Delhi Public School, Gurgaon

Class III -V (2015-16)

Holiday Homework
A country with a glorious historical PAST
Its rich culture is deep rooted and vast
The PRESENT of the country is shining bright
Various missions accomplished and a few within sight
The FUTURE of which shows potential great
My India is the super power which none can equate.
Dear Parent

It's that time of the year when children get an opportunity to do some research work and
unleash their creativity…the summer vacation. The summer vacation is the best time to
connect with your child, fire their imagination and foster an outlook that helps them to
explore, discover and rediscover concepts. The theme for this year's holiday homework, as
the above poem suggests, is ‘India: Past, Present and Future’.
This homework theme is an endeavour to provide children a peek into the India that was, to
appreciate and value the India that is and to visualize and dream about the India that will be.

The activities have been designed with an inter-disciplinary approach and are based on
the common topic.

 We hope the homework and activities will be well managed and presented in your
ward’s own handwriting. This project will be assessed and 5 marks will be allocated
in the Formative Assessment II for each subject.

 The holiday homework will be assessed on the following parameters:

content, originality, creativity, presentation (layout and neatness)

 All the students of present Classes III & IV will have to do the entire assigned holiday
homework (all the subjects). However, the Scholar Badge holders of class IV of the
session 2014-15 (present class V) have a choice of either attempting the entire
holiday homework (all the subjects) OR attempting an extra question in Formative
Assessment II of all the respective subjects.

 The last day for submitting the project is Thursday, 9th July 2015.

 Please find attached the guidelines and instructions for the students .

I wish you and your family a relaxing summer break!

Best wishes

Aditi Misra
Principal
Important Guidelines for students :

 Have fun this summer and create your very own Magazine /Journal. Please ensure that
the homework is done subject-wise on separate sheets in your own handwriting. Use
both sides of each A-4 size sheet .
 Assimilate your sheets in the form of a magazine/journal format. You can make it
interesting by adding pictures and photographs.
 Every subject has interesting sub topics for you to research. Read the questions
carefully and then do as directed.
 Remember presentation of your project is as important as your research .
 Collate the sheets of all the subjects, page wise, before submission.

TOPIC : INDIA – Past , Present & Future…

Visual Art: cover page
Design a cover page for your journal on the topic given above. The cover page should
showcase the rural life, art, culture and heritage of any Indian village of your choice, in its
natural environment.

English - page no. 1 & 2

The family values and structures in India have gone through a tremendous change over the
past century. Interview your grandparents on what all changes they have observed in the
families during their lifetime. Create Speech Bubbles with illustrations depicting the excerpts
of the interview giving an insight into the transition of family system in India.
You can frame questions on:
-the transition of joint families to nuclear familes
-how do families spend time together in the present age as compared to 20 years ago.
-the change in vacation destinations from grandparents homes to popular resorts in
different cities and countries.
-change in modes of entertainment from radio to TV to cyber gadgets.
-advantages of both joint and nuclear family systems.

Hindi - page no. 3 to 5

General Science : page no. 6 to 9

1) a) Write any three means of communication used in India when there were no
phones/mobiles.

b) List any three means of communication used by Indians today. Describe each in
two sentences.

2) a) Imagine that your friend is living on Mars. Design (draw) a gadget that you think
would be a faster means of communication which would connect you to him/her .

b) Describe in few lines, the gadget that you've designed.

3) a) When was The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) established and
where are its headquarters situated?

b) Define organic farming. Write four benefits of organic farming.

4) Mention any one agricultural machine which has made farming easy for Indian
farmers. Paste its picture and describe it in five sentences.

Social Studies – page no. 10 to 14

From the time of the discovery of wheel, to the present day, means of transport in India has
seen a major transformation. As our requirements changed so did the use of vehicles. Let us
explore the evolution of transport over the years beginning from the year 1857.
 Paste 2 pictures of means of transport used in pre independent India and in India, after
1947.

 India has the largest network of railways in the world. Write 3 to 4 lines to describe
the growth of railways in each of the years mentioned below:
1853 1857 1879 1891 1984 1985 2002 2011 2014
 Imagine yourself travelling from Delhi to a destination of your choice in India by
train. Plan your journey in a way that you cross 4 states to reach your destination.
o Name your destination. List the states you would cross during this journey and
paste pictures of any one monument from each of the states.
o Mark them on a political map of India.

 Design and colour a futuristic vehicle and explain it's features which make it special.
Name your vehicle.
Maths – page no. 15 & 16
As you are familiar with present age cheques, given below is a cheque belonging to 1920s.
Read the cheque and answer the following questions:

Q1. Write the name of the bank on which the cheque was drawn.
Q2. Write the cheque number.
Q3. How many years before our independence was this cheque issued?
Q4. Make a table and write the cost of following items in the years 1950, 1980 and 2015:
a cinema ticket, a soft drink, a samosa, a pair of socks, a pair of leather shoes, a comic
book, a fountain pen, a bicycle, Ludo (the board game) and 10 grams of gold. Sample
format of the table is given below for your reference:

Items/years 1950 1980 2015

Cinema ticket

Soft drink

Samosa

Q5.Speak with your grandparents to find out the value and worth of the amount mentioned
in the cheque in 1920s. Make a list of five things that could have been bought with
this amount at that time, now find out the approximate cost of the same things today.
Yes, the cost of things has increased many folds. Find the difference in costs of any two
items from your list between then and now.

Note: Class III to attempt Q1. to Q4.

Classes IV & V to attempt all 5 questions.
Computer- page no. 17 & 18
 WordPad, MS-Word software to be used for Computer homework.
 Take a coloured print out on an A4 size paper. Use both sides of the paper for
print out.

Given below is the picture of India’s first computer HEC-2M, which was actually a British
product.

HEC-1(1950)

(a) Write 6-7 features of HEC-2M computer.

(Use bullets and Numbering, Font size: 14 , Font style: Verdana to
format the page). Also paste suitable pictures.

(b) List any 5 supercomputers developed in India since 1951 along with
other details in the table below. Add pictures wherever needed.

Name of Name of the Year Uses(any 1)

supercomputer organization
(who made it)

Format the table and page suitably.

General Knowledge- page no. 19 & 20
India has a long and varied postal history and has produced a large number of postage
stamps. The Indian Postal Service has issued stamps on many themes -relating to history,
architecture, nature, cultural heritage and personalities.

 Identify the famous personalities shown on postal stamps given below, paste
these pictures on the pages of your magazine / journal , write their names and
field of work as well.
 Design a postal stamp of size - 10cm x 8 cm, depicting cultural heritage of
India by showing any dance form / festival /monument .

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(e)
Physical Education- page no. 21 & 22

 Describe the game of badminton in 4 to 5 sentences.

 Stick a picture of the erstwhile badminton champion Prakash Padukone and

current badminton sensation Saina Nehwal.

 Below each picture mention the following details:

 Date of birth
 Any three championships won
 The name of a book that gives an insight into his/ her life

IIIrd Language- page no. 23 & 24

NOTE:

 This homework is only for classes IV and V.

 To be done in the language you are learning.

The culture of India is one of the oldest and unique. In India, there is amazing cultural
diversity throughout the country. This summer let us revive our pride for our country with an
activity……

● Paste and label the pictures of the following in your chosen foreign language.

• National animal of India

• National bird of India

• National fruit of India

• National flower of India

• National game of India

● Paste pictures and write the names of the following from

India / Germany / France / Japan / Spain.

• Any 2 famous monuments

• Any 2 food items

• Any 1 famous dress (male/female)