MONKEY BUSINESS...:)

Earth Song By Michael Jackson./Lyrics

"Earth Song" (Lyrics)

What about sunrise
What about rain
What about all the things
That you said we were to gain...
What about killing fields
Is there a time
What about all the things
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the blood we've shed before
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores?

Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh

What have we done to the world
Look what we've done
What about all the peace
That you pledge your only son...
What about flowering fields
Is there a time
What about all the dreams
That you said was yours and mine...
Did you ever stop to notice
All the children dead from war
Did you ever stop to notice
The crying Earth the weeping shores

Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh

I used to dream
I used to glance beyond the stars
Now I don't know where we are
Although I know we've drifted far

Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh
Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh

Hey, what about yesterday
(What about us)
What about the seas
(What about us)
The heavens are falling down
(What about us)
I can't even breathe
(What about us)
What about apathy
(What about us)
I need you
(What about us)
What about nature's worth
(ooo, ooo)
It's our planet's womb
(What about us)
What about animals
(What about it)
We've turned kingdoms to dust
(What about us)
What about elephants
(What about us)
Have we lost their trust
(What about us)
What about crying whales
(What about us)
We're ravaging the seas
(What about us)
What about forest trails
(ooo, ooo)
Burnt despite our pleas
(What about us)
What about the holy land
(What about it)
Torn apart by creed
(What about us)
What about the common man
(What about us)
Can't we set him free
(What about us)
What about children dying
(What about us)
Can't you hear them cry
(What about us)
Where did we go wrong
(ooo, ooo)
Someone tell me why
(What about us)
What about babies
(What about it)
What about the days
(What about us)
What about all their joy
(What about us)
What about the man
(What about us)
What about the crying man
(What about us)
What about Abraham
What about death again
(ooo, ooo)
Do we give a damn

Aaaaaaaaah Oooooooooh

2nd Apr.-6th Apr. 2012 SST Class 7

The Europeans come to India. (Page 98)

Written task.

C.W.

Q1, Q2 and Q3 of the worksheet.

 H.W./Extension task:

Q2. Illustrate the three possible routes from Europe to India, on a world map.

The Europeans come to India. (Worksheet)

Q1. What did the Europeans want most from Asia and why?

Q2. Who were the first Europeans to reach India by sea? Who was their commander and what purpose did they  have in their mind for their visit?

Q3. Later other European nations also joined the Portuguese. The main ones were:

a. Dutch.

b. French.

c. British.

Make notes on above countries mentioning their religion, their trading companies and their aims.

Q4.

a. Give one-word-answer of the following: 

i)        Christopher Columbus discovered this land mass.

ii)      The nationality of the governor Albuquerque.    

iii)    Where is Hormuz located today?

iv)    The religious beliefs of Portuguese.

v)      British East India Company was formed in this year. 

vi)    The European nation which established trading ports at Madras, Surat and Bombay.

b. True or False? Correct the False ones. 

i)        The Dutch and British were Catholics too.

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ii)      British had their factories set up at Pondicherry, Mahe and Chadernagar.

iii)    Britain and France continued to be at war in India as well.

iv)    Joseph Dupleix a Frenchman was the governor of Bombay in 1741.

                     

The trouble with fossil fuels (Page 80)

Written task:

C.W.

Q1, Q2 and Q3 on page 81 of the textbook.

H.W. : Read Chapter “Is solar power the answer?”

Extension task: Q4 on page 81 of the textbook.

       

Does any of this even happen?

Are we the same ignorant people who care of nothing except ourselves?

Do we think that someone else will make a change and we don't have to?

This is the cause of our trouble. We don't want to do anything. We think that everything will be okay and nothing will happen to us.

Look around you do you see the earth that used to be there before humanity? Before anyone was here? 

We are the ultimate reason the earth is getting destroyed.

This Earth day we celebrate the beauty of the earth. BUT is there any left?

We must VOW that we will save the earth

WE will:

NOT

Spread Pollution

Use CFC's

Use Aerosols

Waste Water

Walk

And Finally JUST Save the Earth

Courtesy ATIF MOEEZ.

