money on drinks and smokes, he is always in short of money
for books, notebooks and study materials for his children. Their
interest in reading and writing is down. His health is also failing
day by day. Given the condition of Muniya’s family, Dhaniya is
much worried. One day she, with her family members visited
Muniya’s home to counsel her father. They told him about the
effect drinking alcohol. He too soon realized that his habit of
excessive drinking and smoking, has disturbed peace in the family
and his health as well. So he promised never to touch a drink or
tobacco. Nowadays, peace and happiness has returned in Muniya’s
family. We can save ourselves from bad habits by quitting drinking
and smoking habit to live in social and moral discipline.
Note to the teacher
Engage the students in different activities by giving them examples of good
family and people in the society. And, also tell them how to try bringing the
people fallen into bad habits onto the right track.
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Activities
1. Look at the pictures below and answer the questions that
follow:
a. What made the man in the picture to fall down?
b. What sort of place has the man fallen down on?
c. What happens to a person addicted to alcohol and drugs?
d. What do you think is the disease that inflicted the smoking
man in the picture ?
2. Make a table as given below and write what kinds of losses
could occur due to the bad habit. Specify how drinking and
smoking cause loss of health and image:
Bad habit Loss
Drinking alcohol encourage to quarrel,unnecessary
expense of money,harmful to health,
give trouble to family
3. There are two ways to drop bad habits. One personal and
the other collective. One example of each is given below.
Write down two other:
Bad habit Personal way Collectiveway
Smoking Avoid smoking Launch anti-smoking
Cigarette by yourself campaign collectively
4. Draw a picture showing alcohol drinking and its negative
effects to present it in the class.
5. What needs to be done to make your society an Alcohol
Free Zone? Write.
Save yourself and others from the addiction of alcohol
and drugs consumption.
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Note to the teacher
Ask the students to share their experiences related to theft and robbery.
Discuss about the reasons behind theft and robbery and then ask the students
to list the precautions that have to be taken into account to protect oneself
from being stolen. Also, tell the students that in case of robbery, they need
to inform the police immediately.
Theft, Robbery and Ways to 2 Protect Ourselves
Goods Worth Lakhs of Rupees Robbed
At around Dashain with no one at home, goods worth lakhs of
rupees have been stolen from a house at Battisputali, Kathmandu.
The robbers took off 20 tolas of gold, one hundred tolas of silver,
Rs 2 lakhs cash, a computer, a television set and several valuables.
Right next day of the robbery, the police have arrested some
suspects with some amount of money and goods.
Robbery in the Night Bus
A night bus coming to Kathmandu from Kankadvitta was robbed
by a gang of robbers in the jungle at Pathlaiya. The robbers took
away cash, ornament and other valuables of the passengers. They
cryed "The robbers spared not even one rupee". The police post of
Patlaiya has reported that the search of dacoits is going on.
The above of news published in different newspapers are the
examples of theft and robbery rampant in our society. These
kinds of crimes always take place there. Several reasons give rise
to such incidents. Many such incidents occur due security lapse.
The reasons of such crimes are unemployment hope of quick
money, gamble and feeble crime control, etc. In order to
avoid these crimes, every individual must be watchful. Most
importanlty, there should be serve punishment to the guilty.
The local too, should immediately report crimes and threats
to the nearest police post. The following precautions can help
prevent crimes.
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Activities
What should be done?
- Make sure the windows doors and are
closed when you leave home.
- In case of your long absence from home,
tell your next door neighbour to keep an
eye on your house.
- Keep the precious things at a safe place.
- Inform the police at once at any
suspicious presons movement around.
What shouldn’t be done?
- Don’t leave the doors and windows of
your house open when not in need.
- Don’t allow a strangers.
- Don’t go to a crowded place with expensive
ornaments and money.
- Don’t carry a lot of cash or precious
material with you in journey.
- Don’t eat anything given by a stranger
while travelling.
1. Cut out the news items about theft and robbery and read them
out to the class. If you don’t get newspaper, tell the class about
the theft or robbery that has recently taken place in you or
about the one you have heard.
2. Did you have your things or your friend’s got stolen? If yes,
what do you think were the reasons behind this? Write.
3. What are the reasons behind theft and robbery in your society?
What should you do if you come to know about these crimes?
4. Put cross mark (x) against the incorrect statement and tick
mark (√) against the correct ones.
a. If an unknown person comes to your house, you must
take him or her straight into your house.
b. We must not go to a crowded place with expensive
ornaments or cash.
c. We must close our doors and windows before leaving our
homes.
d. We can eat the food given to us by an unknown person
when we are travelling.
We can prevent crimes by eliminating the reasons. By
exercise of precautions also we can prevent them.
