Our Family
A family is largely defined by the relationships between the members. It includes those people with whom we share, or have shared common space over a period of time. A family is important because our mental growth, well-being and stability ass depend on our family. Our family is our first school. We learn many things from our family much before our formal education begins. We learn important values concerning communication, love and respect. We must try our best to strengthen the bond between our family members and us by caring for our parents, giving due regards to our elders and loving our younger brothers and sisters. Above all, we must never hurt the feelings of our family members.
I. Read the paragraph given above and do the following practice exercise :
a. Fill in the blanks.
1. A family is largely defined by the ____________________ between the members.
2. We learn important values concerning communication, ____________________ and _____________________.
3. We must never _____________________ the feelings of our family members.
b. Answer the following questions briefly :
1. Why is our family considered our first school?
2. How can we strengthen the bond between our family members and us?
3. Why is family important for us?
Shifting From Place To Place
People have many reasons why they might want to move from one place to another. Some families leave their home or native place and move permanently to a new place due to the problems faced by them like poor educational facilities,
war, worse climatic conditions, lesser employment opportunities, etc. Some movements take place because of marriages, pursuing higher education abroad and transfers in Central Government job.
The movement of a person or a group of people to settle in another place is called Migration. It can be temporary or permanent. Emigration means to leave one’s country to live in another and the people who emigrate are called emigrants.
Immigration means to come into another country to live permanently and the people who immigrate are called immigrants. For example, if a person lives in India and moves to the United States to live permanently, then he is an emigrant
from India and immigrant to United States. The same person is an emigrant when he leaves his own country or region and an immigrant when he arrives somewhere else.
Sometimes, during construction of bridges, dams and highways, land is taken away from people. They are then given land somewhere else. This is called Displacement. Sometimes, the government demolishes or destructs houses and
buildings built on unauthorised land. This is called Demolition. The people living in such places have to move to a new place.
II. Read the paragraph given above and do the following practice exercise :
a. Choose the correct option :
1. Leaving one’s country to live in another country.
a. Immigration b. Emigration c. Demolition
2. A person who comes into another country to live permanently.
a. Immigrant b. Emigrant c. Tenant
3. Movement of people to the new land given to them in place of the land taken away from them for construction of bridges, dams and highways.
a. Demolition b. Transfer c. Displacement
b. Answer the following questions briefly:
1. Define migration.
2. Mention any two problems faced by people in their native places which force them to migrate.
3. What is demolition?
