BHARTIYAM VIDYA NIKETAN

Class I
Environmental Studies
CHAPTER 6 (My Needs: Clothing)
❖ Experiential Teaching Method: By showing video on weather and clothes and
asking questions on it.
❖ Info Corner: Early humans cover their body using leaves and skin of animals.
❖ Net search: From where do we get cotton?
❖ Activity: Collect different cloth materials (at least 5 different types)
from your local tailor. Cut into rectangular pieces and paste. Below
every cloth piece, write the name of the material.
❖ Key words: warm, coloured, summer, winter, different, cotton, clothes,
synthetic, plastic, raincoat, umbrellas, dresses, woolen, sweater, jacket, shawl,
muffler, protect, harsh, smart, materials, uniform, gumboots, waterproof,
insects, protect
❖ Answer in words:
1. something that does not soak water– Waterproof

2. something that do not catch fire – Fireproof

❖ Answer the following:

Q 1. What do we get from a cotton plant and sheep respectively?
Ans 1. We get cotton from cotton plant and wool from sheep.
Q.2. Why do we need to wear clothes?
Ans 2. Clothes protect us from harsh weather and insect bites. They make us
look smart.
Q.3. What types of clothes do we wear in summer?
Ans3. We wear light, cotton clothes in summer.
Q.4. Why do we wear woolen clothes in winter?
 Ans 4. Woollen clothes keep us warm. Therefore, we wear woollen socks,
sweater, jacket, coat, shawl, caps, muffler etc. in winter.
Q.5. Why do we wear different types of clothes?
Ans5. We wear different clothes on different days according to weather or
different occasions.
Q.6. Name some clothes you wear in summer season.
Ans 6. We wear Shirt, trousers, skirt etc. in summer season.
Q.7. How do gumboots help us?
Ans7. Gumboots help us to walk on muddy and water- flooded streets
❖ Home-work:
1. Copy keywords thrice (draw columns)
2. Neatly copy the lesson plan in your note book.
3. Read the chapter well.
4. Question Bank:
Q.1. How will you feel if you wear woollen clothes during sunny days?
Q.2. Find out the names of synthetic materials used in making clothes.
Q.3. When do we use umbrella?
5. Solve the Assignment-5

Assignment - 5

❖ Match the two columns and write the correct pair:

A B Answer Key
1. rainy day (a) keeps our body cool 1. ___________
2. cotton clothes (b) sheep 2.____________
3. weather (c) raincoats 3.____________
4. wool (d) may change 4.___________
❖ Correct the underlined words and re-write the sentence.
1. Clothes make us look dull. (smart)
2. We need thick, woolen clothes in summer season .
3. Naphthalene balls protect clothes from water.
4. We wear night dress in school.
5. The clothes we wear in rainy season are made of cotton materials.