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Butterfly Social Studies Class 4

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Social Studies

Class 4


The Right Decision

Chapter 1

Day 1 – New Terminologies

Making decision, zakat, curse, abuse

Discuss the new terminologies through:

1. Making decision: give options to the children like who wants to do the

activity before the break and who wants to do it after the break. Some

will decide on the first option and some on the second. Tell them that

you have to decide sometimes from the options given and at other times

you can decide on your own.

2. Zakat: Tell the children that zakat is the money that is taken from the

rich and given to the poor. They can give some amount from their own

money also if they have some extra money apart from the money they

have for buying something.

3. Curse: tell the children that cursing are bad words that people say to

others. Cursing is a very bad habit. They should never curse anyone

anytime.

4. Abuse: Abuse is of different types like, physical abuse and verbal abuse.

In verbal abuse you use bad words for someone and in physical abuse

you hit, kick or fight with a person. All kind of abuses are very bad habits

and they should never do it with anyone.

Home Work Idea: Ask your parents how they pay zakat every year.

To whom do they pay their zakat every year?

Day 2 – Storytelling (Concept, Motivation)

Ask the children what they know about Hazrat Abu Bakar.

What kind of a person was he?


What were his qualities?

Read the lesson with correct pronunciation.

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Reading of the chapter by the students

It can be done at class level where each child read some part or small group

level where you divide the class in groups of four to five children and monitor

their reading.

Home Work Idea: Write a note about Hazrat Abu Bakar.

Day 5 – Exercises (Verbal)

Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss the qualities of a

good leader. What would happen if people stop giving zakat?

How does zakat help the poor people?

Home Work Idea: Write a few points about a good leader.

What qualities he/she needs to have?

What should he/she need to do to become a good leader?

Day 6- Exercises (Written)

Q 1. What are some of the responsibilities of a good leader?

Ans. 1. A good leader sets priorities and focus on key tasks.

2. A good leader properly uses the limited resources of people and money for

the success of the country.

3. A good leader solves the problems of the people.

4. A good leader works hard himself and motivates others to do the same.

5. A leader needs to be trusted and know to live a life with honesty.


Q 2. Why Abu Bakar took such a little amount of money for his family?

Ans. Hazrat Abu Bakar was an honest person. He took money that was enough

to feed his family and not more than that.

Q 3. What would happen if people stop giving Zakat?

Ans. Zakat is the money which is collected by the rich and given to the poor. If

the rich people stop giving Zakat, then the distribution of money will be upset.

The rich will become poorer. To keep the balance of money we must circulate

money evenly among the people. Zakat is very important to be collected from

the rich and given to poor people.

Q 4. Why Abu Bakar’s friends didn’t want him to fight the people who

refused to pay Zakat?

Ans. Hazrat Abu Bakar’s friends didn’t want him to fight the people who

refused to pay Zakat, because they thought it was not an important issue to

fight for. Secondly Hazrat Abu Bakar was the new Muslim leader so he should

be avoiding fights. Hazrat Abu Bakar followed the path of Islam. He obeyed the

orders of Allah and Prophet Mohammed ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص and sent the army to collect Zakat

from the rich.

Day 7 – Life Skills

Read the life skill related with this chapter. Discuss the exercises given with it.

Then the children will do the exercises with the teacher’s help.

Home Work Idea: Write a few sentences about how you control your feelings

whenever you feel:

Angry, hurt, sad, happy and excited.

Day 8 – Project (Civic Skills)

Read and explain the Civic skill. Discuss the civic skill exercise with the children.

Then they will do the exercise with teacher’s help.


The Night Visitor

Chapter 2


Food store, leader


Food store: show the pictures of stores in the homes where people keep their

food stuff for the whole month.

Leader: show the children pictures of great Muslim leaders. Tell the children

that just like they have a leader in their class who works for the whole class.

He/she:

takes care that everything is fine in the class

listens to everyone’s problems

tries his/her best to solve them

Home Work Idea: Collect pictures of some great leaders.


Ask the children what they know about Hazrat Omar.

What kind of a person was he?


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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Write a short note on Hazrat Omar.



Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss the similarities

between Hazrat Abu Bakar and Hazrat Omar. Discuss the good points about

Hazrat Omar.

Home Work Idea: Write about some of your own good qualities.


Q 1. What similarities you find between Abu Bakar and Omar?

Ans. 1.Hazrat Abu Bakar and Hazrat Omar both were very close to the Prophet

Mohammed ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص.

2. Hazrat Abu Bakar and Hazrat Omar both became the leaders of the Muslims

after the death of our Prophet Mohammed ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص.

3. Hazrat Abu Bakar and Hazrat Omar both lived very simple life.

4. Both the leaders wanted to take care of Muslims as a responsible leader.

Q 2. Why Omar didn’t let the store staff carry the food stuff for him?

Ans. Hazrat Omar carried the food stuff on his back to the woman’s house

because it was his responsibility as a leader that his people have the basic

needs of life i.e. food, shelter and clothing. So he provided the food stuff to the

woman to feed her little girl then went to sleep.

