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Explorations via Journalling 🇮🇳 INDIA STUDY UNIT AGES 6 YEARS +
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INDIA UNIT STUDY

AGES 6 years +
Theme Journalling exploration
Scaling down from the

Universe to Me- an
Me in the exercise in perspective,
world continent cards,
etymology and map
work
India and its

neighbourhood, national
India and its ags and symbolism;
neighbours ag designing; colouring
sheets; data analysis
and creating bar graphs
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Materials required
1. Journal or journalling sheets

Solar system puzzle- by Webby
World Map puzzle - by. Toiing

2. Scissors
India Map puzzle - by Toiing
3. Glue
Wild Republic Space Nature Tube
4. Writing and colouring pencils , pens

Space Art using acrylics on canvas
5. Paints (watercolours and acrylics)
My place in space - painted stones
My place in space ipbook or 6. Card stock paper to make flip-book or

accordion book
accordion book (optional)
Books to Read -
7. River stones of varying sizes to paint
Story-weaver Bookshelf- India Study
Unit
on (optional)
Here We Are by Oliver Je ers
8. Printer
Me and My Place in Space by Joan
Sweeney
9. Refrigerator magnet
Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and 10. Sewing needle
Daniel Mizielinski
11. Bowl with water

NASA kids’ club
12. Globe or Atlas
National Geographic’s Passport to
Space
13. Graph paper (link for printable here)
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Let’s look at the circles shown above-

Place concentric circles of varying sizes available to cut out from
the previous page / create your own circles using origami sheets/
card paper/ felt sheets or simply make a painting project of it.
The red circle is you. 🔴
This is a good exercise In perspective and understanding scale.
Let’s place you in your house. 🟠
Where is your house? Inside a colony within a  

neighbourhood? 🟣 Place your house inside your colony and
neighbourhood.
Let’s move up. Which city is your neighbourhood in? Let’s

place your neighbourhood in your city. 🔵
In which country is your city? Let’s place it in your country

circle. 🟢
Which continent does your country lie in? 🟤
And we all know that all continents of the world are found on Once the circles are placed one above the other going from big to
our home planet. What is it known as ? 🟡
small (space to you), build a colour key.
Draw small circles, colour them and make the child note down what
each colour denotes. This helps the child to use spatial skills and
All planets lie in space. ⚫
learn to read a key.

Our Earth in Space
Our Milky Way galaxy
Our solar system

in the Milky Way
is one speck in the
For further reading
on sizes of the
Universe, scaling
Universe
galaxy
down to our planet
Earth, refer to and
discuss from pictures
on the website
https://
twistedsifter.com/
2012/10/putting-the-
size-of-the-
observable-universe-
in-perspective/
Our home planet
The Earth in our
To better understand
solar system
the size of our largest

stars, VFX artist
Earth
Wren Weichman
decided to make a
video about the true
scale of the universe
using visual effects.

OCEANS AND
CONTINENTS
ASIA
ANTARCTICA
AUSTRALIA

NORTH AMERICA
AFRICA
SOUTH AMERICA
EUROPE

Printable world maps
Printable world maps

Printable compass rose 
Use the cards denoting Earth in space to create
a ip book or accordion book, or use them as
reference for a painting project on stones (going
from space to Earth on decreasing sizes or
stones)
Use the world maps to learn to identify

continents and their positions. Pair these with
books, puzzles and other tools you may have at
home- Atlas, Globe etc.
Make multiple copies of the maps to use as

colouring sheets for continent identi cation.
Use the compass to learn 4 cardinal directions

- N S E W and extend the concept to identify
and name NW NE SW SE. Make 8 copies of the
compass rose and colour one di erent direction
on each print. Use the same colour or di erent
colours for each of the 8 directions. You may
use these as direction cards to match the name
or abbreviation (North West - NW)
🧭 Make a simple compass at home: Use a refrigerator

magnet to magnetise a sewing needle by rubbing the
magnet on the needle 20-30 times in one direction. Float a
small piece of paper (larger than the needle) in a bowl of
water and carefully drop the needle on this paper. The
needle will naturally point to the closest pole (North Pole in
the Northern Hemisphere, and South Pole in the Southern
Hemisphere)

