Resources Teaching Travel – ‘An Interactive learning’

This article gives you some interesting ideas like 'planning a heritage walk, organaising the classroom museum,' etc, that keeps students engaged as well as excited about learning

Children of age 10 and below loves to hear stories and they are also very eager to tell the stories. • Then screen the video of some historical forts about it like Gingee fort, Vellore fort and ask questions

In this article, we discuss five possible activities the monuments/forts. thatObjectives can be done with chidren of grade V • Then the teacher can show pictures/charts of o Red fort at Delhi

India. o Gateway of India • Identify and list the monuments/forts of

historical monuments in and around your • Enquire and understand the importance of Classroom o Huma museum/albumsyun tomb at Delhi area. Ask the students to bring or collect ancient Understanding the School's History old things / articles which have been used by

on the history of your school with the help of • Children can be asked to collect information our grandparents (like walking sticks, wooden parents, grandparents or any educationist. things in the classroom and talk about them. slippers, pots, etc). Students will exhibit these

walking sticks, wooden slipper, mud pots etc. o When was it established? • Students can collect ancient objects like

o How was the infrastructure? village men of that area and talk about the • Display the objects for the class • Then arrange a session with any one of the village with them. reasons behind their use • Discuss about the objects, its uses and the Make it as an exhibition of these and display it to about the old buildings or monuments or all the class students. • Then ask students to gather information temples near their house. Students can be asked to collect old coins, Forts and Monuments stamps, pictures and prepare an album and it can be displayed in the classroom.

Heritage walk • Children can be asked to list the forts/ monuments (known ones) and asked to explain its feature (its aerial view, carvings, buildings or historical places in Pondicherry. Teacher can arrange a field trip to heritage etc). F¬êñ£Q Ü‚«ì£ð˜ 2017 83 Children can be taken to museum, Bharathiyar • Point out the significance of the place house,After visiting Aayi mandapam, the place, Keezhur,students Arikamedu, can discuss etc. in • This Dr willaw thehelp place the students to understand the class. lesson better and give a wonderful learning experience.

• How did you visit the place?

• What is the name of the place?

M. Nithiya PST, GPS Archivakpet

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