Q 3. Why Omar didn’t introduce himself to the lady that night?

Ans. Hazrat Omar didn’t introduce himself to the lady in the night because he

wanted to serve the Muslims, so that they live a peaceful and happy life. He

never lived a prestigious high level life of a leader, but a simple living person

like his people like a common man.


Q 4. What made Muslims happy during the time of Omar?

Ans. Hazrat Omar’s time was when Muslims became happy and healthy

because:

1. He listened to the problems of the Muslims in the Masjid-e-Nabvi. He

tried to solve their problems.

2. 2. He walked through the streets of Madina and checked whether all the

Muslims were sleeping safely or not.

3. 3. He lived a simple living, ate simple and less food and no luxury but

checked that every child of Madina gets food and milk every day.


Read and understand the civic skill. Then the children will do the given activity

related to it.

Home Work Idea: Draw your own timeline. Get the pictures of your first

occasions from your parents. Paste them in a sequence and write the events

with it.


Read and understand the life skill. Then children will do the related activity.


Surprise Attack

Chapter 3


Donate, attack


Donate: Tell them that the money or things given to the people who are

unable to get them is called donation.

Attack: Show them the pictures of battles and the people attacking each other.

Tell them that sometimes attacking is very bad but sometimes we need to

attack our enemies in order to save ourselves.

Home Work Idea: Collect pictures of old battles between Muslims and non-

Muslims.


Ask the children what was the reason of Muslims fighting with the non-

Muslims. What do they think were the hardships Muslims had to go through?

What difficulties Muslims had to face to free them?


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their reading.


Home Work Idea: Ask any of your grandparents about how they struggled

before Pakistan was made.

Share your information with the class.


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss the efforts of

Syed Ahmad Shaheed.

Home Work Idea: What would you do if you find someone in trouble?

How will you help him/her?


Q 1. What was the best quality of Syed Ahmed Shaheed that helped him in

forming a Muslim army?

Ans. Syed Ahmed Shaheed was a good speaker. He had the quality to convince

the Muslims. He talked politely and motivated the Muslims that helped him

forming a Muslim army.

Q 2. What did Syed Ahmed Shaheed do to collect money for food and

weapons for the Muslims army?

Ans. Syed Ahmed Shaheed again in a motivated and convinced way went to

the rich Muslims requesting them to donate money for food and weapons for

the Muslims army. The rich Muslims donated for this cause whole-heartedly.

Q 3. Do you think Syed Ahmed Shaheed was successful in his mission? Give

reasons with your answer.

Ans. Yes, Syed Ahmed Shaheed was successful in his mission to win freedom

for the Muslims. The reasons were:


1. He made an effort to collect the Muslims under one platform as

Muslims.

2. They were now allowed to live as Muslims and practice their religious

activities. They could go to Masjid freely.

3. He made a path for the Muslims to follow and fight for their rights and

win freedom.

Q 4. Why do you think he did all this effort for the Muslims?

Ans. Syed Ahmed Shaheed convinced the Muslims to win freedom of their

rights. He wanted the Muslims to be collective against non-Muslims as one

force. He wanted the Muslims to improve their conditions and live as a

respective nation. He set a path for the future Muslims to follow to rise as a

Muslim with respect.


Read and understand the civic skill. Then the children will do the related

exercise with it.

Home Work Idea: Check out around your home if the people are facing any

kind of problem. Note it down. Think about some ways to solve it. Use your

best quality to solve that problem. You can take the help from your family

members and your friends also.


Read the life skill. Then review how you solved the problem. Think about what

could have been done better.

Write how you would make it better the next time you do it.


Yes Father

Chapter 4


Salary, health care, clinic, job


Salary: Bring money to the class and show them that when you work at some

place or any office or school or at any other place, you get a certain amount set

by the company at the end of month as a salary.

Health care: It means good health. You eat a healthy diet, do exercises, go

early to bed and rise early to keep your health fit and to care about it.

Clinic: show pictures of clinics and hospitals where there are all kind of

medicines, bed, rooms and different kind of machines are available to care for

everyone’s health whenever a person is sick.

Job: Show different pictures of jobs to children. Ask them what each job is

about. What each person does in his profession?

Home Work Idea: Write a few sentences about how you take care of your

health.

Like: what do you eat at breakfast, lunch and dinner?

Which healthy diet you take at what time?

Do you exercise? At what time do you exercise and for how long?


Ask the children what they know about the Mughal kings.

Where did they live?

How did they take care of their country?



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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Write a few sentences about how you help your parents or

your elders in their work.


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss about the

importance of health and education in life. Discuss why we shouldn’t force our

religion on others.

Home Work Idea: Write a few points about how health care is given

importance in our religion. Give the topic ‘Health is Wealth’. Draw pictures

also.


Q 1. What is more important health or education?