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3 Don’t be over- Imitative
Mohan Lal used to live in a village before. He would to love his
festivals and rituals. He would actively participate in all the
ceremonies and functions held in his village. He loved wearing
Nepali daura, suruwal, topi and waist coat. He also loved singing
folk songs in tune of the madal. Roti, dhindo, gundruk made
his favourite food. He was good at studies, too. He would say he
wished to get a high degree in his studies to serve the society.
One should involve himself/herself in
the development work of the village.
He directed his friends to preserve
our language, culture and rituals.
He finished his schooling from the
local school. He then moved to the
town for further studies. After only
a brief life in the town, he went
changed. Nobody had expected that
would happen. He did not remain
Mohan Lal anymore. He changed
his name to Michael. Instead of
traditional dress, he started wearing
new dress, tearing it at different places. He kept long hair. He
forgot the folk songs to pick up English songs and rap. He left
the madal to get used to the drum-set. He forgot Nepali fair and
festival, tempted by disco. In total disregard to oil lamp at pray,
Note to the teacher
Ask the students to share their experiences related to theft and robbery.
Discuss about the reasons behind theft and robbery and then ask the students
to list the precautions that have to be taken into account to protect oneself
from being stolen. Also tell the students that in case of robbery, they need to
inform the police immediately.
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Activities
he celebrated his birthday by blowing out the candles cake and
burgar gave him better taste. Freshly made dhindo and roti was
of no taste to him. He had come to the town with a promise to
continue his studies and return to serve his village. But he forgot
all these. In the name of modernization, he opted to show off.
He disregarded country life and tradition.
1. What changes took place in Mohan Lal after he became
Michael ? Make a table as shown below and write. One example
has been given to you.
Before (Mohan Lal) Now (Michael)
Used to sing folk songs Started singing pop songs
and raps
................................. ...........................
2. What changes did you think Mohan Lal would have after going to
the town?
3. What traditional mores do we need to avoid ? What should we
retain ? Write as shown in the example.
Traditional mores we traditional mores we
need to avoid should retain
Torturing others with the Respecting parents
accusation of being witch.
4. Have you noticed a similar person who has changed himself or herself
like Mohan Lal, what changes have you seen in him/her ?
5. What suggestions would you give to Michael if you met him? Write
down all your suggestions in points.
6. How does a person learn to imitate others’ things ?
A radio’s news message ....................
We must not forget our tradition and practices.
We must not imitate others just so.
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Co-operation 4
Ujeli, Ajaya and Shanti were grazing goats. Three or so children
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came to see them. One asked if they noticed a white goat coming
that way. “A short while ago it was grazing here. I don’t know
where it fled now” replied Shanti. Then the children left.
Screams and shouts were
be heard close around.
Ujeli and her friends went
there. The goat that was
missed had gone into
Phurba’s garden. Phurba’s
mother had caught the
goat and kept it with
her. The shepherds were
arguing with Phurba’s mother. “Old woman. Give us our goat
back!” one shouted. “If she doesn’t, we will knock her garden
fence to let our goats. We'll set them to eat all her crops” shouted
the other. Shanti objected to this she said he shouldn’t think of
such a bad plan. Doing so would make the situation worse. We
must always resolve a conflict in peaceful means.
After listening to both sides, Ujeli thought of resolving the
quarrel. She said, “Aama, It is their fault. They should have
supervised their goats carefully. It is no use of quarrelling like
this. What should they do to get their goat back ?”
Phurba’s mother said, “They let their goat into my garden and
call me this and that. I will keep the goat here will take the boy
Note to the teacher
Both known and unknown people live in our society Students must be taught to
behave nicely with all. They must cultivate the habit of thinking positively. Do
some activities to teach the students how to mediate democratically between
the two quarrelling sides when a quarrel breaks out between the students, and
how to maintain peace and cooperation in the school.
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straight to his parents.”
Ujeli asked the shepherds what they should do then. “Please
don’t report our parents. We will never do this again.” Ujeli
made peace between them. She said to Phurba’s mother, “Aama,
forgive them this last time.” She then said, “You also apologize
for your mistake to aama. From now on watch your goats well".
Dont defend yourself when fault is on your side.
The shepherds asked for forgiveness. Phurba’s mother gave their
goat back. The shepherd thanked Ujeli and her friends. Then
they decided to graze their goats together during their vacation.
Ujeli and her friends became happy to have new friends.
Activities
4. Act out the incident given in the lesson or any other similar incident.
1. Answer the following questions.
a. Are the things, Ujeli and her friends posed of right ?
b. What is the difference between Ujeli and the shepherds?
c. How did Ujeli made peace beetwen the two parties ?
d. How must we speak with the people in our society?
e. Can a stranger become our friend at need ?
f. What good things and bad things did the shepherds do?
g. What would you yourself do if you were in the placewhere the
shepherds and Phurba’s mother were quarreling ?