2nd Term 2nd Assessment Social Studies Syllabus for Class 7.

GEOGRAPHY.

1. The savanna.                            
2. People everywhere.
3. People and resources.       
4. So where is every one?

HISTORY

1. The Early Mughals
2. Akbar’s Reforms

Best of luck to all....:)

Date: 12th Mar-16th Mar 2012/19th Mar-22ndMar 2012

Aurangzeb’s achievements part-1

C.W.

Q1. What financial reforms were brought by Aurangzeb? Categorize them according to the Reforms accepted by:

• Muslims.
• Hindus.

Q2. Compare Emperor Akbar and Aurangzeb on the basis of their religious policies in the Subcontinent.

H.W. Read Chapter “The end of the Mughal Empire”.

Extension Task.

Q3. Prepare a flow chart on “Religious reforms by Aurangzeb”.

Electricity- energy made easy. (Page 74)

Written Work

C.W.

Q3 and Q4 on page 75 of the textbook.

H.W.  Read Chapter “How the world depends on the fossil fuels”.

Extension task:

Q. Draw a flow chart showing distribution of electricity for domestic use.

Activity to explore some options to spin a turbine to produce electricity.

1. A Handout on the three options to spin a turbine in production of electricity will be provided to 4 groups of students. The groups will study the handout and share their knowledge with their class fellows in a presentation by selected members of the groups.

2. Written Task:

Q5 on page 75 of the textbook.

3.Conclusion:

A whole class discussion on “distribution of electricity”.

Aurangzeb’s achievements part-2

1) Fish Bowl Activity/ Circle Time, will be conducted to get prior knowledge about rule of Auranzeb. Following topics on Auranzeb will be discussed:

- Auranzeb coming to Throne.

- Auranzeb’s Financial Reforms

- Auranzeb’s Religious Reforms.

2) Whole class discussion, class will be divided on two groups and will have a debate on a controversial issue of Auranzeb as a competent ruler or a ruler who undermined his own decisions. Teacher will act as a facilitator.

C.W.

1) Was Auranzeb responsible for the decline of Mughal Empire . How?

2) Compare Emperor Akbar and Aurangzeb’s place in History.

How the World Depends on Fossil Fuels (Page 76)

1)Students will be taken to resource room to show a documentary on Fossil Fuels

Http:// www.multimedia-english.com/contentido/ficha/global-warming-nationalgeographic/356

2) Students will do a pictorial study of the picture of Page 76 in pairs followed by a class discussion.

3) Students will be divided in groups and will be asked to prepare presentations on the following topics:

- Fueling the World

- Developing with Fossil Fuels.

- So who has Fossil Fules.

- The world’s known Deposits of Fossil Fuels.

C.W

Q1, 2, 3 & 5 Page 77
H.W.
Read "The end of the Mughal Empire".
Bahadur Shah II (Urdu: بہادر شاہ دوم), born Abu Zafar Sirajuddin Muhammad Bahadur Shah Zafar (Urdu: ابو ظفر سِراجُ الْدین محمد بُہادر شاہ ظفر), on October 1775  – died November 7, 1862) was last of the Mughal emperors in India, and ruler of the Timurid Dynasty. He was son of Akbar Shah II and Lalbai, who was a Hindu Rajput. He became Mughal Emperor when his father died on September 28, 1837. He was widely known as Bahadur Shah Zafar. He used Zafar a part of his name, meaning “victory”,^[1] as a nom de plume (takhallus) too, as anUrdu poet. He has written many Urdu ghazals. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 the British Administration exiled him from Delhi. 

Bahadur Shah Zafar in 1858, just after his trial in Delhi and before his departure for exile in Rangoon. This is possibly the only photograph ever taken of a Mughal emperor. 

Courtesy http://en.wikipedia.org

Area 51: A Mystery to date

Area 51 is in a way related to ALOT of mysteries.
For example the largest of which that it is some kind of alien base in which intergalactic lifeforms and humans stage meeting, it used to be a nuclear testing facility and has many big craters in its perimeter, it bears resemblance to the lunar surface and it is believed that the filming of the hoaxed apollo 11 was done there.
Altough most of Area 51 activity is done underground you can still see many things of suspicion if looked from google earth.