Ans. Education is the most important for the people. For a respectable position

in society we should educate our people. Schools, universities and colleges

should be built to make education reachable for every person.

Second come health. People should be aware of their health requirement.

Clean atmosphere, clean water, better medical facilities like clinics, hospitals,

medicines, medical treatments and diagnosis is within the reach of common

man. These medical facilities should be available.


Q 2. What would happen if people are not safe?

Ans.If people are not safe in a country then,

1. The move to other countries for jobs, and living standards.

2. People will not invest and start new business in an unsafe country.

3. When people will not start business then no new jobs will be generated.

4. No jobs, no business then the country will go in loss and no

advancement and progress further.

5. No safety means people will develop fear and law and order situation

will be worse. Crime will increase.

Q 3. What’s the difference between the people who have freedom and the

ones who don’t have it?

Ans. People who have freedom mean they can follow their religious activities

freely. No freedom means people live in a restricted atmosphere. They are

forced to follow other religions. No space provided for religious customs to

follow on their own way.

Q 4. Why it’s a bad idea to force your religion on others?

Ans. Religion is the most important belonging of a person. It is your soul and

thoughts, your belief and tradition. But you cannot force anyone to follow your

religion as it comes from your heart, soul and your inside.

Our Prophet Mohammed ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص never forced the non-Muslims to follow the

right path of Islam. People realized through the teachings of Prophet

Mohammed ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص the meaning of Islam, they accepted and followed the path of

Islam. The Sunnah of Prophet Mohammed ملسو هيلع هللا ىلص made the people accept the

greatness of Allah and the religion of Islam. But our Prophet never was strict

and harsh and forced the people to follow Islam.



Read and understand the Civic skill. Children will do the civic skill work relate

with it.

Home Work Idea: find information about any new thing that you like to do.

Consult a person who knows that work. Write the information. Draw pictures

also.


Read and understand life skill. Then they will do the exercise given with it.


The Old Man Danced

Chapter 5


Donate, goal


Donate: tell the children that some amount of your money or your old clothes

or some of your old things that are given to the poor is called donation.

Donation is also the money that you collect for a special cause.

Goal: the decision that you take for doing something in your life is your goal.

You set small goals everyday like you decide to complete a task or a few tasks

that day.

Home Work Idea: Think about one good thing that you want to do that day.

What preparations have you made for completing that task on time?


Ask the children what they know about Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

How did he help our Quaid in making a separate homeland for the Muslims?


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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Write a note on Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.



Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss the condition of

Muslims before Pakistan was made. What were the difficulties Muslims were

facing in getting good education?

Home Work Idea: Write a note on education.

Why is it important?

What are its benefits?

How does it help you in everyday life?


Q 1. Imagine and write how Muslims were feeling while under the control of

the British.

Ans. The Muslims of India were treated like animals. They developed the

feeling of hatred for the British. They dislike anything which was controlled by

the British. Good education, jobs in government, respect as a citizen and

freedom in their country was a dream for them. This made them away from a

respectable and honorable citizen life of their country. They hated English

Language, their dressing style and even good education under the Indians and

British. They had a feeling of being useless and leftover in their own country.

Everything was out of reach for a respectable life.

Q 2. Why the Indians and the British didn’t allow Muslim students at their

college?

Ans. The Indians and the British were in good and controlling positions in the

country. If the Muslims started going to colleges they will be educated and will

gain good government jobs, and better living for themselves. This was

unbelievable for the British and Indians. They wanted the Muslims to be away

from colleges, good education and better lifestyle. They wanted to keep the

Muslims under their feet and live a slavery life. For this purpose they wanted

to keep the Muslims from good education and colleges.


Q 3. Why a good college is important for people?

Ans. A good college not only provide an environment for academic studies but

it groom a student in to a professionally, active candidates to achieve the best

standards of their society.

The standard of education, skill development prepares the students for

different careers and work places.

The personality of the students in good colleagues is prepared for professional

services. They open the vision and awareness of students for future career

opportunities. They shape the students of today into professionals of further

society. They encourage, support, and stimulate the students for future

services of their country.

Q 4. What would you think of an old man who would dance for a cause?

Ans. An old man is a symbol of respect and honor for everyone. If we see him

dancing for a cause it means he is sincere and dedicated for the cause. He has

no option left. This gives a feeling of hurt any sadness. He is doing everything

fulfill the cause.

We should come forward and help him and complete the task.


Read the civic skill. Then the children will do the activity related to it.

Home Work Idea: Write a note about what difficulties you faced in achieving

your goal. Did you achieve it? Give a reason for achieving it or not.


Read and understand the life skill. Then they will do the related activity with

the teacher’s help.


Best Friend

Chapter 6


Founder, request, lead


Founder: Here founder is used for making a separate country for the Muslims.

Request: Ask the children what do you say when you want something from

someone like you say: Please, may I have this thing? It means when you want

to have something from someone, you make a request.

Lead: Ask your class leader to come in front and tell everyone how he plans to

help the class to solve their problems.

