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Question
There can be many reasons for changes in families. Can you think of some more reasons?
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Solution
Changes happen in families because of several reasons.
Some of the reasons for changes are-
- Birth of a new child.
- Marriage of a family member.
- Transfer of a family member to other places because of work.
- Getting a good job by a family member.
- Getting admission to a good school or college by a family member.
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In Tsering’s family -
Do you remember the picture of Sitamma’s family tree which we saw in Class III?
- You had also drawn a family tree of your own family. Let us again draw the family tree of last year in your notebook.
- Ask your grandmother or grandfather how many members were there in their family when they were your age? Then draw a family tree in your notebook of their family when they were young.
- Can you see yourself, your brother or your sister, your mother or your father, anywhere in this family tree?
- Now draw a family tree of your present family in your notebook.
- Can you see yourself anywhere in this family tree? Who are the members of your family today? Where are your grandparents?
Can you tell in what ways the family tree of your grandmother or grandfather in their childhood is different from your family tree today?
Have you heard of a Law that talks about the ages before which girls and boys must not get married?
- Has anybody in your family got married recently? Who?
- What was the age of the bride and the groom?
- What kind of dresses they wore?
Bride - ______
Groom - ______ - What kind of dishes were there? Name them.