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ASIA AFRICA NORTH AMERICA

EUROPE
Continents of the World
By A.A. Anderson AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA SOUTH AMERICA

To learn the seven continents,
- Did you know that a part of Antarctica has been named “Queen Elizabeth
Think of the letter “A”
Land” in honour of Queen Elizabeth II !!
And when you’re down to only one, - Captain James Cook was sent to nd Terra Australis Incognita in 1772. He
An “E” will save the day. returned with charts of the eastern coastline of Australia but the o cials who
believe that this land lay further south, turned his proposal down and sent
There’s Africa, Antarctica,
him o to search further south. Cook set out again and he became the rst
Australia, Asia too. person to sail into the Antarctic Circle. However, he turned away to resupply
The oceans run between them his ship before seeing land. If he had succeeded in his voyage, it is likely that
Antarctica would have been named Australia
With their waters deep and blue.

- The rst person to see the continent of Antarctica was Fabian Gottlieb von
There are also two Americas- Bellingshausen in 1820
North and South, you see. - Europa is also the name of one of Jupiter’s moons 🌚
Now we’re coming to the end- - An alternate theory as to how America got its name that comes down from
Europe starts with “E”! hearsay is that a tribe of Native Americans named the Amerrique may have
existed, and both Columbus and Vespucci may have visited them. The word
is said to originate from the Mayan word for “exceptionally strong wind.”
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Etymology- what do the continent names mean? 
Asia
Africa
The word Asia is derived from Ancient Greek When the Romans invaded this land, it is popularly believed
“Ἀσία”, which came from the Phoenician word that they named it after the native tribe- the Afri; and Africa
“asu” meaning East; and the Akkadian word would mean “the land of the Afri”.
“asu” meaning “to rise” (referring to the sun).

Hence ultimately, Asia means “the land of the Also, From Greek - aphrike (*ἀφρίκη) "without cold"and in
sunrise”
Latin- aprica "sunny".
Another theory states that the name Africa comes from the
Australia
Phoenician word “afar” which means “dust.” Put together
Australia as a continent name was o cially adopted with the Latin su x –ica, sometimes used to denote “land”,
in 1824, though the term “Terra Australis Incognita” the name could mean “a land of dust.”
which in Latin means “unknown land in the south”
was used as early as by the Romans who guessed
of its existence in the south.
Europe
When European explorers discovered this land, they Europe was likely named after Europa from Greek
continued to call it “Terra Australis” meaning land in mythology. The word derives from the Akkadian word
the south” “erebu” which means “to go down, set” or the Phoenician
“ereb” which means “evening”.
North and South America
Both the Americas have been names after Amerigo Antarctica
Vespucci, an Italian explorer, who travelled to “the The name Antarctica comes from the Greek word
new world” in 1499 and 1502. He wrote about his “-antarktikos (ἀνταρκτικός),
travels in 2 books which were reprinted in almost from anti (ἀντί) and arktikos (ἀρκτικός) "Arctic"
every European language. that literally translates as “opposite to the north”

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Blue does not always indicate water INDIA BHUTAN
CHINA BANGLADESH
PAKISTAN SRI LANKA
NEPAL MYANMAR
MALDIVES AFGHANISTAN
India and its neighbours*

The outline map of Asia shows rough
administrative boundaries of the countries.
Disclaimer: Despite efforts of maintaining
India and it’s neighbours within the continent of Asia accuracy of the boundaries, Think Alternate
does not own any responsibility for the
Map not to scale
correctness or authenticity of the same.