2. Have you ever settled a quarrel? If yes, how did you make peace ?
3. Before going to bed, make a list of good and bad things you thought
or did during the day. The points of good (positive) things must out
number than the bad (negative) things.
Positive Negative
Positive thinking and peace-making helps grow
cooperation. We must behave in a polite manner with all
the people.
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5 Social Organisations
Social ills and evils have been pushing our society far behind
day by day. There are a number of social problems in our society.
We cannot solve them all at one strike. In order to solve them,
the local institutions like local level Club, Scouts, Red Cross and
Aama Samuha must play an important role.
“Rescue a Youth Victim of Bad Habit”
A youth in a village used to take drugs and disturb the society. His parents
counseled him a lot. But their councel had no effect on him. He would
rather argue with them. His father was much upset informed the police.
The police had to use a great force to get hold of him. While using force
to catch him, his eye got injured. His father was worried if it would lose
his eyesight So, he sought help in the community. The members of club
assembled. They pleaded that such a person should not be taken to the
police. First, he should be taken to a Rehabilitation Centre to rid him of his
bad habit and then take legal. The youth was admitted to a Rehabilitation
Centre. He was rid of his bad habit, and was imprisoned for trapping his
friends and juniors in drugs. Today he has realized that a bad habit takes
away time, prestige, health and wealth. Now he says nobody should do
whatever he had done.
We all read newspapers, listen to the radio or watch television.
Examples to undo social problems by Youth Club and Aama
Samuha come in the means of communication. Local level
contribution in the social service and other similar institutions
have helped resolve social problems. It generated a sense of
co-operation and partnership with local institutions. Social
problems and evils can be eliminated by the joint effort of local
institutions and involvement of the local people.
Note to the teacher
The locally formed Youth Club, Women group, Aama Samuha, etc are working
to eliminate social problems and evils. Find out where these institutions are in
your community and encourage your students to help them in their work.
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Activities
1. How can a local club help eliminate social problems and evils?
2. What kinds of activities do Red Cross and Scouts run to
resolve social problems?
3. A social institution established in Shanti Lama’s village has
operated several activities to eliminate the social problems.
She has written down the work done by the institution in
the following way:
Name of the Place Date of esta- Activities done
institution blishment
Bethan Youth Dahu 2060 Ban on
Club (Ramechaap) taking alcohol
Make a table like the one Shanti has made. Then write the
name of the social institutions in your Rural municipality or
Municipality and the activities they have done or are doing
to eliminate social problems and evils.
4. If you see people addicted to drugs and alcohol in your
community, how will you help them get rid of this bad habit?
5. Read the incident given in the lesson and discuss the
following questions.
a. What did the youth use to do?
b. Why was he taken by the police?
c. How did his eye get injured?
d. What should be done to a person who does evil practices?
Punish them according to law or torment them?
e. Who took the youth to Rehabilitation Centre?
f. What would have happened if the youth had not been
taken to Rehabilitation Centre but given punishment?
Social institutions and organizations help speed up
social development.
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Role of our Local Level
Note to the teacher
The locally formed Youth Club, Women group, Aama Samuha, etc are working
to eliminate social problems and evils. Find out where these institutions are in
your community and encourage your students to help them in their work.
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A person has to be careful prior to doing anything. He should
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avoid bad habits. There is nothing impossible, if we try. We
should counsel others to rid them of bad habits. We should also
teach them ways how to keep away from such habits.
Gambling leaves a man homeless. We can learn it from the
Mahabharata. According to the story of Mahabharata, the five
Pandava brothers were to leave home and live under the sky
because of gambling.
Such social evils need eliminating from our society. Social
institutions like Ward Offices, Rural municipality, Municipality,
District Co-ordination, committee Local Clubs, Police Station,
Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) play an important role
to fight against such evils. Social ills and evils like theft, robbery,
drinking, smoking, gamble are enemies of all. The local body has
to do the following works:
Generate public awareness by holding meetings, conferences
and gatherings, protest march etc collectively by local people,
Aware people through leaflets, pamphlets, posters, miking etc,
Organize discussion programme, interaction etc
Publicize through Tv, Radio, FMs,
Notice at public places
Prepare directives, rules and regulations at local level and
implement them,
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Activities
Conduct public awareness programme on radio and television,
Form a locality improvement committee and make it active,
Activate Children Club, Aama Samuha, Youth Club, etc
1. Prepare a list of the social institutions existing in your
community.
2. What does the following picture tell us ? Discuss.
3. Do and Show.
Write one social problems and a slogan to prevent it in big
letters and display it in the class.
4. Make a list of activities being carried out by your Rural
municipality or Municipality to resolve the social problems.
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