What does he/she do to lead the class in a better way?

Home Work Idea: Write 5-8 points how to become a good leader.

What do you think a good leader need to do?

How can he help the people in their problems?


Ask the children how best friends help each other.

What do the best friends can do for each other?



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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Write an essay about your best friend.

What kind of a person he/she is?

How does he/she help you in your work?

How do you help your friend in need?


Discuss the questions and answers with them. Discuss our responsibilities

towards our Muslim brother countries.

Home Work Idea: What do you think was the best quality of Liaqat Ali Khan?


Q 1. Why it’s important to have a country?

Ans. A country is important for the people because:

1. It provides opportunities to the people to educate, work and gain

success.

2. It is a place to practice your religious activities.

3. It provides you shelter and freedom of living.


Q 2. What are some of the good qualities?

Ans. He was a peace loving and caring leader. He was hard working. He was a

man of his words. He was brave and courageous and didn’t care for the threats

of his enemies. He was a trustful and sincere person.

Q 3. What are our responsibilities towards Muslims countries?

Ans. As a Muslim our responsibility is to keep our self in touch with the

problems and issues of the Muslim world. To gain education and serve for

Muslim country. To protect and save our religious places.

Q 4. Why Liaquat Ali Khan was not afraid of death?

Ans. Liaquat Ali Khan was a strong character leader. He stood firm on his

beliefs. He was not afraid of the threats by his enemies to kill him. He was a

true Muslim with strong belief of living therefore was not afraid of death.


Read and understand the civic skill. Then children will do the related activity.

Home Work Idea: Choose any one topic from the given two in the civic skill

activity. Write a paragraph about what things you are going to include in your

goal plan. What do you need to do to carry out your plan in sequence?


Read and understand the life skill. Then the children will do the related activity

with it.


Eggs, Jewels and the Swimming Pool

Chapter 7


Drainage system, water channels, punishment


Drainage: Take them out and show the drainage pipes that take out the dirty

water from the wash rooms and kitchen.

Water channels: Show them the water pipes through which clean water comes

to our homes and schools.

Punishment: Tell them that there are different kinds of punishments. Some

like when the children are punished to stay in the class or finish their work in

the break time. Some are very hard like when Allah punishes the people who

do wrong things that are against the teachings of Allah.

Home Work Idea: Collect pictures of some very old places. Observe them

closely.


Ask the children what they have observed in their pictures of the old places.

What kind of roads, houses and streets are built?


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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Find out information about the place in your picture.

Find out that where did the people get their food from.

What kind of clothes they used to wear?

What kind of things they used to make?

What other activities they used to do?


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss how Allah

punished the people of Mohenjo Daro. Why shouldn’t we cross the set limits of

Allah?

Home Work Idea: Write a note about the good things that we need to do to

make Allah Happy.


Q1. How the people of Mohenjo Daro did become rich?

Ans. The people of Mohenjo Daro grew corps, made jewelry, statues and metal

tools. They did trading and earn lots of money. Life was good and settled

because of becoming rich.

Q2. What was the most amazing thing they built?

Ans. The most amazing thing they built was the Mohenjo Daro City. A planned

and clean city. Houses made from hard bricks. Streets were straight and a

drainage system was build. The drainage was done by water channels and the

dirty water went out of city through it. They also build a Swimming Pool for the

town of Mohenjo Daro. Water from the River Indus reached the town through

water channels and filled the large swimming Pool.


Q3. What happened to them when they crossed the set limits of Allah?

Ans. The people of Mohenjo Daro city became rich and proud. They like

dancing without clothes on. This was crossing the limits and so Allah gave them

punishment. The river Indus which facilitates them with its water became

disaster for them. The water rose and covered the city with mud. The whole

planned organized city of proud uncontrolled people was covered with water

and mud of River Indus and buried for over.

Q4. Why shouldn’t we cross the limit set by Allah?

Ans. The limits set by Allah are the boundaries between good and bad things.

To do the good things said by Allah and keep yourself away from bad things.

People who do good things and become proud and start doing bad things

which is disliked and forbidden by Allah, they are punished and destroyed by

the orders of Allah.


Read and understand the civic skill. Then children will do the related activity

with it.

Home Work Idea: When you have done the civic skill activity then find the

solutions to the five ‘Why’.


Read and understand the life skill. Then children will do the related activity

with it.


My Neighbors and I

Chapter 8


Border, location, trade, glaciers


Border: Bring a world map to the class and show the children the border line of

the countries. Tell them that it’s the ending line of something. Then tell them

the location of our country as they have already learnt how to locate any place

on a map.

Trade: Tell the children that we do trade by giving our country’s products to

other countries and buy their products. Show them the pictures of different

things that we get from other countries through trade.

Glaciers: Tell the children that glaciers are mountains of ice. Show them the

pictures of glaciers.

Home Work Idea: Draw a map of Pakistan. Color the different provinces with

different colors. Show the border line clearly with different neighbors on its

sides.


