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Preface

Megha's Integrated Social Studies series is an appropriately graded series of books for
school students. The primary level series consists of five books and the lower secondary,
three. It has the following salient features which make this series most appropriate for the
students as well as the teachers:

SALIENt FEAtURES oF thE BookS
 The entire curriculum has been divided into 7 Units as specified by CDC/Government
of Nepal.
 Each Unit has Lessons covering the entire curriculum and having add-ons.
 The content has been presented in a simplified and interesting manner to draw the
attention of the students.
 Texts have been supplemented with suitable illustrations.
 The activities have been divided into two basic types.
 think and Write. This allows the student to place himself/herself in a situation, think
and solve questions, which gives an idea to the teacher as to whether or not the
student has been able to internalise the ethos of the lesson.
 textual questions. This is a graded series of activities related to the content which
helps the teacher evaluate the content-based knowledge of the student.

SPECIAL FEAtURES oF BookS
 These are student-centric books with lessons arranged to draw the interest of the
students and expanding spirally from him/herself to his/her world.
 These are language-graded books with the text suitably edited by a board of language
editors.
 These are appropriately illustrated books reflecting the sociocultural touch of Nepal.
 These are activity-oriented books with sufficient activities to test the understanding
and knowledge of the students.

 These are (I - V) Creative Arts supplemented books.
 The book covers all the objectives prescribed by the CDC/Government of Nepal.

We are confident that the use of these books will help in achieving the objectives of social studies
in an interesting manner. Users will appreciate the fact that the book explores all the social and
cultural aspects of a nation as diverse as ours. While using this book, teachers can follow and
adjust to the sociocultural aspect of their particular environment.

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