Can you give this diagram a title? What do you understand about the link between media and big business from this diagram?

Think of something common that we use. It could besugar, tea, milk, pen, paper, pencil, etc. Discuss through what chain of markets this reaches you. Can you think of the people that help in the production or trade?

Choose two of your favourite print advertisements. Now, look at each of these and answer the following questions:  

a.What visuals and text are being used in these advertisements to attract my attention? 

 b.What values are being promoted in these advertisements? 

c.Who is this advertisement speaking to and who is it leaving out?  d.If you could not afford the brand that is being advertised, how would you feel?

Make a list of toys and games that boys typically play and another for girls. If there is a difference between the two lists, can you think of some reasons why this is so? Does this have any relationship to the  roles children have to play as adults?

How did some MLAs become Ministers? Explain.

‘Buying and selling can take place without going to a marketplace.’ Explain this statement with the help of examples.

Why should decisions are taken by the Chief Minister and other ministers be debated in the Legislative Assembly?

You have read about the ways in which the media ‘sets the agenda’. What kind of effect does this have in a democracy? Provide two examples to support your point of view.

What is the difference between the work that MLAs do in the Assembly and the work done by government departments?

In what ways is a hawker different from a shop owner?

What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market?

Making an advertisement requires a lot of creativity. Let us imagine a situation in which a manufacturer has just made a new watch. She says that she wants to sell this watch to school children. She comes to your class and asks you all to create a brand name as well as an advertisement for the watch. Divide the class into small groups and each group creates an advertisement for this watch. Share it with the class.

Think of something common that we use. It could besugar, tea, milk, pen, paper, pencil, etc. Discuss through what chain of markets this reaches you. Can you think of the people that help in the production or trade?

In what ways is a hawker different from a shop owner?

Make a list of toys and games that boys typically play and another for girls. If there is a difference between the two lists, can you think of some reasons why this is so? Does this have any relationship to the  roles children have to play as adults?

Use the terms ‘constituency’ and ‘represent’ to explain who an MLA is and how is the person elected?

What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market?

‘Improvement in water and sanitation can control many diseases’. Explain with the help of examples.

Describe the conditions of employment as well as the wages of workers in the garment exporting factory. Do you think the workers get a fair deal?

In what ways does media play an important role in a democracy?

Arrange the statements given alongside in the correct order and then fill in the numbers in the cotton bolls accordingly. The first two have already been done for you.