Ask the children what kind of neighbors they have around their homes.

How many friends they have in their neighbors?

Who is their best friend in their neighbors?

How do they help each other in time of need?



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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Make a map of your home and your neighbors. Color them

with different colors. Mention your neighbors in it.


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss about the

neighbors of our country. Discuss the unique qualities of Pakistan.

Home Work Idea: Collect beautiful sites of Pakistan. Paste them on chart paper

and display it on the soft board.


Q1. What are qualities of a good neighbor?

Ans. A good neighbor should have the following qualities,

1) A good neighbor is friendly and loving.

2) He is caring and helpful.

3) He stands with you in bad times and share your problems.

4) They exchange greetings on festivals and special occasions like Eid,

Ramadan, etc.

Q2. Who are the four neighbors of our country Pakistan?

Ans. The four neighboring countries of Pakistan are

1) Afghanistan

2) Iran

3) China

4) India


Q3. What are the unique qualities of Pakistan?

Ans. Pakistan is a blessing for us. A country with so many qualities which make

Pakistan unique. It is rich in rivers, plains, deserts, fertile lands etc. Natural

resources are richly found in almost every part of our country which makes it

unique. The geographical location of Pakistan is special because it links the east

and west of the world. The airlines have to fly over Pakistan from Europe to

Japan.

Q4. What do you like best about Pakistan? Write at least 5- 8 sentences

about it?

Ans. The country Pakistan is our homeland. A place where we feel like home.

The weather not too cold nor too hot makes us comfortable. The beautiful

places of Pakistan like Murree, Islamabad, Abbotabad, Ayyubia, Swat, Ziarat,

Skardu, Ballacot etc. The mangoes of Pakistan, foods of Pakistan, players of

Pakistan etc. and many more things which makes Pakistan the best.

Write the names of the countries by looking at their flags.

1) Malaysia

2) Iran

3) China

4) Afghanistan

Discover the countries on the world map and write their correct names.

1. ? plz check and find out

2. India from Atlas.

3. Afghanistan

4. Iran



Read and understand civic skill. Then they will do the activity related to the

skill.

Home Work Idea: Prepare a display about the country that you searched the

information about. Display the things that you can get or make, like pictures,

models, dresses and products.


Read and understand the life skill. Then the children will do the related activity.


The Socks

Chapter 9


Yarn, places


Yarn: Show them the nylon yarn that is used to make the socks.

Places: Collect pictures of different places of different cities of Pakistan where

there are factories of making different things.

Home Work Idea: Paste the pictures of your favorite city’s different places.

Write a few sentences about the places like what’s the special thing about that

place.


Ask the children which cities of Pakistan they have visited.

What did they like best about that city?


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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Prepare a presentation around the information that you

collected about your favorite place. Present it in front of your class.



Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss about the things

made in Lahore.

Home Work Idea: Make a display of trade goods being transported to other

countries. Collect pictures of different transportations for transferring the

goods.


Q1. List the cities and important places that a truck would pass while

traveling from Karachi to Kabul.

Ans. In Karachi the tomb of Quaid-e-Azam is an important place. Along with it

in Karachi port, beaches Sea fishing are the important places. Then Hyderabad,

Sukkur, Multan where there are tombs of Muslim Saints, fine cotton, tiles and

embroidery work famous. Then Faisalabad, Gujranwala, where there are

machine factories and steel ware made. Peshawar, Rawalpindi then Islamabad.

Which is our Capital city? Supreme Court and Faisal Mosque are important

places.

On the way to Peshawar the motorway pass the Tarbela dam. Peshawar is

famous for kabbabs and Tikka at Namak Mundi. The old kisakhwani bazaar is

tradition place for tea lovers.

Now come the Torkhum border which is the border of our neighboring country

Afghanistan.

Q2. Why nylon is mixed with cotton to make a pair of socks?

Ans. Nylon and cotton yarn is mixed to make a pair of socks to give it perfect

shape, easy to wear and it fit in feet easily.

Q3. Can you think of other things that Lahore is famous for?

Ans. Lahore is famous for important and beautiful historical places like Lahore

museum, Lahore fort, polo ground, Anar kali bazaar etc. New development and

modern construction have turned Lahore into a modern city and this is also a


positive side of Lahore. Food streets, Metro bus, beautiful roads and highways

motor ways are one of many worth visiting.

Q4. What other means are used to transport materials from one city to

another in Pakistan?

Ans. Many transport means are used to transfer materials from one city to

another like

1) Aero plane cargo luggage.

2) Train

3) Containers

4) Bus

5) Helicopter


Read and understand the civic skill. Then children will do the related activity.

Home Work Idea: Collect information of different goods transported from one

city to another. Link the cities according to the transportation. Then present

the information about the cities and goods in your class.


Read and understand the life skill. Then children will do the related activity.


Speaking to Me!

Chapter 10


Language, stories, newspaper, magazines


Language: Tell them that the way in which we communicate with each other is

called language. Different languages are spoken in different regions and in

different countries. Language does not consist of only words but it’s also a

combination of signs also. People who are unable to talk and listen use the sign

language to communicate with each other.