Further more area 51 is situated near groom lake.

Actually there are 3 dry lakes

The lake immediately infront is groom lake where area 51 is situated.

In the furthest lake there is another air base which has a hanger housing a sausur type object measuring 107 feet

Possibly an Unidentified flying object to us civilians!

In the bottom left area (not the extreme left) us can see a hanger sort of shape.

Here is a bigger image:

         Look at that hangar (NOT THE RED CIRCLED) that may house a UFO

AND Now the apollo 11 conspiracy:

Every one knows that apollo 11 was fake to prove it watch these videos:

and

 now if you believe this look at the following picture of area 51 

It does resemble the moon doesn't it?

Now answer this do you believe area 51 has something suspicious? 

Its you opinion

Date: 27th Feb.- 2nd Mar. 2012 & 5th Mar-9th Mar 2012.

 Jehangir and Shahjehan Part-1
PEACOCK THRONE
Courtesy Ms.Sumbul Faheem

TAJ MAHAL (A documentary)

C.W.

Q1. In the boxes below write a few words to describe how Jehangir tried to please Muslims, Hindus and Afghans in Bengal.  (3 marks)

Muslims
Hindus
Afghans

Q2. Fill in the blanks:

i)         Khusrou was  ---------of Jehangir.

ii)       Jehangir lost Kandahar to the king of ------------.

iii)      Nurjehan’s name appeared on ----------- when she became -----------.

iv)      Nurjehan died --------- years after Jehangir’s death.

Extension task.

Q3. List three aspects from Nurjehan’s life which tell us that she was ambitious.

H.W.

Read Chapter “Jehangir & Shahjehan” page 85.

 Fuels just a store of energy (Page 72)

ONLINE QUIZ FOR STUDENTS

http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/science/fossil_fuels/quiz313.html

C.W.                                                     

Q1 and Q3 on page 73 of the textbook.

H.W. Read Chapter Fuels just a store of energy page 73.

Extension task:

Q. Draw a flow chart showing distribution of electricity for domestic use.

Nuruddin Muhammad Jahangir 1605 to 1627

EARLY LIFE                                         

Born as Prince Muhammad Salim, he was the third and eldest surviving son of Mughal Emperor Akbar. Akbar's twin sons, Hasan and Hussain, died in infancy. His mother was the Rajput Princess of Amber, Jodhabai (born Rajkumari Hira Kunwari, eldest daughter of Raja Bihar Mal or Bharmal, Raja of Amber, India).

Akbar developed an emotional attachment with the village Sikri (abode of Chishti). Therefore, he developed the town of Sikri and shifted his imperial court and residence from Agra to Sikri, later renamed as Fatehpur Sikri.

Education

Akbar ensured that his son received the best education possible. Salim started his studies at the age of four and was taught Farsi, Turkish, Arabic, Urdu, history, arithmetic, geography and other sciences by important tutors like Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, a renowned soldier and scholar.

Marriage

Salim was made a Mansabdar of ten thousand (Das-Hazari), the highest military rank of the empire, after the emperor. He independently commanded a regiment in the Kabul campaign of 1581, when he was barely twelve. His Mansab was raised to Twelve Thousand, in 1585, at the time of his betrothal to his cousin Manbhawati Bai, daughter of Bhagwan Das of Amber. Raja Bhagwant Das, was the son of Raja Bharmal and the brother of Akbar's wife Rajkumari Hira Kunwari, also known as Mariam Zamani.

Noor Jahan

The emperor Akbar died in 1605 and was succeeded by prince Salim, who took the regal name Jahangir. After her husband Sher Afghan (who was appointed as jagirdar of Bardhaman, a city in Bengal) was killed in 1607.

In March 1611, her fortune took a turn for the better. She met the emperor Jahangir at the palace meena bazaar during the spring festival Nowruz new year. Jahangir grew so infatuated by her beauty that he proposed immediately and they were married on May 25 of the same year becoming his twentieth wife.

