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HOTS (Critical Thinking)
Plants in the Sahara Desert have long roots. Why?

Skill Based Questions

A. With the help of Internet find out about more such animals who have become synonymous with the
geography of the place they are found in. Share the information with the rest of the class. (Digital Literacy &
Exploration)
B. Collect information about the life of people living in the Thar Desert of India. Make a model of a village of
this area and display it in your classroom. (Exploratory & Art Integration)

Learning by Doing Experiential Learning

Just as the life of the nomads in the Sahara Desert is not easy, the life of the people in the mountains is difficult too. Act
out a play in pairs, with one student representing a person from the desert while the other represents a person from
the mountains. Exchange information about your lifestyle, worries, problems and ways you solve them by interacting
and dramatization.

Nurture the Values Life Skills

• Make a group discussion on the topic ‘Economic development in desert area could reduce population pressure
in the more fertile regions’.
• Make a project on Ladakh. Illustrate your project with as many pictures as you can collect.

Think Before You Write Cognitive Skills

Draw maps of the most famous deserts in the world and fill out the following information about them. Name the
desert and include a map of where you can find it. Then list the animals that can survive in this desert.

Name: Name: Name:
___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________

LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION

Insert the map here. Insert the map here. Insert the map here.

List of Animals List of Animals List of Animals
1. __________________________ 1. __________________________ 1. __________________________

2. __________________________ 2. __________________________ 2. __________________________
3. __________________________ 3. __________________________ 3. __________________________

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