Stories, newspaper and magazines: Show them different story books,

newspapers and magazines of different languages.

Home Work Idea: Search for some common sentences translations in other

languages, like:

Greetings

How are you?

What is our name?

Where do you live?

Then share the different languages sentences with your class.


Ask the children do they have any friends belonging to other cities or other

countries.

Ask them how do they communicate with them?



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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Search for the different words in your favorite language.

Write a small event, search for the related words of your event in your favorite

language. Translate the event in your favorite language.


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss the importance of

Urdu language.

Home Work Idea: Read an Urdu short story, news or an article. Share the text

with the class.


Q1. When was the Urdu language created?

Ans. Urdu language was created in 1600’s in Asia. It’s name comes from a

Turkish word ‘ordu’ which means camp or army. It was created when soldiers

from different countries lived together. Urdu language has words from Turkish,

Persian, Arabic and Hindi.

Q2. Why Urdu love Ibn Safi?

Ans. Ibn Safi was a writer famous for his adventure based books. People like his

stories of suspense and new adventures and fights. Urdu language loves his

stories of fiction and suspense.

Q3. Which of the writers mentioned in this chapter would you like to meet

and why?


Ans. Among the writers I would like to meet Allama Iqbal. A historical

personality, great poet and very optimistic about the Muslims of this world. I

would meet him and ask him about Pakistani students and their work for

future progress.

Q4. What would you like to write in Urdu the most: essay, story, poems or

drama?

Ans. I would like to write story in Urdu. Full adventure and suspense like

Ishtiaque Ahmed.

Q5. What is so special about Naunihal?

Ans. Naunihal is a magazine for children. There is so much fun for them to

read. Its stories, jokes, informative pages, poems, Islamic information about

Prophet and their life. So much reading material for children present and the

Urdu language was very good. Children use good words for their vocabulary.

This improves their Urdu also.


Read and understand the civic skill. Then they will do the activity related to it.

Home Work Idea: Write a small story or an article in Urdu on a computer

paper. Draw borders. Paste it on the soft board.


Read and understand the life skill. Then the children will do the related activity.


Life of a Can

Chapter 11


Loaded, container, moving belt, moulds


Loaded, container: Show them some things loaded over one another in your

school or show them the pictures of things loaded in containers on trucks.

Moving belt: Show them the pictures of moving belt on the airport and in big

factories to carry the things from one place to another.

Moulds: Bring plastic ice cream moulds and let the children observe it. Tell

them that factories also have moulds made of different materials to set things

in different shapes.

Home Work Idea: Collect information with pictures of different things that are

recycled and given new shapes.


Ask the children which things can be recycled easily at home.

Have they recycled anything like the empty boxes, bottles, bottle caps, paper

and any other things?


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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Collect any trash thing like an empty box or a can or an

empty bottle. Make it reusable by making something with it.


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss the whole

process of recycling.

Home Work Idea: Write a few steps about how you recycled your material.

Draw picture also.


Q1. How was the can feeling while watching the children from his shelf?

Ans. The can was in the huge store, sitting on the center shelf and watching the

children with interest.

Q2. What did the child do to the can, after drinking the juice?

Ans. After drinking the juice the child threw the can in the trash bin.

Q3. Explain the process of recycling of the can in a few steps. Use the

sequencing words like first, next after that, then, finally.

Ans. The process of recycling of the can took the following steps, First all the

cans were taken from the fresh and damp in a huge container. Next the

magnetic machine carried the cans on a moving belt and gave a shower to

remove all the dirt. After that it was put on another machine and was hot to

remove all the colors and pictures on the can. Then the hot machine melted

and pour them into molds and was made into solid bars called ingots and then

these bars were put into big roller machines and pressed into thin sheets. Then

machine separated the sheets with blades and roller machine made me into a


beautiful can. Finally the can was decorated with beautiful pictures and colors

and its look was completely changed.

Q4. How was the can feeling at the end?

Ans. In the end the can was feeling happy. First its new look overjoyed the can

then the girl wrapped a colorful paper around the can and reused it. She kept

on her writing table and color pencils and stationary was kept in it. This made

the can very happy and satisfied.


Read and understand the civic skill. Then children will do the related exercise

with the teacher’s help.

Home Work Idea: Write a paragraph about how you help at home in saving the

natural resources.


Read and understand the life skill. Choose anyone pollution from land, air and

water. Suggest some ways to reduce this pollution.


The Tale of Two Valleys

Chapter 12


Volunteer, tourism, barren, choke


Volunteer: Ask them who wants to help you with the class work. Some of the

children will raise hands. Tell them that this is volunteering meaning helping

out someone on your own.

Tourism: Show them the pictures of tourists and the services of travelling and

accommodation provided to them. Tourism is the business of providing the

facilities to the tourists for travelling.

Barren: Show them a piece of land with no crops or anything growing on it.

