Page 15 - Social Studies 5

This way, the initiations
of Rita and joint efforts
of people have got
success to bring change
in the community. Now,
the community people

work together to solve
common problems. They
also cooperate each
other even to solve their
individual problems. The
neighbouring communities
state that the community of Rita is well cultured and civilized.

Glossary

authority - the power or right to give orders
campaign - an organized course of action to achieve a goal
civilized - polite and good-mannered; bring (a place or
people) to a stage of social development considered
to be more advanced
identity - the fact of being who or what a person or thing is
vaccines - used to provide immunity against one or several
diseases
welfare - social effort designed to promote the basic physical
and material well-being of people in need
common - belonging to or involving the whole of a community
or the public at large
recognize - acknowledge the existence
particular - especially; as contrasted with a universal quality
external - coming or derived from a source outside the
subject affected
barren - too poor to produce much or any vegetation

Note to the teacher: Help the children to understand the basic community works like cleaning campaign,
renovation of temple or construction of ‘chautaro’/common well, etc. Encourage them to involve in
community work and tell them the advantage of it.

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