List one reason why learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundari Devi, Ramabai, and Rokeya.
It was important for these women to learn the alphabet because after that only they were capable of writing stories, letters, and autobiographies and sharing their own experiences regarding the struggle against inequality.
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?
What made Swapna sell the cotton to the trader instead of selling at the Kurnool cotton market?
What is the difference between the work that MLAs do in the Assembly and the work done by government departments?
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.
In what ways is a hawker different from a shop owner?
What do you understand by the term “all persons are equal before the law”? Why do you think it is important in a democracy?
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?
What is the difference between the work that MLAs do in the Assembly and the work done by government departments?
‘Buying and selling can take place without going to a marketplace.’ Explain this statement with the help of examples.
Compare and contrast a weekly market and a shopping complex on the following:
Housework is invisible and unpaid work. Housework is physically demanding.
Housework is time-consuming. Write in your own words what is meant by the terms ‘invisible’, ‘physically demanding’ and ‘time-consuming’? Give one example of
each based on the household tasks undertaken by women in your home.
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.
‘Improvement in water and sanitation can control many diseases’. Explain with the help of examples.
“Poor girls drop out of school because they are not interested in getting an education”. Re-read the last paragraph on page 62 and explain why this statement is not true.