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About the book

’s New Social Studies book is an appropriately graded series of social
studies for school children. It is an appropriately planned series that fulfills the needs
of students and teachers and meets the changing situations of our country and the
world.
Salient features of the book:
v The entire curriculum has been divided into seven units as specified by the
Curriculum Development Centre, Government of Nepal. Similarly the second phase
of the book has creative art. This lesson helps students develop various skills and
creativity. For the convenience of the teachers, Audio-Visual materials are provided
with the book. It is a very new trend in the field of education in Nepal.
v The objectives of the lessons given at the beginning of each lesson enable teachers
to clearly understand the theme of the lesson and plan accordingly.
v The note to the teacher is placed at the bottom of each lesson with guidelines and
some useful tips for teachers about presenting the lesson in a useful and meaningful
way.

v Evaluation exercises are presented in such a way; so that the students solve the
problems by themselves. This also gives an idea to the teachers to understand
whether students have grasped the theme of the lesson or not. There are textual
questions in which the students read the text and solve the problems.
v The content of the lessons are written in simple language with colourful illustrations.
Social, ethnic, geographical diversities and gender equality are given special
attention.
v o make the text more interesting for students, the lessons contain various reading
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materials such as stories, dialogues, letters etc.
v At the end of every unit, one fun exercise is given.
v At the end of each unit, a list of glossary and revision exercises are given for each
respective unit.

We would like to express our sincere thanks to the principals and teachers who
have recommended ’s New Social Studies book to their students and
schools. We are confident that these books will meet the objectives set forth by CDC/
Government of Nepal. We highly appreciate the opinion and constructive suggestions
from the teachers and intellectuals.
- Authors