Q1.
A. Find out from the elders of your home and your locality about any historical place that is there in your town or nearby. You may consider more than one place too! Collect information and pictures of that place and present it to the class.
Your presentation must include:
· Name of the place
· Name of the monument
· Historical people associated with that monument
· Special features of that monument
· How the monument is connected to the people (emotionally)
· Any other relevant information.
Your presentation must include:
· Name of the place
· Name of the monument
· Historical people associated with that monument
· Special features of that monument
· How the monument is connected to the people (emotionally)
· Any other relevant information.
Answer
This is a finding out and speaking task. The place must be a real one near your home, so nobody can do it for you. Here is how to do it well.
Step 1 — find the place. Ask your grandparents, your parents or a neighbour: “Is there any old fort, palace, temple, mosque, church, step-well, gate or statue near our town?” Write down every name they give.
Step 2 — collect the six things the book asks for.
| What to find out | How to ask for it |
|---|---|
| Name of the place | Which town or village is it in? |
| Name of the monument | What exactly is it called? |
| Historical people | Who built it? Who lived or ruled there? |
| Special features | What can you see there that you see nowhere else? |
| Connection to the people | Do people go there for a fair or a festival? Are they proud of it? |
| Any other information | How old is it? Who looks after it now? |
Step 3 — collect pictures. A photograph from home, a picture from an old newspaper or calendar, or your own drawing. Paste them on a chart.
Step 4 — present it. Say six or seven sentences, one for each point. Hold the picture up so the class can see. Speak slowly and look at your friends.
Sample answer (you must change it to your own place):
· Name of the place: Maheshwar, in Madhya Pradesh.
· Name of the monument: Maheshwar Fort, also called Ahilya Fort.
· Historical people: Queen Ahilya Bai of the Holkar family had it built.
· Special features: It stands on a hill above the Narmada River. It has overhanging balconies, grand staircases and a 13-feet tall statue of the Queen. It is made of red stone brought from Gujarat and Rajasthan.
· How it is connected to the people: The people love the Queen even today, because she built temples, schools and wells for them. The weavers there still make the famous Maheshwari sarees.
· Any other information: It is just 95 kilometres from Indore, and there are many beautifully designed temples near it.
· Name of the place: Maheshwar, in Madhya Pradesh.
· Name of the monument: Maheshwar Fort, also called Ahilya Fort.
· Historical people: Queen Ahilya Bai of the Holkar family had it built.
· Special features: It stands on a hill above the Narmada River. It has overhanging balconies, grand staircases and a 13-feet tall statue of the Queen. It is made of red stone brought from Gujarat and Rajasthan.
· How it is connected to the people: The people love the Queen even today, because she built temples, schools and wells for them. The weavers there still make the famous Maheshwari sarees.
· Any other information: It is just 95 kilometres from Indore, and there are many beautifully designed temples near it.
Why the book asks you to speak to elders: Old people remember things that are in no book — a fair that is held there every year, a story their own grandmother told them. That is how the history of a place stays alive.
Tip: Write only key words on a small card — name, who built it, how old, what to see. Do not read out full sentences from a paper. Look up and speak.