Mughal empress: For Mehr-un-Nisaa's own immediate family, marriage to Jahangir became a great boon with several members receiving sizeable endowments and promotions as a result. This affection led to Nur Jahan wielding a great deal of actual power in affairs of state. The Mughal state gave absolute power to the emperor, and those who exercised influence over the emperor gained immense influence and prestige. Jahangir's addiction to opium and alcohol made it easier for Nur Jahan to exert her influence. She even gave audiences at her palace and the ministers consulted with her on most matters. Indeed, Jahangir even permitted coinage to be struck in her name, something that traditionally defined sovereignty.

Death of Nur Jahan

When Jahangir died in 1628, Nur Jahan's brother Asaf Khan took the side of his son-in-law Khurrum against his sister. It was Khurram who became the new Mughal emperor under the regal name Shah Jahan. Nur Jahan was confined to a comfortable mansion for the rest of her life.

During this period, she paid for and oversaw the construction of her father's mausoleum in Agra, known now as Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb, and occasionally composed Persian poems under the assumed name of Makhfi [1].

Nur Jahan died in 1645 at age 68, and is buried at Shahdara Bagh in Lahore, Pakistan in a tomb she had built herself, near the tomb of Jahangir. Her brother Asaf Khan's tomb is also located nearby.

 Jehangir and Shahjehan Part-2

 Rep-Rotation activity will be conducted on the following topics. Students will be divided into 5 groups of 5 students and each group will be allotted one of the following topics.

·         Shah Jehan as an emperor

·         Shah Jehan as an architect

·         Mumtaz Mahal

·         Shah Jehan’s religious policies

·         End of Shah Jehan’s reign

2. Written work:

C.W.

Q1. How did Shah Jehan capture his father’s empire?

Q2. List different aspects that show that Shah Jehan’s empire was rich and extravagant.

Q3. How did Aurangzeb overthrow Shah Jehan’s empire?

Extension task:

Q4.What changes did Shah Jehan bring in his religious policies during his reign?

C.W.

Q1. Describe in three lines the pictures given on page 84 and 85 of the text book.

Q2. Give reasons for the following:                                                                /6

i)                     Shah Jehan became emperor with ease …..

ii)                   Though Shah Jehan was tolerant of all religions but he persecuted Portuguese Christians……

iii)                  Aurangzeb imprisoned Shah Jehan in fortress of Agra…..

Q3 Write two lines about the following creations of                                       /4

       Shah Jehan?                                                         

i)                     Peacock Throne

ii)                   Taj Mahal

Extension Task:  Compare Emperor Shah Jehan with any one monarch of today.

H.W.; Read “Aurangzeb’s achievements”.

 Fuels just a store of energy-Part- 2. (Page 73

. Topic on energy is continuing and now Debate focusing following topics will be conducted. Debate will be carried out between two groups. Each group members will discuss among themselves and prepare debate and two students will deliver the speech.

• I cannot live without electricity, focusing “Distribution of electricity”.
•  Earth, apple of my eye, focusing “Renewable and Non renewable resources of energy”.

2. C.W.

Q4 and Q5 on page 73 of the textbook.

Extension task:

Q2 on page 73 of the textbook.

Earth Hour 2012...switch off lights at 08.30 pm on Saturday 31st March, 2012.

Dare the World to Save the Planet for Earth Hour 2012 - switch off your lights at 8.30pm on Saturday 31st March and share the positive action you will take for the environment. From February 16, upload your I Will If You Will challenge on YouTube.com/EarthHour

Courtesy www.youtube.com

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Akbar's Reforms.

The Tomb of Akbar the Great at Sikandra

Five miles northwest of Agra stands the magnificent tomb in which the dust of the great Moghul emperor Akbar reposes. The approach to the mausoleum is beneath a grand portal and up a handsome pathway lined on either side with trees and fragrant shrubs. The building itself is of red sandstone, except the upper storey, which is of the finest white marble. In the midst of this upper tier is a superb white marble cenotaph resting upon a tessellated pavement and standing directly above the place where, in a vaulted chamber, three storeys below, lie the remains of him who was India’s noblest king.

