NCERT Exploring Society: India and Beyond CLASS-8 PART-2 TEXTBOOK OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

Description

The Social Science
textbook for Grade 8 — Exploring Society: India and Beyond
Part 2 — carries forward the themes and approach of Part 1; the
focus is on core concepts and major developments. It endeavours
to keep the students engaged in learning through illustrations,
maps and pictures laid out in an attractive design. There are
abundant reflective exercises and activities embedded in the
text to support exploration, discovery and meaning-making. The
thematic approach with a multidisciplinary lens continues, helping
students to understand ideas and concepts holistically. The text
integrates the values we desire our students to develop, is rooted
in the Indian cultural context and introduces global perspectives
in an age-appropriate manner. For all practical purposes, it has, to
my mind, succeeded in its curricular goals: first, to foster natural
curiosity among students through a proper selection of content,
and second, through a pedagogical approach in line with the
recommendations of NCF-SE 2023.