Description:

Viva ICSE Geography for classes 6 to 8 conforms to the latest curriculum released by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE), and the principles of National Education Policy (2020). 

The primary objective of the series is to enable the learners to appreciate the working of the world around them and make them understand that the earth is the habitat of humans and other life forms. It also aims at familiarising the learners with their own region, making them understand how various local and global regions are interdependent and how the developments in one region affect the other parts of the world.

This series has been designed to present the concepts in a simple yet engaging manner. Each chapter has embedded exercises and activities to make learning more meaningful and enable the learners to develop 21st century skills. 

Key Features of the Series:

• Warm-up activity in each chapter 
• Lessons presented in an engaging and easy-to-understand language 
• Appropriate pictures, photographs and maps given to make concepts clearer 
• A glossary of difficult words given on the same page on which they appear to facilitate at-a-glance reading 
• Model Test Papers designed to prepare the learners for the examinations 
• Mind Maps of each chapter to enable quick revision 
• Let's Discuss provides in-text questions for discussions to gauge whether the topic has been grasped 
• Do and Learn contains activities related to the topic covered 
• Fact Check provides Information based on the topic but beyond the syllabus 
• Let's Recall recapitulates all the important topics covered in the chapter 
• Exercises contain a variety of questions such as choosing the correct answer, fill in the blanks, choosing true or false sentences, brief and detailed answers 
• Activity Corner covers classroom activities, projects to be done independently, map activities, and discussions on topics of global concern 
• Additional information on Significant Events in Geography and use of Artificial Intelligence in Geography 
• Embeds some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 

About the Editor:

Sumitra Ray, with a vast teaching experience of over three and a half decades in the middle as well as higher school, is currently a teacher and coordinator for the Geography Department at La Martiniere for Boys in Kolkata. She has also been an examiner for the ICSE and ISC examinations.