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JULY 5, 2020
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STORY OF
Fun facts
THE PENNY
WISE MONKEY
about
Baboons WHO WAS
HELEN KELLER?
THE EAST
INDIA COMPANY
FOLKTALE
The Penny
Wise Monkey
from his hand and fell on the ground. Without thinking even once, the greedy monkey dropped all the peas he had in his hands, and ran down to look for the lost pea. Unfortunately, the monkey could not find that pea. He kept looking for the pea for some more time and then climbed back the tree empty handed. His greed had made him lose all that he had. The king was watching the monkey with great interest. Wisdom dawned on him and he realised that his want for more may leave him with nothing one day. He said to himself, “I will not be like this foolish monkey, who lost much to gain a little. I will go back to my own country and enjoy what I have.� So, the next day he ordered his men to march back home.
Once upon a time, there lived a king who ruled over a rich and prosperous kingdom. But, the king was never happy with what he had and was always on a mission to expand his empire by conquering other kingdoms. One day, he set out on a mission to conquer a distant country. The king and his soldiers walked the entire morning in the forest. By evening, all of them were exhausted and thus halted near a lake to take some rest. The horses were also tired, so the soldiers fed them some peas. A monkey living in the forest was eyeing the delicious peas being fed to the horses. He jumped down from the tree, grabbed a handful of peas and scampered back to the tree. As he sat down comfortably on a branch and started to eat the peas, one small pea slipped 1
Find the Ten Hidden Wild Animals in the Picture
Silly Rhymes
The King Had A Platter
The King had a platter Of brisket and batter, The Prince had a Bellington bun, The Queen had a rose To put to her nose As soon as the dinner was done. 2
Those Who Made a
Difference Helen Keller Helen Adams Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer. She was the first hearing and sight impared person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. After graduating from Radcliffe, she went on to become one of the most influential people in the 20th Century. She worked for the rights of persons with disabilities, women and under privileged sections of society. She was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama on June 27, 1880. She lost her hearing and sight at 19 months of age to what is now diagnosed as scarlet fever. Five years later, her parents, on Alexander Graham Bell’s advice, applied to hire a teacher from the Perkins Institute for the Blind, in Boston. Anne Mansfield Sullivan was able to bring about an extraordinary transformation in Helen’s isolated world. She taught Helen to understand and communicate with the world around her. She went on to acquire an excellent education and become an important spokesperson for the hearing and sight impared. Anne Sullivan taught Helen to read and write in Braille and hand signals, which she could understand by touch. Her efforts to speak later on in life, were not as successful, when she went on to become a public figure, but she was able to make herself be understood. She started attending the Perkins Institute for the Blind in May, 1888. Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller moved to New York to attend the Wright – Humason School for the Deaf, and to learn from Sarah Fuller at the Horace Mann School for the Deaf. In 1896, they returned to Massachusetts and Helen entered The Cambridge School for Young Ladies before gaining admittance to Radcliffe in 1900. She became the first hearing and sight impared person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, at the age of 24 in 1904.
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spot ten differences
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Tickle your
funny bone
Q: What do you call a flying primate? A: A
hot air baboon!
Q: What is a baboon's favorite cookie? A: Chocolate
chimp!
Q: Why did the baboon fail English? A: He
had little Ape-titude!
Q: Why do baboons have big nostrils? A: They
have big fingers.
Pondering Corner
Do Animals
Feel Emotions?
