Class-3 Social Science, Chapter- 2 Neighbourhood – Key Features, Changes and History

Chapter-2

Topic: Neighbourhood – Key Features, Changes and History

Section A

Read the following sentences and state whether they are true or false:

1.   All neighborhoods are the same.  False

2.   All neighborhoods have a history. True

3.   Many neighbourhoods in the world over are separated by languages, cultures or location.  True

4.   We are part of a neighbourhood. True

5.   A community may be a large City Centre or it may be a small village in the country. True

6.   People in the neighbourhood obey some rules. True

7.   Different people in a neighbourhood have different values. True

8.    people in a neighbourhood are not influenced by local leaders and culture.  False

9.   All Members of a neighbourhood need not communicate and interact with others in the neighbourhood.   False

10.  Few people in the neighbourhood live in families. True

11.  Every neighborhood has schools, hospitals, roads  and parks. True

Q. Give two ways in which the neighbourhood changes over time.

Ans- Following are the two ways, in which neighbourhood changes over time:

1.   The number of people in the neighbourhood increases.

2.   New shops, offices, theatre, schools, restaurants and hospitals may come up.

Q. List ways in which you can find out about the history of your neighbourhood.

Ans- Following are the ways in which we can find out about the history of our neighbourhood:

1.   We can read about the historical events that took place in neighbourhood.

2.   We can talk to elders who lived in the neighborhood in the past.

3.   We can look at old pictures, paintings or maps.

4.   Studying about relics.

5.   Reading about the landmarks.

Section B

When and I travel back in time, I took some pictures of my neighbourhood as it was in the past. But they got mixed with pictures of it today. Can you help me sort them out?  Write ‘Then’ below the picture that seems to be from the past and ‘Now’ below the picture of how it is currently.

Find out about your neighbourhood and answer the following questions:

Q. People in your neighbourhood may belong to various communities name these communities.

Ans- People in my neighbourhood belong to various communities. Some of them are as follows:

  Kannadigas, Marwadis, Tamilians, North Indians etc.

Q. Which language do they speak?

Ans- They speak the following languages:

 Kannadigas-  Kannada

 North Indians-  Hindi

 Marwadi -  Marwadi

 Tamilians-  Tamil

Q. Do you think their ancestors lived in your neighbourhood from the start?

Ams- No, either they or their ancestors have moved to this place sometime in the past

Q. Are there any people who have come from a different country and settled in your neighbourhood?

Ans-Yes, there is a family from Nepal in my neighborhood who have settled in my neighborhood.

Q. Who were the first people who live in your neighborhood?

Ans- Kannadigas were the first people who lived in my neighborhood.

Q. Which language did they speak?

Ans- They spoke Kannada.

Q.What did they do for a living (occupations)?

Ans- They used to do following for a living.

1-   Paddy and ragi cultivation

2-   Weaving silk

Q. Why do you think they engaged in these occupations?

Ans- They were engaged in these occupations for

1-   The availability of suitable land for cultivation

2-   Silk handlooms for the demand for silk

Q. Over the years, which other cultural groups came to live here?

Ans- Over the years, people from all parts of the country and foreign nations came here to work and some of them settled here.

Q. Which word is most suitable to describe your neighbourhood- inner city, suburb or rural? Give a reason for your answer. Write in your notebook.

Ans- My neighbourhood is a suburb because of the following reasons:

1-   It is called as satellite town of the main city.

2-   It is a zone of the municipal corporation.

3-   It has its own regional transport office, railway station and many other govt. offices.

Q. Make a word web and list the possible reasons why people came and settle in your neighbourhood/ town. (Consider its location,  resources,  climate and any other factors you can think of.)

Section C

 Let's find out about the history of the following neighbourhoods.

A researcher is studying the life of women in a certain village. He has taken pictures of women holding items that they make to sell and earn money.  He has also taken pictures of food, which is their staple diet. Write three things about the past in this community. Consider the following questions and hints given:

·        What resources could they have had in the past?