Akbar's Palace, Fatehpur Sikri

When Emperor Akbar conquered Gujarat, he expanded the name by adding Fatehpur to Sikri and since then ‘Sikri’ became known as Fatehpur Sikri. Akbar established the town of Fatehpur Sikri to commemorate his Gujarat victory and even made this city his new capital that remained operational between 1570 and 1586. But extreme scarcity of water forced Akbar to reshift his capital to Agra from Fatehpur Sikri and the city was abandoned. 

Akbar's Reforms

Akbar's attitude towards the Hindus, especially in the years of the Divine Faith, 1585 to 1595, encouraged nationalist feelings among them. They began to believe that their majority status entitled them to rule the country. For the same reason, Muslims wanted an emperor who would follow Islam in the traditional manner. They eventually found such an emperor in Akbar's descendant, Aurangzeb.

When Akbar had settled the rebellions that occurred in the early years of his reign, he determined to make his empire better, richer and more just for everyone. He tried to establish a real Indian culture, rather than imposing an alien culture on the local inhabitants as the Persian, Afhan and Mongol invaders had done in the past. In order to achieve this, he believed that people of different races and religions should learn to live together as equals. There were four main aspects of his reform programme:

Army

Akbar knew that a well-trained army was necessary to put down rebellions and to conquer more land. He abolished the old jagir system whereby senior army officers had been paid by land grants. Akbar himself chose and paid his commanders. They all took an oath of loyalty to him alone.

Under the mansabdari system he set up, the nobles were given ranks. They were all paid to recruit, equip, train and command a certain number of soldiers. The lowest noble had to keep a force of ten trained man, chiefs and important nobles maintained up 5000 soldiers, while royal princess maintained up to 10,000 soldiers. Every year they had to parade before the emperor to show that they were ready for battle. By this means, Akbar always had an efficient, well-trained army ready at a moment's notice to go to war.

Administration and Justice

Akbar divided his empire into 15 provinces. Each of these was under a governor appointed and paid by the emperor himself. The governor was responsible to the emperor for the general running of the province, including law and order and administration.

Akbar also appointed the judges who dealt with criminal cases. For civil cases, Muslims were tried by Shariah law and Hindus by juries of their own caste. Tax officials were responsible directly to the governors did not have the money, and the tax officials did not have the soldiers, to start a rebellion. Officials were transferred from time to time to prevent them from establishing a power base in any one region.

Money Akbar knew he had to have plenty of money to pay for the army and officials. The taxes were still based  on land and crops, and in many parts of the empire, especially in the Delhi area, all the land was taken by the government. The fields were remeasure, and the crops of each area were recorded by name. The people were then taxed one-third of the value of the crops, instead of one-half as in the past. The money was sent directly to the royal Treasury by officials who were closely checked to prevent corruption. These officials acted as advisers to the farmers and encouraged them to grow Ne, high-value crops such as sugar, cotton, maize and indigo because increased profits meant greater tax revenues for the government. To increase trade, Akbar built new roads with trees, rest houses and wells. As money gradually began to take the place of bartering in trade, Akbar had new mints built to make gold, silver and copper coins.. Banks and moneylenders began to appear. Much of all this was run by Hindu merchants so that a Strong Hindu middle class evolved, especially in the cities.

Religion

Akbar realized that differences in religion caused many of the problems in his empire, so he tried to bring Muslims and Hindus closer together.

He encouraged Muslims to marry Hindu women, especially Rajputs, as he himself had done. To please the Hindus, he forbade the kill inf of cows and abolished the jizya tax and the tax on Hindu pilgrmages. The destruction of Hindu temples was made a crime, and many Hindus were given very high positions in the government and army. This friendly attitude convinced many Raput princes to join him and become senior officials and generals in his empire. Ins some places, however, the Hindus had so much power that they began to persecute the Muslims.

Many Muslims felt that they were being unfairly treated. In order to please them, Akbar tried to stop the Hindu practices of suttee and child marriage. He also banned other Hindu practices like the killing of baby girls and discouraged animal sacrifices.

