cbse class 6th civics chapter 1-Understanding diversity

UNDERSTANDING DIVERSITY
CHAPTER 1-CIVICS

ACTIVITY - 1
 DRAW THE PICTURE OF HUMAN BEING

RESULT
 Is your drawing similar to any of the others?
 The chances are that your drawing is quite
different from the other which you can see are
quite different from each other.
 This is because each one of us has a unique
drawing style.
 We not only don't look exactly like each other
but also differ in terms of the language we
speak, our cultural backgrounds, the religious
rituals we observe and of course the way we
draw!

ACTIVITY - 2
 When I go out I like wearing
 At home I speak in
 My favourite sport is
 I like reading books about
 ANSWER THE ABOVE QUESTIONS

RESULT
 Is there anyone whose list matches yours
exactly? Probably not.
 But many of you may have similar answers.
 How many like reading the same kind of
books? How many different languages are
spoken by the students in your class?

 By now you must have recognised the many
ways in which you are quite like some of your
classmates and other ways in which you are
different from them

MAKING FRIENDS
 Do you think it would be easy for you to make
friends with someone who was very different
from you?
 Read the following story and think about this
 Story Refer book......

Samir Ek VS Samir Do
 While Samir Ek is more familiar with English,
Samir Do speaks Hindi.
 Although they both are more at home in
different languages they still communicated with
each other.
 Samir Ek and Samir Do also come from different
religious and cultural backgrounds.
 While Samir Ek is a Hindu, Samir Do is a Muslim.
Different religious and cultural backgrounds such
as these are an aspect of diversity.

Samir Ek VS Samir Do
 Samir Ek goes to school Samir Do sells
newspapers.
 Samir Do did not have the opportunity to
attend school

ACTIVITY - 3
 Make a list of the festivals that might have
been celebrated by the two boys.
 Samir Ek:
 Samir Do:

INEQUALITY
 Inequality comes about when a person does
not have the resources and opportunitites
that are available to other persons.
 The caste system is another example of
inequality

CASTE SYSTEM
 society was divided into different groups
depending upon the work that people did and
they were supposed to remain in those
groups.
 So if your parents were potters you could
only become a potter, nothing else.
 This system was considered irreversible.
 This created a situation of inequality.

WHAT DID DIVERSITY ADD IN
OUR LIFE
 Eaten different kinds of food in their homes,
celebrated different festivals with them, tried
out the clothes they wear, and learnt some of
their languages as well.
 You probably like reading and hearing stories
and adventures about different animals,
people and even ghosts

DIFFERENT PEOPLE DIFFERENT
IDEAS
 Some may have lived in forests close to
animals and chosen to write of their fights
and friendships.
 Others read real accounts of kings and
queens and wrote stories about love and
honour.
 Some dipped into their own childhood
memories of school and friends and wrote
stories of adventure.

DIVERSITY IN INDIA
 India is a country of
many diversities.
 We speak different
languages, have various
types of food, celebrate
different festivals,
practise different
religions.
 But actually, if you think
about it, we do many
things that are similar
except that we do them
in different ways.

HOW DO WE EXPLAIN DIVERSITY
 Before 200 years before the train, aeroplane, bus or car
became a part of our lives, people travelled from one part
of the world to another, in ships, on horses, on camels or on
foot.
 Often, they went in search of new lands, or new places to
settle in, or for people to trade with.
 And because it took so long to travel, once they got to a
place, people stayed there, often for a long time.
 Many others left their homes because there were famines
and drought and they could not get enough to eat.
 Some went in search of work while others left because
there was a war

 Sometimes, as they began to make their homes
in new places, people began to change a little
and at other times they managed to do things in
the old ways
 So their languages, food,music, religions
became a mix of the old and the new, and out of
this intermixing of cultures, came something
new and different
 The history of many places shows us how many
different cultural influences have helped to
shape life and culture

 Diversity also comes about when people
adapt their lives to the geographical area in
which they live.
 (For eg) living near the sea is quite different
from living in a mountainous area.
 Diversity also seen even the kinds of work
 The city people seldom grow their own
vegetables and grain.
 Instead they depend on the market to buy all
the food and other goods that they need.

TO UNDERSTAND BETTER ABOUT
HISTORIC AND GEOGRAPHIC
FACTOR
LET US LEARN ABOUT TWO
STATES OF INDIA:
1.LADAKH
2.KERALA
WATCH THE VIDEO......

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KERALA &
LADAKH
 Kerala and Ladakh are quite different in terms of
their geographical features the history of both
regions has seen similar cultural influences.
 Both regions were influenced by Chinese and
Arab traders.
 It was the geography of Kerala which allowed for
the cultivation of spices and the special
geographical location of Ladakh and its wool
that drew traders to these regions.
 Thus history and geography are often tied in the
cultural life of a region.

UNITY IN DIVERSITY
 India's diversity has always been
recognised as a source of its
strength.
 When the British ruled India,
women and men from different
cultural, religious and regional
backgrounds came together to
oppose them.
 India's freedom movement had
thousands of people of different
backgrounds in it.
 They worked together to decide
joint actions, they went to jail
together, and they found
different ways to oppose the
British.

UNITY IN DIVERSITY
 The British thought they could divide Indians
because they were so different, and then
continue to rule them.
 But the people showed how they could be
different and yet be united in their battle
against the British.
 Indian People'sTheatre Association
(IPTA)(Refer book)

UNITY IN DIVERSITY
 This song was sung after the Jallianwala Bagh
massacre in Amritsar in which a British
general opened fire on a large group of
unarmed, peaceful people killing many and
wounding even more.
 Men and women, Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims,
rich and poor had gathered to protest against
the British.
 This song was composed and sung to honour
the memory of those brave people.

CONCLUSION
 Songs and symbols that emerged during the
freedom struggle serve as a constant reminder of
our country's rich tradition of respect for
diversity.
 Indian unity is not something imposed from the
outside but rather "It was something deeper and
within its fold the widest tolerance of belief and
custom was practised and every variety
acknowledged and even encouraged.“
 It was Nehru, who coined the phrase, "unity in
diversity" to describe the country.

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