Product Description
About the book
The book entitled Then & Now is a History and Civics textbook for the students of class VI-X based on the latest syllabus, as prescribed by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations. The book comprises two sections, viz ‘Section I’ contains
History , and ‘Section II’ consists of the Civics portion of the syllabus.
Key features of the book
- Each Chapter opens with the syllabus-based ‘Learning Objectives’ and ends with ‘Chapter at a Glance’, specifying key points of the lesson, at one place.
- Boxes are added to furnish valuable information concerning the theme of the lessons.
- Illustrative pictures (images) are provided to present a visual look to the content area. Image-based questions are also incorporated to develop ‘picture reading skill’, making the reading interesting and entertaining.
- Maps are provided in most chapters along with the text.
- Meanings are furnished of the ‘New words’ and terms appearing in the lesson for the first time, which some children may not be familiar with.
- The ‘exercises’ given at the end of each chapter include knowledge, understanding, and skills based Short Answer Type Questions and structured Essay Type Questions, designed ‘to develop self thinking’, ‘skill of drawing conclusions and understanding’.
- Memory based ‘Recall’ type questions are also added for the benefit of the students.
- Basically informative and entertaining, engaging and easy to read, the book is learner friendly, written in an easy and simple manner and facilitative of child centred learning.
