ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL ASC C & C, BANGALORE-07

SOCIAL SCIENCE DATE:17/07/2021

CLASS: VII
LESSON:5
GROWING UP AS GIRLS AND BOYS
 READ THE LESSON CAREFULLY BEFORE START WRITING THIS WORK.
 DRAW LINE AFTER EVERY ANSWER.
 FILL INDEX PROPERLY WITH THE GIVEN DATE.

1.Are the statements given below true or false? Support your answer with the use of an
example:

(a) All societies do not think similarly about the roles that boys and girls play.
(b) Our society does not make distinctions between boys and girls when they are growing
up.
(c) Women who stay at home do not work.
(d) The work that women do is less valued than that of men.

Answer: (a) It is a true statement. In most societies, the work boys do is given more
importance than the work girls do.
(b) It is a false statement. Our society makes distinctions between boys and girls even while
they are in growing phase. From the very early age, boys are taught to be tough and serious,
while girls are taught to be mild and soft. Boys are given toys like cars, guns to play with
while girls are given dolls.
(c) It is a false statement. Women who stay at home, do a lot of household chores.
They cook food, wash clothes, sweep floor, and numerous other works; some of which are
very strenuous.
(d) It is true statement. Women do a lot of work. The main responsibility for housework and
care-giving tasks lies with women. Yet, the work that they do with the home is not
recognised as work. It is assumed that this is something that comes naturally to women. It,
therefore, does not have to be paid for. This is the main reason why our society devalues
women’s work

.Choose the correct answer:

1) What are Anganwadis?

a) Adult education Centre.

b) Child care Centre

c)Health Centre

d) An orphanage

2) What do you mean by the term 'Double burden?

a) Working inside the house.

b) Working outside the house

c)Both (a) and (b)

d)None of the above

3) Why the wages of domestic workers are very low?

a) Work done by them are lesser in value.

b) They do unpaid jobs

c) There is not much demand of their work

d) None of the above

4) Why always girls went in groups on street after school?

a) They enjoyed going in group

b) Due to fear of being teased or attacked

c) They were instructed to do so.

d) None of the above

5) From which class did the girls and boys go to separate school in M.P.?

a) Class IV onwards

b)lass VI onwards

c) Class Vll onwards

d) Class XI onwards

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

1. Describe the life of the Samoan people in 1920s.

Answer: a) As soon as babies could walk, their mothers or other adults no longer looked
after them.

b) Both boys and girls looked after their younger siblings.

c)At the age of nine years boys joined the other boys in learning outdoor jobs like

fishing and planting coconuts.

d) Girls continue looking after small children or do errands for adults till they were

teenagers.

e) After becoming teenagers’ girls had much more freedom.

f) After the age of fourteen or so, girls also went on fishing trips, worked in the

plantations, learnt how to weave baskets.

g) Cooking was done in special cooking-houses, where boys did most of the work.

h) Girls helped with the preparations of the food.

2. Describe the lives of domestic workers.

Answer: a) A lot of the work was done by domestic help.

b) Many homes, particularly in towns and cities, employ domestic workers.

c)They do a lot of work sweeping and cleaning, washing clothes and dishes,

cooking, looking after young children or the elderly.

d)Most domestic workers are women.

e) Sometimes even young boys or girls are employed to do this work.

Wages are low, as domestic work does not have much value.

f) A domestic worker's day begins as early as five in the morning and ends as late

as twelve at night.

g) Despite the hard work they do, their employers often do not pay them enough

on show them much respect.

3. What are the expected responsibilities of women in the family?

Answer: Housework and care-giving tasks, like looking after the family, especially children,

the elderly and sick members, are the expected responsibilities of women in the

family.

4. Why do society devalue the women's work at home?

Answer: Low value is given to household or care giving work. It is due to the inequality

between the genders existing in the society. It is assumed that this is something

that comes naturally to women. It therefore, does not have to be paid for.