2/22/2022

100 Days of Reading: Week 8 (Stories, Props and Plays)

 

100 Days of Reading: Week 8 (Stories, Props and Plays)

All activities will be conducted in the classroom(offline).

Class I-II

Words are my claim to fame
 Creating a newspaper of the week – Children can write about the stories they have read in the last week or month, in a way that it becomes a class newspaper.

Class III-V

Prop Up
 The teacher prepares a bag full of props (like crown, sword, pot, gloves, ring, wand, etc.) or a list of props for students at home.
 The children pick out (or in case of students from home, teachers randomly assign) a prop and students write how they would use the prop to do a good deed.
 Then each student reads their creation to whole class.

Class VI-VIII

Read and Enact

 The students are assigned to work in groups
 They are provided a short play to read
 Next, they are asked to collaborate with one another and enact the entire story. This integration of Reading with performing arts gives the learner an additional boost and adds more fun dimensions to reading.

Celebration of World Thinking Day on 22nd Feb 2022

 





World Thinking Day, celebrated on February 22, is a day of friendship, sisterhood, and empowerment where Girl Scouts and Girl Guides across the world speak out on issues that affect girls and young women. Did you know that this event raises funds for 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts across the world? The theme for 2022 World Thinking Day is ‘Our World, Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality.’

World Thinking Day 2022: Significance

The day is used as an opportunity to speak out on issues that affect young women and fundraise for 10 million Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 150 countries. The day is celebrated by millions of young girls and women. The issue of appreciating other countries and cultures, and equally increasing awareness and sensitivity on global concerns are talked about on the day.

Every year on 22 February, Rangers from Mona Burgin's Unit in Auckland, New Zealand, set off before dawn, while it is still dark, and they climb to the top of Maungawhau / Mount Eden and as the sun rises over the sea they raise the Guide World Flag, they sing the World Song, and they speak of some of the people and the countries they are Thinking.

World Thinking Day 2022: History

22nd February is marked as the birthday of both Lord Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement, and Lady Olave Baden-Powell, his wife and the First World Chief Guide by the delegates.

At the Fourth Girl Scout International Conference held in 1926, the need for a special international day was highlighted by the conference delegates, when Girl Guides and Girl Scouts would think of the worldwide spread of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting, and of all the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world, giving them, their “Sisters”, thanks and appreciation.

However, at the 30th World Conference in 1999, the name was changed from “Thinking Day” to “World Thinking Day”, so as to emphasize the global aspect of the special day.

World Thinking Day 2022: Theme

Each year a theme is set for the special day. This year's World Thinking Day 2022 theme is 'Our World, Our Equal Future: The environment and gender equality'. Also last year it was 'Stand Together for peace' and before that for 2020 it was 'Living Threads'.

2/21/2022

Celebration of International Mother Language Day 2022


International Mother Language Day पर आधारित एक तस्वीर



मानव जीवन में भाषा की बहुत महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका होती है क्योंकि इसी के माध्यम से दूरदराज के देशों तक भी संवाद स्थापित किया जा सकता है। मातृभाषा की मदद से न केवल क्षेत्रीय भाषाओं के बारे में जानने-समझने में सहायता मिलती है, बल्कि एक-दूसरे से बातचीत करना भी आसान हो जाता है।

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मातृभाषा दिवस का इतिहास

यूनेक्को की ओर से मातृभाषा दिवस मनाने की घोषणा 17 नवंबर 1999 को की गई थी और पहली बार वर्ष 2000 में इस दिन को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मातृभाषा दिवस के रूप में मनाया गया था। 21 फरवरी को ही यह दिवस मनाए जाने का सुझाव कनाडा में रहने वाले बांग्लादेशी रफीकुल इस्लाम द्वारा किया गया था, जिन्होंने बांग्ला भाषा आंदोलन के दौरान ढाका में 1952 में हुई नृशंस हत्याओं को स्मरण करने के लिए यह दिन प्रस्तावित किया था।

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मातृभाषा दिवस 2022 की थीम

इस बार इस महत्वपूर्ण दिवस की थीम है 'बहुतभाषी शिक्षा के लिए प्रोद्यौगिकी का उपयोग: चुनौतियां और अवसर'

अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मातृभाषा दिवस मनाने का उद्देश्य

भाषा के महत्व को देखते हुए संस्कृति व बौद्धिक विरासत की रक्षा करने, भाषाई व सांस्कृतिक विविधता एवं बहुभाषावाद का प्रचार करने और दुनियाभर की विभिन्न मातृभाषाओं के प्रति जागरूकता बढ़ाने तथा उनके संरक्षण के लिए यूनेस्को हर साल 21 फरवरी को अंतर्राष्ट्रीय मातृभाषा दिवस मनाया जाता है।

कितनी भाषाएं हैं इस वक्त आंकड़ों में दर्ज?

संयुक्त राष्ट्र के आंकड़ों के मुताबिक दुनियाभर में बोली जाने वाली करीब 6900 भाषाएं हैं और इनमें से 90 प्रतिशत भाषाएं बोलने वाले लोग एक लाख से भी कम है, लेकिन चिंता की बात यह है कि दुनियाभर में बोली जाने वाली इन 6900 भाषाओं में से करीब 43 फीसदी भाषाएं लुत्पप्राय हैं। संयुक्त राष्ट्र के अनुसार हर हफ्ते में एक भाषा गायब होती है और दुनिया एक पूरी सांस्कृतिक एवं बौद्धिक विरासत खो देती है।

सबसे ज्यादा बोली जाने वाली भाषाएं

आज विश्व में सबसे ज्यादा बोली जाने वाली भाषाओं में अंग्रेजी, जापानी, स्पैनिश, हिंदी, बांग्ला, रूसी, पंजाबी, पुर्तगाली, अरबी इत्यादि शामिल हैं।

वैश्वीकरण के इस दौर में बेहतर रोजगार के अवसरों के लिए विदेशी भाषा सीखने की होड़ मातृभाषाओं के लुप्त होने के पीछे एक प्रमुख कारण माना जाता है।

2/20/2022

World Day of Social Justice 2022


World Day of Social Justice 2022: Find out theme, history, significance of this day

On 26 November 2007, the UN General Assembly declared that, starting from the 63rd session of the Assembly, 20 February will be celebrated annually as the World Day of Social Justice. Twitter/@UNGeneva


World Day of Social Justice is annually marked on 20 February. The objective of the day is to raise a voice against social injustice happening across the world. On this day various communities come together to address issues such as illiteracy, religious and physical discrimination, poverty; matters related to race, ethnicity and culture among others. By doing so, these communities work to make a socially integrated society.

Theme 

The theme for this year's World Day of Social Justice is “Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment”. Through this theme, the United Nations plans to promote the need to transition to formal employment, which is a necessary condition to reduce poverty and inequalities in society.

The UN believes that availability of decent work can lead to increase in productivity and sustainability of enterprises, which in turn can help countries grow. To help make this plan possible, several countries are utilising new technologies to identify potential employees.

History and Significance

The General Assembly announced that 20 February will be celebrated annually as the World Day of Social Justice on 26 November, 2007. The following year, the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 10 June collectively accepted the declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization.

During that time, this declaration became a powerful reaffirmation of ILO values that works towards helping  achieve progress and social justice in the context of globalisation.

Here are some inspiring quotes on social justice:

  • Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere - Martin Luther King, Jr (minister and activist)
  • Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create - Pope John Paul II (Former head of the Catholic Church)
  • Sometimes, the only way to get justice is to take it for yourself - Leigh Bardugo (Israeli-American fantasy author)
  • Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained - Helen Keller (American author and political activist)

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