Emotions can be defined as a conscious mental reaction which comes in the form of strong feelings usually felt towards or because of a particular object. This can cause a variety of changes in the body. To study emotions better, scientists divide these reactions into three categories – physiological, psychological and behavioural. Charles Darwin was the first scientist to suggest that animals had emotions, much like humans, However, his theories were disregarded until recently. Scientists are now suggesting after extensive research, that animals do feel a certain range of emotions. These emotions – such as fear and love influence an animal’s behaviour and lead them to make decisions. New research shows that animals can have physiological reacts to emotions (Example: an increase in heart rate) and behavioural reactions to emotions (Example: their hair stands up). Conclusive proof is yet to be discovered that animals can think deeply into their emotions and have psychological reactions. Research has shown that social animals like dogs can read human expressions and react when they see facial expressions depicting extreme emotions such as love, fear and anger. Hence, dogs are a highly common support animal.
stories from history
The East India Company
With the arrival of the Portuguese explorer, Vasco da Gama in 1498 at Calicut in South India, European explorers started arriving on Indian shores. Their prime purpose was the profitable spice trade. At the end of 1600, Queen Elizabeth of England allowed a large body of merchants to form a new trading company to trade with the East Indies, India and Southeast Asia, which later came to be known as the East India Company. In 1617, Sir Thomas Roe approached the Mughal Emperor, Jahangir and sought his permission to build a factory in Surat. In two years, this permission was granted. Within ten years, another factory opened in Bombay, which became the headquarters of the company. Soon the Indian region was divided into three presidencies; Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. Each presidency functioned by itself, but was answerable to the Court of Directors in London.
The company cleverly followed a triangular trade. They exchanged English gold and silver coins for Indian goods. They then utilized these in China to subsidize the prices of commodities they bought there. With this system, the Company earned huge profits and became richer.
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The Company however was corrupt and drained their profits. This increased the need to collect higher revenues. Peasant landowners were forced to pay their taxes in cash. They in turn approached moneylenders, who seized their lands on their failure to repay the loans. There was widespread discontent and anger. In 1757, a military force led by Robert Clive defeated the army of the Nawab of Bengal, Siraj-ud-daulah. With this victory, The Company was transformed from an association of traders into rulers of a large, unknown land. From this moment the British Raj was born.
By 1765, the Company had taken over Bengal. They also exercised the right to collect revenues on behalf of the Mughal Emperor in Bihar and Orissa. Warren Hastings, the Governor General of Bengal, consolidated the military victories and established the fact that they were not answerable to the Mughals. The British justified their rule by claims that there was a need for Indians to be ‘civilized.’ They sought to replace Indian systems with a more reliable method of justice, law and fair play. There were some religious practices that the British banned, like ‘Sati.’ Over the next few decades, under the governor-generals, Dalhousie and Cannin, the British took over even more territories. Their excuse was that the rulers of these territories were corrupt or incapable or that they had no descendents. Smaller Kingdoms like Sambalpur, Baghat, Jhansi, Nagpur and Awadh fell into this trap. 7
The British could not take over Punjab, as the Sikhs were a dominant force under King Ranjit Singh. Punjab was safe from British invasion after his death. After that the British forces started moving in, bringing an end to the Sikh Empire. In 1839, the British seized Sindh, Karachi, Sukkur and Bukkur (all in present-day Pakistan).
Fun With Words Unscramble the Letters to Name Species of Monkeys
atsmoemr
uaqcaem
aglrilo
arlgun
zchpmiaene
nobobo
Eka was a 4 month old baboon who had finally been allowed to start coming down to play with the other baboons. She swung down from a tree and landed with a thump in a bush. She saw something shiny sparkle next to where she'd landed. What was it? It was big and square and had all these little buttons on it. A human must have left it behind. She poked at a button and there was a loud "click" followed by a bright flash of light...
Complete the Story...
fun facts
with Hamlet the Hamster
To know or not to know, that is the question! Well, wouldn’t you prefer to know?
Facts about Baboons Groups of baboons are called troops, and a troop can contain dozens to hundreds of members. Baboons have loose cheeks which allow them to gather food while foraging to eat later once they return to an area of safety. They are very strong animals and have sharp canine teeth similar in length to lions. The Guinea baboon is the smallest baboon species, while the Chacma baboon is the largest. 9
Help the Monkey Get the Fruits and meet his Friend
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