་རན་ས་ ་དར་ཆ་
रंगा, Yellow and Orange
INDIA BHUTAN
Tiraṅgā, The Tricolour with a white Druk, the
Thunder Dragon
বাংলােদেশর জাতী
五星红旗
পতাকা,
CHINA Wǔxīng Hóngqí, Five-star BANGLADESH
Lal-Sobuj, Red and
Red Flag
Green
‫پاکستان کا قومی پرچم‬

ලංකා ජා ක
Parc̱ am-e Sitārah o-Hilāl,
PAKISTAN SRI LANKA ය,
Flag of the Crescent and
Sinha Flag, Lion Flag
Star
Triband flag with 5

Pahāḍa, Chandra Ra pointed white star,
MYANMAR
NEPAL Surya, Jungi Nishan the national flag of
(Burma)
Republic of the Union
of Myanmar
‫ރ ްއ ެޖ ެގ ދި ަދ‬
ާ ި‫ދި ެވހ‬
**Flag of the Islamic Green rectangle
Republic of Afghanistan centred on a red field;
AFGHANISTAN MALDIVES
(internationally recognized charged with a white
government) crescent facing the
fly side
ति
ཧྥ
ශ්‍රී
කො
ඩි

ཀྱི
වේ

ති
য়

A national ag is a ag representing a country or nation. The national ag is own by the country’s government, but
in most countries can also be own by its citizens (This would be speci ed in the ag code or ag laws of the nation)
A national ag is designed with speci c meanings for its colours and symbols. The art and practice of designing
ags is known as vexillography.
Changes are made in the design of a nation’s ag after important historical events occur.
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*Afghanistan is currently in the news for takeover of its government by the Islamic Emirate.
Following the Fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021, there are two entities claiming to be the legitimate government of
Afghanistan, each using a di erent ag.
T
he Taliban controlled “Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan”, which controls most of the country,
uses a white eld with a black Shahadah
a
nd the “Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” which
uses a black, red, green tricolour. (Internationally
recognised government)
Further reading (internet links) :
1. ag symbolism in 5 infographics 2. 15 ags with absolutely fascinating origins. 3. Flags of the world 4. Fun facts about
ags 5. Flags quiz 6. Flags geography game 7. Guess the ag game 8. World Atlas Flag Game 9. CBC kids Flag game

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Colour as you discover Flags of India and its Neighbours
These outline images of the ags are derivative works (original ag

images was converted to outline). Original image credit: Wikipedia
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Colour as you discover Flags of India and its Neighbours
These outline images of the ags are derivative works (original ag

images was converted to outline). Original image credit: Wikipedia
INDIA 🇮🇳 PAKISTAN 🇵🇰 MALDIVES 🇲🇻
NEPAL 🇳🇵 BHUTAN 🇧🇹 CHINA 🇨🇳
BANGLADESH 🇧🇩 MYANMAR 🇲🇲 SRI LANKA 🇱🇰

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Indian National Flag :

TIRANGA, The Tricolor, designed by Pingali Venkayya. 
The Tiranga is a rectangle
shaped ag with three
bands and a wheel in the
centre of the middle
band.
• The top band is sa ron

in colour. Sa ron is the
colour of the spice
sa ron and the colour
is a muted shade of
orange. This colour
symbolises courage
and sacri ce.
• The middle band is

white, holding a 24
spoked Dharma
Chakra or Ashoka
Chakra in its centre.
White stands for peace
and truth.
• The lowermost band is

green and symbolises
faith and chivalry.

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Data handling and analysis: ll in the colours as they appear in the ags of the neighbours of India
Step 1- Data collection
India Nepal Bhutan Sri Lanka Myanmar Maldives Bangladesh Pakistan China
Red
Orange Yes
White Yes
Blue Yes
Green Yes
Yellow
Black
Purple

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Step 2- Understanding the data
No. Of boxes 1.How many countries use di erent colours in their ags? (Count how many
Colour
coloured boxes of each colour you have coloured in the table above and note down
your answers)
Red
Orange
White
2.Which colour is most used in these countries’ ags? (The colour with the
Blue highest number of boxes coloured)
Green
Yellow
3. Which colour gets the second and third highest score? Can you now design
Black
a new ag with these three colours that are most commonly used in these
country ags? You can add symbols of your choice. Do explain what each
Purple colour represents in your ag and what every symbol stands for as well.  