Divine Faith

In Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar had a Hall of Worship where he met Muslim scholar to discuss the Islamic faith and the Quran. Later, scholars religions leaders of other religions -- Hinduism, Jainism, Christianity and Zoroatrianism -- were invited to join the discussions. Akbar felt that all religions were really trying to achieve the same end for heir followers -- to reach paradise and bring about communion with God. It was just that they had different ways of going about it.

In 1582 Akbar began a new religion, Din-i-Ilahi, which he said contained the best teaching of all the other religions. Allah, the Prophet (PBUH) and the Quran were still the foundation of the new faith, but Akbar said he was Allah's representative on earth. As Allah's representative, people of all ranks had to bow down to the ground before him. Naturally, all of this made Muslims very angry because according to Islam people should bow down only before Allah. Only a few courtiers joined Akbar's new religion. He himself returned to Islam about ten years later.

Video showing Akbar's Reforms/Akbar's Din-i-Ellahi.

Dear Students you will find the video on right hand side....showing Akbar's palace that he made at Fatehpur Sikri. It was here he had a new religion made which shows his tolerance towards other religions.

http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/gallery/photos/15.html#fatehpur_sikri_video

Date: 6^th Feb.- 10^th Feb. 2012 

 C.W.

Q1. How was Akbar able to achieve a better, richer and a just empire?

Q2. Describe Mansabdari system of Akbar.

Q3. How did Akbar control the law and order situation of his empire?

H.W. Read Akbar’s Reforms page 83.

Extension task:

Q4. What steps were taken by Akbar to bring reform in tax collection?

Q5. Fill in the blanks:

i)         Akbar realized that differences in ----------------- may cause problem in his ----------.

ii)       Akbar himself married a Hindu ----------- woman to show ------------ towards Hindus.

iii)      To please the Hindus he forbade killing of ---------- and abolished -------------.

iv)     ------------- is a Hindu ----------------- in which a woman has to die with her dead husband.

v)       Akbar divided his empire into 15 ------------------- and appointed a ------------- in each.

Written task will be given having following questions.

C.W.

Q1 and Q5 on page 65 of the textbook.

H.W.

Read Chapter “So where is everyone?”

Extension task:

Q2 on page 65 of the textbook

Date: 13^th Feb.- 17^th Feb. 2012 
Written task: -
History.

C.W.

Q1. Akbar’s religious matters were very controversial, discuss.

Q2. Describe divine faith of Akbar?

Q3. How did Din-e-llahi become a negative aspect of Akbar’s reform?

Q4. Describe picture given on (page 83)

No H.W.  due to 1^st Assessment 2^nd Term.

Geography.

C.W: Q1,Q2,Q3 andQ4 on page 67 of the textbook will be given for class work.

Worksheet on Razia Sultana and links about rain forests by Ms Sumbul Faheem

Following are links for online games and other interesting activities.

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids/visits

http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids/games

http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/Kids

http://www.kidssavingtherainforest.org/main.html

Razia Sultana - Worksheet. (Courtesy Ms Sumbul Faheem)

Daughter of Iltutmush, Razia Sultana was the first female Muslim ruler of South Asia. She was a talented, wise, just and generous woman. She was a great administrator and was well versed in governmental affairs. She was not only a good leader in the battlefield but herself was also an excellent fighter. As the most capable son of Iltutmush died during his own life, and the rest were incompetent to govern, Iltutmush nominated his daughter, Razia Sultana, as his successor on the throne of Delhi. Whenever Iltutmush had to leave his capital, he used to leave Razia Sultana in charge of the affairs in Delhi.

Razia Sultana established complete law and order in her country. To rule the country, she abandoned her femininity and adopted a masculine getup. She used to dress as a man when appearing in public, be it in court or on the battlefield.

The Turkish nobles resented having a woman as their ruler. They began conspiring against her. She was defeated by the Turkish nobles and was compelled to flee away. A peasant who had offered her food and shelter while fleeing from an encounter killed her in her sleep. She died in 1240.

Answer the following questions:

1- Who was Razia Sultana?

2- Why did Iltutmish choose her as his heir?

3- What are her best qualities as a ruler?

4- Why did the Turkish nobles rebel against Razia?