LOST SPRING:

Stories of Stolen
Childhood
- Anees Jung
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Analyze the theme, ideas, setting, and characters in the

narration

Social awareness from  the factual understanding of the

text

Create verbal/written pieces through assimilation

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ANEES JUNG
BIG IDEA
PRIOR Consequence
KNOWLEDGE - Causes
s
CHILD LABOUR
LITERARY TOOLS

CHARACTERS

WORD CORNER
FORMATIV
E • Generate short answer questions on your own
ASSESSME
NT
 • CHALLENGE 1: Draft the diary entry of Saheb on the day the
narrator promised him to build a school for him. (150 words)
Focus points – his idea of education, why he wishes to go to school, his
future aspirations, etc

MY • CHALLENGE 2: Draft the diary entry of the narrator on the

CHALLENG day she meets Saheb on his way to the milk booth. (150
words)
ES AND Focus points – thoughts such as why has Saheb lost his carefree look, would

GOALS a change in job help the boy, etc

• CHALLENGE 3: "For the children it is wrapped in wonder, for

the elders it is a means of survival". Explain in 150 words.
Focus points – mention the social condition of the people in Seemapuri,
how differently children and adults perceive their reality.
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Analyze the theme, ideas, setting, and characters in the

narration

Social awareness from  the factual understanding of the

text

Create verbal/written pieces through assimilation

 • Child Labour and its health
BIG IDEA concerns

SUB THEMES
• Caste as a root cause of child
labour and poverty
CHARACTE
WORD CORNER
RS
 • What does Mukesh insist on?
• What is Mukesh's dream?
• What is the town of Firozabad famous for?

Formative
• Mention the unhealthy work environment of the
Questions:  glass-blowing industry.
• Describe the surroundings of Mukesh's house.
• Who are the family members of Mukesh?
• Why does Mukesh's grandmother refer to bangle-making as a god-given lineage?
• How did the grandfather lose his eyesight?
• Why does the bangle-making community lose their eyesight before they become
adults?

• Explain the sanctity of the bangles made by the glassblowers.

• Why was the grandmother's voice drained of joy even while wearing the bangles?
• What has killed the glassblower's initiative and ability to dream?

• Why cannot the glassblowers organise themselves into a cooperative?

• Which are the two distinct worlds in which the glassblowers are trapped?
• How is Mukesh's attitude to his situation different  from that of his family?
 • CHALLENGE 1: Write a description on the bangle-making
community of Firozabad in 150 words.

• CHALLENGE 2: The district authority of Firozabad is giving

MY the glassblowers an awareness class on the health hazards
of the industry on 12 April 2023 at 10 am at the district
CHALLENGEShealth center. Draft a mass invite on the event. (100 words)
AND GOALS
• CHALLENGE 3: Draft a diary entry of the author on the day
she visited Mukesh's family. (Include her thoughts on how
caste system and middlemen play the key role in trapping
the community in poverty across generations – 250 words)
 • Prepare a script for your student blog on the
topic "Child labour and health risks" in 500
words.

GENIUS https://international-partnerships.ec.europa.eu
CORNER news-and-events/stories/child-labour-has-profo
nd-impact-health-and-wellbeing-children_en
 (Reference link)
 • Summary
PLENARY • Self-Reflection