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Step 3- Analysing the data
Download the one inch graph paper printable available at Madison Paper
Let’s make a simple bar graph. We will use the data from the table to create a bar graph. A bar graph helps one to
compare actual numbers and also to compare across categories. In this case, we will plot actual numbers of colours
seen. Whenever we represent data like this, the real numbers are shown. You may convert your data to percentage
and plot a bar graph too. If you know how to convert percentages to angles, then you can build a pie chart too!
On the graph sheet make a vertical axis (the Y- axis) by starting at 0 and counting up to 10
Starting from point 0, make a horizontal axis (X axis)

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Mark the point 0 where the 2 axes meet as O (Origin)

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Use 1 box per colour and leave one box space between 2 colours on the X axis
6
Write down the names of all the colours you have noted in your table.
5
Refer to the example image given alongside.
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Using the data you have noted in the table above in Step 2, colour the correct
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number of boxes on the graph. You are creating bars. Do this for all colours.
2
1. Which colour has the tallest bar? This is the most commonly used colour
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2. Which colour is least used in the ags?
3. Do any two or three colours have the same height of bars? Which are they?
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Explorations via Journalling 🇮🇳 INDIA STUDY UNIT AGES 6 YEARS +

INDIA UNIT STUDY

Theme Journalling exploration

Scaling down from the

India and its

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

1. Journal or journalling sheets

World Map puzzle - by. Toiing

4. Writing and colouring pencils , pens

My place in space ipbook or 6. Card stock paper to make flip-book or

11. Bowl with water

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

Explorations via Journalling 🇮🇳 INDIA STUDY UNIT AGES 6 YEARS +

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

Let’s look at the circles shown above-

The red circle is you. 🔴

This is a good exercise In perspective and understanding scale.

Let’s place you in your house. 🟠

Where is your house? Inside a colony within a

Let’s move up. Which city is your neighbourhood in? Let’s

In which country is your city? Let’s place it in your country

Which continent does your country lie in? 🟤

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

Our Earth in Space

Our Milky Way galaxy

Our solar system

Our home planet

The Earth in our

the size of our largest

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

Printable world maps

Printable world maps

Use the world maps to learn to identify

Make multiple copies of the maps to use as

Use the compass to learn 4 cardinal directions

🧭 Make a simple compass at home: Use a refrigerator

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

With their waters deep and blue.

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

Etymology- what do the continent names mean?

“asu” meaning “to rise” (referring to the sun).

Both the Americas have been names after Amerigo Antarctica

every European language. that literally translates as “opposite to the north”

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

Blue does not always indicate water INDIA BHUTAN

PAKISTAN SRI LANKA

India and its neighbours*

Explorations via Journalling 🇮🇳 INDIA STUDY UNIT AGES 6 YEARS +

‫پاکستان کا قومی پرچم‬

Triband flag with 5

Explorations via Journalling 🇮🇳 INDIA STUDY UNIT AGES 6 YEARS +

Further reading (internet links) :

© 2021 | THINK ALTERNATE

Colour as you discover Flags of India and its Neighbours

These outline images of the ags are derivative works (original ag

Colour as you discover Flags of India and its Neighbours

These outline images of the ags are derivative works (original ag

NEPAL 🇳🇵 BHUTAN 🇧🇹 CHINA 🇨🇳

BANGLADESH 🇧🇩 MYANMAR 🇲🇲 SRI LANKA 🇱🇰

Indian National Flag :

• The top band is sa ron

Where is your house? Inside a colony within a  

Etymology- what do the continent names mean? 