·        What might have been the main occupations. ( based on these resources)

Hints:

·        Craft they make to sell today could have been a common means of entertainment in the past.

·        The  costumes of objects they hold tell us how they dressed in the past.

·        The their food and clothes are made from resources grown,  for the place.

Answer

1-   This community was probably involved in puppet shows in ancient times.

2-   The costumes of puppets shows that they dressed in sarees in the past.

3-   Wheat appears to be their staple food.

You visit a town where people worship the sun and celebrate harvest festivals. What can you understand about their community history?

·        They loved to eat

·        They used to live in a cold place

·        They were originally farmers (✓)

While digging to make the foundation of a house, the workers found some clay pots, wooden jewellery, wooden spoons, and tools.

 What does this tell about the communities past?

·        They did not use metal (✓)

·        They laughed brown things

·        That did not make handicrafts

Write three things you can do (with the help of others) to bring about changes to improve your neighbourhood.

1-   Installing dustbins at various locations

2-   Making a play area for kids

3-   Making a common pool of books for kids to read

Section D

To know more about changing times, Talk to your grandparents and parents about their lifestyle. Find out if they had the following facilities.

Facility	Grandparents	Parents	You
Tape record	Yes	No	No
Mobile Phone	Yes	Yes	Yes
Computer lab in school	No	No	Yes
McDonald's restaurant	No	Yes	Yes
Video Game Parlour	No	Yes	Yes
Cooking gas	Yes	Yes	Yes
Letterbox	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tourist Bus Stand	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mall / Multiplex	No	Yes	Yes

 Section E

(Revision questions)

 Q. What are the key features of a neighbourhood?

Ans- Following are the key features of a neighbourhood:

1-   Most people live in families.

2-   Good communication and interaction in community members.

3-   Public buildings/places like hospital, school, park etc.

4-    People have influence of local leaders and culture.

Q. How do neighborhoods change? List any four good changes and two negative (bad) changes that can occur in a neighbourhood.

Ans- Four good changes that can occur in a neighbourhood-

1-   New factory or offices bring more employment.

2-   People from different places influence the culture

3-   New strong buildings come up in place of old buildings

4-   New roads, highways, railways or bridges may come up.

Two negative changes that can occur in a neighbouhood-

1-   Neighbourhood becomes crowded when people increase.

2-   Disasters like fire, flood or an earthquake may damage the buildings in neighbourhood.

Q. In what way do the following affect the neighbourhoods?

• People coming in from different places and cultures

Ans- 1) They may influence the culture

         2) If they do not have place to live, slums may come up.

• Construction of an airport( that the neighbourhood did not have earlier)

    Ans- 1) Fast and easy travel to more place

              2) More people get jobs

• Disasters such as floods and fires.

Ans- 1) Buildings may be damages.

         2) People may leave the place.

         3) Flood may lead to spread of diseases.

•   A factory being built in a vicinity

Ans- 1) More people will get jobs.

         2) Population of the area my increase

         3) Increases land/water/air/ sound pollution

Q. Compare your neighborhood today to how it was a few years back.  List any three changes.

Ans- Following are the tree changes in my neighbourhood.

1)   Better transport and communication facilities.

2)   More hospitals and schools have come up

3)   The greenery of the neighbourhood has decreased as more buildings have come up.

Q. Identify four ways to find out about the history of your neighbourhood.

Ans- Four ways to find out about the history of the neighbourhood are:

1-   Reading the history

2-   Talking to elders

3-   Looking at old pictures, paintings and maps

4-   Studying the relics/landmarks

Q. State three things about the history of your neighbourhood.

Ans- Three things about the history of my neighbourhood-

1-   It was the place of silk handlooms and weavers

2-   Paddy and ragi crops were grown here.

3-   Three were guava and grapes plantation.

Do you know

The Lions Club has centres in different localities of all important cities. People who volunteer for the Lions Club are called ‘Lions’.  Together they work to improve the community. They also have a Leo Club which gives children a chance to work for their locality. E.g. Distribute food to the poor, clean the locality, plant trees, etc.

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