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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                  SESSION 2020 – 21
                                                        Class – VII
                                                          CIVICS
                                   CH-4: GROWING UP AS BOYS AND GIRLS


                                                    LESSON NOTES

                                   Sub-Topic 1 : GROWING UP IN SOMOA IN THE 1920s


                                                   GROWING UP MALE IN MADHYA PRADESH
                                                   IN THE 1960s






             GROWING UP IN                 Samoan Islands in the 1920s:
             SAMOA IN THE 1920s                -  In 1920s, the youngsters of these Islands did not go to
                                                   school.
                                               -  When the infants began strolling on claim, they were
                                                   left under the care of their more established siblings
                                                   and sisters.
                                               -  Youngsters as old as five years cared for their more
                                                   youthful kin.
                                               -  After achieving their 9 years old, young men joined the
                                                   more established young men for open air exercises
                                                   like planting coconuts, fishing.
                                               -  Young ladies kept taking care of the more youthful
                                                   ones.
                                               -  When young ladies moved toward becoming
                                                   youngsters (14 years), they were permitted more
                                                   opportunity as they could then go for fishing and ranch
                                                   exercises or help their moms in cooking, and so froth.
             GROWING UP MALE IN            Madhya Pradesh in the 1960s:
             MADHYA PRADESH IN                 -  From class IV onwards, boys and girls want to
             THE 1960s                             separate schools.
                                               -  The girls’ school had a central courtyard where they
                                                   played in seclusion and safety from the outside.
                                               -  Boy’s school did not have separate enclosures.
                                               -  The boys used the streets as a place to stand around
                                                   idling, to play, to try out tricks with their bicycles.
                                               -  The girls always went in groups because they also
                                                   carried fears of being teased or attacked.
                                           Distinctions between boys and girls:
                                               -  Our society makes distinctions between boys and girls
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