Please select a subject first
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Pick out the word that refers to the following:
Boundaries or limits of a field.
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‘Music is the medicine of the mind’. Narrate an experience that leads to the above conclusion. Write it in your own words, in your notebook.
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You will come across many famous personalities in the story. Go to the library or search on the internet the following names and write a few lines about the personalities given below.
(a) Albert Einstein
(b) Johann S. Bach
(c) Bing Crosby
(d) John McCormack
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Divide the class into four groups. Collect pictures or draw images of various musical instruments, of the following categories.
(a) Stringed Instruments (Guitar)
(b) Wind Instruments (Flute)
(c) Percussion Instruments (Tabla)
(d) Solid Metal Instruments (Cymbals)
Paste and decorate pictures on separate sheets of paper. Give proper headings and names. Compile into a file with a cover and suitable file-title.
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Complete the following sentence.
The narrator was not happy about the concert because _____________.
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Complete the following sentence.
When the narrator turned to look at his neighbour, he ___________________.
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Complete the following sentence.
The narrator’s memory has an image of Einstein as ________________.
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Complete the following sentence.
Einstein was surprised to hear that __________.
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Complete the following sentence.
The greatest act towards human beings is ________________.
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Get into pairs and match the prominent personalities with the disabilities they had :
| ‘A' | ‘B’ |
| (1) John Milton | The great German composer and musician who became deaf at the age of 28 years |
| (2) Beethoven | The great English poet who became blind at the age of 43 years. |
| (3) Stephen Hawking | An American enterpreneur, animator, voice actor, had a learning disability. |
| (4) Walt Disney | Famous scientist of the 20th century who was paralyzed. |
| (5) Albert Einstein | A great inventor who has over 1000 patents had a learning disability and became deaf. |
| (6) Thomas Edison | Great 20th Century scientist and noted physicist who had a learning disability. |
| (7) Hellen Keller | Dancer whose leg had to be amputated because of an accident. |
| (8) Sudha Chandran | Was blind and deaf. |
| (9) Tanay Grey-Thompson | Had polio and was elected as the President of the United States for four terms. |
| (10) Franklin Roosevelt | Is a wheelchair racer. |
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Observe the timeline and search the occurrences according to it. Prepare a chart.
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Make a list of books written by Stephen Hawking.
| Name of the book | What’s in it? (topics covered) | His contribution to the world |
| 1. _______________ | (a)_______________ | |
| 2. _______________ | (b) _______________ | |
| 3. _______________ | (c) _______________ | |
| 4. _______________ | (d) _______________ |
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Make a list of Hawking’s physical inabilities after 1963.
(a) __________________ (d) __________________
(b) _________________ (e) __________________
(c) __________________ (f) __________________
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Shape your mind. Complete the network of cluster diagrams with the name of great personalities and their contribution.
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Complete the following web.
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Explain how the life of Stephen Hawking proves the proverb ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’. Write it down in your notebook.
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Justify your stand/ answer by quoting a line from the text.
Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Justify your stand/ answer by quoting a line from the text.
Hawking believed that man cannot live on other planets in the future.
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Justify your stand/ answer by quoting a line from the text.
Though Hawking lost control over his body, he writes with a prolific rate with the help of assistants.
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Justify your stand/ answer by quoting a line from the text.
Hawking has written or co-written more than 25 books.
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