That kind of land is called barren.

Choke: Close a water bottle with a shopper and show it to the children how

these plastic bags choke the water drainage system and cause pollution.

Home Work Idea: Collect pictures of Swat and Hunza Valley. Compare and

contrast between the two valleys.


Ask the children if they have been to any northern areas.

Have they seen any pictures of the valleys?

Where are the valleys located?


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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Write a short note about your favorite valley.

Write why do you like it?

What is the best thing about that place?


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss the changes that

have been brought in the two valleys.

Home Work Idea: Draw a picture of your favorite valley on a computer paper.

Draw borders and color the picture.


Q1. What are the difference between the valleys of Hunza and Mingora?

Ans. There are many differences between the valleys of Hunza and Mingora.

1. The fast running stream water is used to produce electricity, and

channels are built to water farms and houses in the valley of Hunza. On

the other hand Mingora’s stream is filled with trash, plastic bags and

bottles everywhere.

2. In Hunza trees are planted especially fruit trees, now the valley is full of

many kinds of fruits like apricots, apples and peaches. Whereas Mingora

have few new trees planted and traffic is too much which has polluted

the environment.

3. In Hunza Scout control the traffic mostly by young boys and girls

whereas in Mingora there is traffic jams and old people, ladies and

children make their own way in traffic jams.


Q2. What is common between the two communities?

Ans. Some common things between the two communities are

1. Both valleys i.e. Hunza and Swat valleys are located in the northern part

of Pakistan.

2. Both communities were ruled by prince and now are a part of Pakistan.

3. Bothe valleys have fresh water stream, high mountains and fruit trees.

Q3. What difference volunteers make to a community?

Ans. Volunteers are people who take responsibilities of a certain community.

They give their time, energy and skills for the need and help of their

community work. This makes them close to people and they understand their

problems. They take part in medical, social and educational programmers and

learn a lot. This encourages and gives spirit to others. Volunteer’s makes a

community service a pleasure and it bring new changes and ideas of

betterment in a community. They don’t charge any money and this spirit make

others respect them because doing a work for no charge is of honor and

respect for your community. You love your people and you want to work for

their betterment.

Q4. How Hunza has changed in the last 50 years? List the changes.

Ans. People of Hunza have changed the valley with their care and work. Some

of the changes are

1. Planting more trees and fruit trees all over the valley.

2. Protect wild animals and care for their environment.

3. Build new schools and clinics all over the valley.

4. Build channels to water their farms and houses.

5. Use the fast running stream water to produce electricity.

6. Develop tourism. Build new hotels, care the historic places and welcome

the tourists in the valley.

7. Cleaned the valley and make the people healthy and happy.

8. Scouts volunteers control the traffic and help the people of the valley.



Read and understand the civic skill. Then the children will do the exercise

related to it.

Home Work Idea: Draw a picture of a cleaner, greener and well maintained

Swat valley. Write a few sentences about what can be done to make Swat as

beautiful as is shown in the picture.


Read and understand the life skill. Then children will do the related exercise

with it.


The Big Game

Chapter 13


Gallop, maneuver


Gallop: Show the picture of a running horse. Tell the children that the horse’s

running is called galloping.

Maneuver: Tell the children to move in different styles like run, jump, hop or

walk. Tell them that different kinds of movements are called maneuvers.

Home Work Idea: Collect pictures of different games. Paste them on ¼ or half

of chart paper with their names.


Ask them which games they like to play.

Which is their favorite game?

Why do they like that game?


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their reading.


Home Work Idea: Draw a picture of you, playing your favorite game. Write few

sentences about why you like it. What is the best thing about that game?


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss the specialties

about Polo.

Home Work Idea: Compare and Contrast between Polo and your favorite

game.


Q1. How Polo is different from other games?

Ans. Polo is different from other games because it is fast, frightening,

energetic, furious and full of excitement. Controlling the horse and the stick

and hitting the ball, all need sharp reflexes and body control.

Q2. Why representing your city or country is important?

Ans. Representing a country or city is important for yourself as it is an honor to

be selected among thousands and millions other people. You are an

ambassador of your country and city which makes you feel proud and honored.

Q3. What’s so special about Shandur Polo Festival?

Ans. The Shandur Polo Festival is held at Shandur Pass, the highest Polo ground

in the world. It is a traditional Polo tournament between the teams of Chitral

and Gilgit held in July. This festival includes folk music, dancing a camping

village set up at the Pass and numerous other activities such as fishing, horse

riding, mountaineering, hiking etc. the high light of the festival is the final

match, a colorful, extra ordinary game never to be forgotten.

Supporters of both sides travel long distances from the remote parts of Chitral

and Gilgit mountain ranges to watch the thrilling game. This events offer an

insight into the lifestyle of the people of this region their culture, and customs,

a delight for the visitors.


Q4. What abilities are needed to play Polo?

Ans. Polo is a game played on riding horseback and stick to hit the ball in goal.

