2. KENDIRYA VIDYALAYA DHARWAD Prepared by SMITA. S. H.

3. A Different Kind Of School Introduction Games played in the school Vocabulary Recapitulation Comprehension Lesson based Activities Home work Work cited page

4. Introduction This lesson addresses an important social concern for the differently – able The theme sensitizes the learners to problems faced by these differently able persons.. Its aim is to make our children appreciate and understand misfortune and make them share in misfortune. In this school each term every child has to play different types of game like blind, lame, deaf, dumb and injured.

5. The real aim of this school is to teach thoughtfulness- Kindness to disabled persons and to make them a responsible citizens of the nation To make them understand how one can reach the height of success beyond one’s physical condition by giving some examples of such personalities.

6. Some activities Blind Activity Lame Activity Dumb Activity Deaf Activity Injured Activity

7. Blind Activity 1. During the blind day students’ eyes are bandaged absolutely and they are instructed not to peep. 2. The bandage is put on over night so they wake blind. This means that they need help with everything. 3. Other children are given the duty of helping them and leading them about. 4. They all learn so much this way – both the blind and the helpers

8. Deaf Activity In this game children’s ears are stuffed with cotton so that they can not listen to their friends’ conversation. They are bound to understand through the gesture by anyone. Thus they realize the problem of the deaf person.

9. Lame activity Students feel the lame day as a very funny day. They hop with a leg tied-up. Sometimes an arm was tied-up but it was a more troublesome, because one can not eat without help.

10. Dumb activity In this game children’s mouths are bandaged. They have not to speak even a single word. Thus they really have to exercise their will-power. Some children feel that this day is the most difficult game because they can not bandage their mouths.

11. Injured Activity On this day the children play a role of an injured person. They cry for help because of pain. Thus they feel how to help an injured person.

12. Vocabulary WordsMeanings Bandage to tie cloth or strip Plumpstrong /stout Misfortune bad-luck Hopelesswithout hope Absolutelycompletely Miserydifficulty / unpleasant Thoughtlesscareless Awfulterrible / bad Troublesome difficult Crutchsupporting stick for a lame person Crippledhandicapped or lame person

13. Comprehending the lesson A special kind of school. Different kinds of game are being played. Blind day, deaf day, dumb day, lame day and injured day. The students learn how to feel problems and miseries faced by grief stricken-people. They also learn how to help them. They enjoy these days by playing the games. The human values are inculcated by this lesson in the students.

14. Matching- Words Match the following words from column A with their meaning in column B A B Homesick not very caring Ghastly a welcome change Relief very unpleasant Exercise wanting to be home test the strength of

15. Evaluation Activity no. 1 1.Discuss with your partner and put these sentences from the story in the right order and write them out in a paragraph. Don’t refer to the text. I shall be so glad when today is over. Having a leg tied up and hopping about on a crutch is almost fun, I guess. I don’t think I’ll mind being deaf for a day- at least not much. But being blind is so frightening.

16. continued Only you must tell me about things. Let’s go for a little walk. The other bad days can’t be half as bad as this.

17. Think and answer Evaluation no 2. Why is the school called a ‘different kind of school’ ? 2. What do the students learn through these games ? 3. Why did the writer visit Miss Beam’s school?

18. Albert Einstein The Mathematician/Physicist who had a learning disability and did not speak until age 3. He had a very difficult time doing maths in school. It was also very hard for him to express himself through writing. Alexander Graham Bell Had a learning disability Cher Has dyslexia Christopher Reeve Never has a person with a disability commanded so much media attention in recent history. Christopher Reeve, crippled after a horse-riding injury, wants to be up on his feet & wants to help others stand confident too. His life is now dedicated to harnessing the power of medical research to get up & ride again. David Blunkett Often photographed with his guide dogs - Ted, Offa and Lucy -. Joining the Labour party aged 16, he was elected to Sheffield City Council aged 22. He was the council leader from 1980 to 1987 until he was elected MP for Sheffield Brightside. Seen as the archetypal municipal Socialist, he is in many senses a traditional Labour man - beard-wearing and blunt-talking. Arguably, he is a role model for disabled people who just want to get on with their lives.

19. . Thomas Edison Edison is the great inventor who had over 1,000 patents and his inventions are in various fields used in our daily life. In his early life he was thought to have a learning disability and he could not read till he was twelve and later he himself admitted that he became deaf after pulling up to a train car by his ears.. Franklin D. Roosevelt Roosevelt had Polio, was governor of New York State then elected President of the United States for 4 terms. George Washington Had a learning disability. He could barely write and had very poor grammar skills. Helen Keller (Devoted Life to Persons with Disabilities) She was Blind, Deaf, and Mute Ian Dury movement/walking disability, resulting from polio. Hits from 1978 ("Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick") into 1980's. Recorded "Spasticus Autisticus" which was banned from radio, not surprising, as lyrics could be mis-construed as disabled-ist

20. Premium Schools for Physically Challenged in India Snehadeep Trust for the Disabled Bangalore Asha Academy For Severely Handicapped Bangalore Hope Rehabilitation Centre Chennai Agape Rehabilitation Centre Chennai Aanchal Charitable Trust Delhi Fellowship of Physically Handicapped Mumbai Govt Physical Training Institute Mumbai

21. I choose not to place "DIS", in my ability. -- Robert M. Hensel The only disability in life is a bad attitude.” -- Scott Hamilton

22. Thankful to……….. Word art Internet Clip Art Book of Class VI prescribed by NCERT