Multidisciplinary Project for Class VIII

Timeline: 24 August 2020 to 23 September 2020

Subjects: English and Social Science
Theme: India’s Freedom Struggle
Curricular Units-
English- Chapter 3- Glimpses of the Past
Social Science- Chapter 1- How, When, and Where (History)
Chapter 2- From Trade to Territory (History)
Objectives-

English Social Science

Students will be able to-
 Know the history of India’s freedom struggle
 Study the events in chronological order
 Honour our martyrs
 Debate over topics like ‘Colonialism’, Social
evils’, ‘Importance of Freedom’
 Develop writing skills through paragraph
writing
 Relate the topics across different subjects
Students will be able to-
 Know the importance of history records
 Understand the way history records are
maintained.
 Know the reasons of trading company of
British become rulers
 Relate the present administration system
with that of British period.
 Know the story of different provinces
become one nation under British rule.
 Develop map skill/knowledge practising
different centres of events of this period.

Outline of the Project

Your project should include the following activities-
1. Discuss why this period is important in Indian history (in 50-80 words).
2. Develop a timeline of major events in Indian history between 1651 and 1857.
3. Describe the major battles during this period. Write a paragraph on each (in 50-80 words each).
4. Write about the Indian rulers/freedom fighters and social reformers who contributed to the
struggle during this period. (at least three or more- in 50-80 words each)
5. Describe (in 50-80 words) how the condition of Indian artisans/farmers deteriorated during this
period.
6. On a map of India, mark the urban centres/ cities where major events of this time-period took
place.
7. Discuss (in 50-80 words) how this time-period has impacted present India.

Important Instructions to Students:

You can make the project in the form of a PowerPoint presentation or a Word document. You can also
make it in a file and send a scanned copy to your teacher in Google Classroom.
You will use the following template-
 PROJECT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED AND PRESENTED IN THIS ORDER

1) Page 1- Cover page showing project title, school name, student's name, class/section, and academic
session.
2) Page 2- Acknowledgement & Certificate
3) Page 3- Index
4) Page 4 onwards-Activities of the 1st Term
5) Last Page- References: source of information

Samples-

Certificate:

I, __________________________ (name) of class _______________ certify that the

project on the topic _____________________________________ of ___________ subject
has been done independently by me. I have given proper references and I have not used
any plagiarized content.

Name_____________________

Class/Sec __________________

Roll Number _______________

Acknowledgement

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher (Name of

the teacher) as well as our principal (Name of the principal)who gave me the
golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic (Write the topic
name), which also helped me in doing a lot of Research and I came to know
about so many new things I am really thankful to them.
Secondly, I would also like to thank my parents and friends who helped me a
lot in finalizing this project within the limited time frame.