G.D. GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOLR.K. Puram, Khagaul road, Saguna More, Patna__ _

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK – 2015-16CLASS - IV

THEME: MY NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES

We have some wonderful neighbours

They share our skies, our seas

Some close to the Himalayas

Some to the West and East

Some beyond the ocean free

They will always be with us

They share our destiny.

Are they like us or different?

Is their language like we speak?

What kind of clothes do they wear?

And what do they like to eat?.

So lets go discover

Lets google search and read

And learn about our neighbours

Their culture, crafts and creeds.

Dear Children,

This summer vacation let’s take a tour of our neighbouring countries and learn abouttheir history, culture, literature, location etc. We have designed an interesting andinformative holiday home work that will give you a peek into these countries. All youhave got to do is find out more about these countries.

Just follow the simple instructions given below to compile and present your homeworkin an attractive magazine form.

1. Make sure all your answers are written on an A4 sheet, coloured or white, thechoice is yours.

2. Everything should be neatly written and not printed. Your work should be yourown and not done by an adult. Of course! Your elders can guide you, but whatcomes to us should be in your own hand writing.

3. Make an attractive cover for your magazine.4. Remember a well presented ‘Holiday Home Work’ fetches you a prize.

So, get set and go…..

ACTIVITY 1

India is a vast country with diverse cultures. India and her neighbours share similarcultures and traditions. They are as colourful as India itself.

To know them better, let us complete this crossword and find out the names of ourneighbouring countries.

Across

2. The land of the Thunder Dragon

5. India has been in conflict with this country

7. Its capital is Kabul.

8. This country is locked in the Himalayanmountain range

9. The most populated country in the world.

Down

1. This country was formerly called Burma

3. It is an island in the south of India with85% Buddhist population.

4. It was earlier called East Pakistan

6. This country consists of more than200 small coral islands

ACTIVITY 2MalalaYousafzai is a Pakistani school student and education activist from the townof Mingora in the Swat district of Pakistan. She is known for her activism for the rightto education for girls.

Using the internet, research about her, find out interesting details about this bravegirl and then answer these questions.Q1. Why was Malala shot and who was responsible for her assassination attempt?Q2. What prizes has Malala won?Q3. Make a page for Malala (as per the sample given below)

MALALA YOUSAFZAI

Malala’s photograph

1. Her date and place of birth _____________________________________2. Her present residence _________________________________________3. Her nationality ______________________________________________

4. Her awards _________________________________________________5. Name of her book ____________________________________________

ACTIVITY 3 Write a paragraph on ‘How will you organize a Food Festival in your school ?’

Make an invitation card to invite your parents for this ‘Food Festival’

Use your creativity to make a poster to advertise for the festival.

ACTIVITY 4Children, do you know that our country has nine neighbouring countries? Well, if not, thenhere’s an interesting way to learn about them. First and foremost, to know the location ofthese countries, we need to depict them on a map. Make coloured cut-outs of the maps ofany four neighbouring countries of your choice. Paste these on the sheets individually withtheir flags shown on the right side. Secondly, you need to complete this table below. (Drawit in your booklet).

Now, choose any one country. Surf the net, read about the selected country. Now writedown the details of the country under the headings given below. Make it attractive withlots of colourful pictures

ACTIVITY 5Given below is the table showing the areas of our neighbouring countries.

Country Area ( Km2)

Nepal 147181 Km2

Bhutan 38394 Km2

China 9596961 Km2

Bangladesh 147570 Km2

Myanmar 676578 Km2

COUNTRIES CAPITAL CURRENCY LANGUAGESPAKISTANAFGHANISTANCHINABANGLADESHBHUTANNEPALMYANMARMALDIVESSRILANKA

1. Location 6. Art and architecture2. Area 7. Flora and fauna3. Population 8. Staple food4. Geographical features 9. Religion5. Culture 10. Tourism

With the help of the information given above answer the following:

a) Write the areas of each country (in words) in Indian system of numeration using commas.b) Arrange these areas in descending order.

c) Find the total sum of the areas of these countries.The following list shows the population of our neighbouring countries:

Now answer the following: Write the population of each country in words in International system.

Arrange the population in ascending order.

Find the difference between the population of Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Using matchsticks / straws write the Independence dates of our Neighbouring countries inRoman Numerals:

Country Independence Day Roman numeral

India 15th August XV

China 1st October

Sri Lanka 4th February

Pakistan 14th August

Bangladesh 26th March

Nepal 21st December

Bhutan 17th December

Learn and Write Tables of 7 to15 on a quarter size chart paper.

ACTIVITY 6

‘मेरा भारत देश’ पर एक रचना अपनी को से सजाएँ।

Enjoy Your Holidays!!

Country Population

Bhutan 742737

Sri Lanka 20277597

Myanmar 61120000

Nepal 26494504

Pakistan 182490721