This requires first horse riding training, strength of hitting, fast reflexes and

fast thinking or decision making. These abilities need proper training and

practice required.


Read and understand the civic skill. Then the children will do the related

exercise with it.

Home Work Idea: Suggest a few changes that you can make around you home.

Like plant a few trees, put a trash bin in your street, pick up the litter around

your home.


Read and understand the life skill. Then the children will do the related

exercise with it.


Free at Last

Chapter 14


Kiln, owe


Kiln: Show the children pictures of a place for baking bricks which is called a

kiln.

Owe: Tell the children that if you take some money from someone as a loan

then you owe the money back to that person.

Home Work idea: Collect pictures of children working as laborer around your

home or school.


Ask the children what do they think might be the reason for children working

as laborers.

Ask them as many reasons as they can give.


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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Visit a place and ask a child why does he need to work?

Why isn’t he able to go to school?


What work do his parents do?

How much money does he earn daily?


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss the problems

faced by an illiterate person.

Home Work Idea: Write a short story about the child that works as a laborer.


Q1. Why it’s not a good idea to make children work?

And. This is very wrong to make children work because childhood is a period of

love, care, and learning. Love your family, friends, siblings, care for them and

learn to read and write at school, play with friends and grow up healthy and

wise. If all this is not done and the child is send to work his personality is

damaged, his/her childhood is spoiled and his/her schooling is stopped.

Q2. What problems a person who doesn’t know how to read and write could

face?

Ans. The problems a person faces if he/she could not read or write is

1) He cannot read the newspaper, documents, labels, signboards etc and

could not learn through them. His information is limited and verbal.

2) He cannot write an application, letter or any personal note.

3) He cannot read the expiry date on the medicines.

4) He could not get good job or good salary in office.

5) His position in society is very low.

6) Labour class and low grade jobs will be available to them.

Q3. Where else you may see a child working as laborer?

Ans. Many places around us like

1) Service stations


2) Mechanics shops

3) Tea shop

4) Small hotels/restaurants

5) Home maids/servants

6) Newspaper/magazines sellers.

7) Car cleaning

8) Flower garlands selling on footpath

9) Shoe mending, shoe polishing etc.

10) Sweepers, garbage boy collector

11) Beggars

12) Canteens/juice shops

13) Tyre shops

14) Hawkers/vegetable sellers

15) Chat shops/market shops

Are places we often see child working as laborer.


Read and understand the civic skill. Then the children will do the exercise

related with it.

Home Work Idea: Write about an event using the sequencing words like first,

second, then, after that, finally.


Read and understand the life skill. Then the children will do the exercise

related to it.


The Team

Chapter 15


Bogie, Track, tunnel


Bogie, track: Show picture of train bogies and track on which the train moves

to the children.

Tunnel: Show the pictures of tunnels to the children. Let them observe how

they are made through the mountains or underground through the roads.

Home Work Idea: Get the pictures of new roads built in and around your city.


Ask the children what new things they have heard about being built in our

country.

Tell them to share their information with the class.


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their reading.

Home Work Idea: Write a few sentences about how you work as a team.

What do you do at first?


How you help each other?


Discuss the questions and answers with the children. Discuss about the making

of railroads, tunnels and their benefits for the people.

Home Work Idea: Write about the benefits of making roads.

Why are roads built?


Q1. What will the bogie do in China?

Ans. The bogie will take goods and things from Pakistan to China and from

China they will bring things and goods people needed in Pakistan.

Q2. What will be the benefit of making the railroads?

Ans. The railroads are made for the benefit of people of countries they are

linked to e.g.

1) Railway has a huge capacity of luggage to transport from one place to

another.

2) Its track will save time and money for transport.

3) People consider it safe for travelling.

4) It will increase the import and export of countries.

5) Information, ideas, technologies and goods are exchange between

different countries.

6) Railroads are the economic corridors of countries.

Q3. What do you mean by a deep seaport?

Ans. Deep seaports are different from regular ports in respect of the depth of

water. Regular ports are where the water is not 20 feet deep. Deep Seaport is

made up for the transport of very large and heavily loaded ships. Deep Seaport


is 30 feet deep and even more. e.g. Gawadar is a deep Seaport and it is 12

miles inside and 25 km wide.

Q4. What will be the advantage of making tunnels in the mountains?

Ans. Tunnels are passage ways which are building for railroads in the

mountains.

1) The tunnel is made to transport things in a straight line.

2) In the mountain areas the tunnel creates a road or rail road facility

where it is not simply possible.

3) It will decrease the travelling time and is safe to travel with goods on

them.

4) It will benefit the transport route for travelers carrying goods to long

distances.


Read and understand the civic skill. Then children will do the related exercise.

Home Work Idea: Write a paragraph about how you can cooperate with your

partner or your friend.

What can you do to help him/her?

In what ways can you help your friend?


Read the life skill. Discuss with your class how you felt after helping your

friend.

Write how you felt afterwards. Give the reason why you felt that way.

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