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The Earth in the Solar System Class 6 Notes Geography | DailyHomeStudy
Overview At night the whole sky is filled with tiny shining objects some are bright, others dim. They all appear to be twinkling. A full moon occurs once in about a month’s time called Full moon night or Poornima. A fortnight later, you cannot see the moon at all which is called New moon night or Amavasya. Celestial bodies – The sun, the moon and all those objects shining in the night sky are called celestial bodies. Some celestial bodies are very big and hot. They are made up of gases. Stars – Stars are celestial bodies which have their own heat and light, which they emit in large amounts.…
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Globe Latitudes and Longitudes Class 6 Notes Geography | DailyHomeStudy
Overview Globes are of various sizes and types such as big ones, small pocket globes, and globe-like balloons. The globe is not fixed and can be rotated the same way as a topspin or a potter’s wheel is rotated. On the globe, countries, continents and oceans are shown in their correct size. A needle is fixed through the globe in a tilted manner, which is called its axis. Two points on the globe through which the needle passes are two poles – North Pole and South Pole. The globe can be moved around this needle from west to east just as the earth moves. But, there is a major difference.…
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Motions of the Earth Class 6 Notes Geography | DailyHomeStudy
Rotation Rotation is the movement of the earth on its axis. Revolution The movement of the earth around the sun in a fixed path or orbit is called Revolution. Orbital Plane The axis of the earth which is an imaginary line, makes an angle of 66½° with its orbital plane. The plane formed by the orbit is known as the orbital plane. The earth receives light from the sun. Due to the spherical shape of the earth, only half of it gets light from the sun at a time. The portion facing the sun experiences day while the other half away from the sun experiences night. Circle Of Illumination The circle that divides the day from night on the globe…
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Rural Livelihoods CBSE Class 6 Civics Notes | DailyHomeStudy
Kalpattu village Kalpattu-village close to the sea coast in Tamil Nadu- has non-farm work such as making baskets, utensils, pots, bricks, bullock-carts -people provide services such as blacksmiths, nurses, teachers, washermen, weavers, barbers, cycle repair mechanics-also some shopkeepers and traders-main street looks like a bazaar-find a variety of small shops such as tea shops, grocery shops, barbershops, a cloth shop, a tailor and two fertiliser and seed shops-are four teashops- sell tiffins (idli, dosa and upama in the morning-snacks like vadai, bonda and mysorepak in the evening)-a blacksmith family whose home serves as their workshop-cycle hire and repair shop-families earn a living by washing clothes- some go to the nearby…
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Urban Administration CBSE Class 6 Civics Notes | DailyHomeStudy
Urban Administration Municipal Corporation-takes care of street lights, garbage collection, water supply-keep the streets and the market clean-responsible for ensuring that diseases do not break out in the city-run schools, hospitals and dispensaries.-makes gardens and maintain them. In a big city-is called a Municipal Corporation. In smaller towns, it is called a Municipal Council. The Ward Councillor and Administrative Staff Decisions like where a park or a new hospital should go-usually made by the Ward Councillors-city divided into different wards-ward councillors get elected-decisions that affect the entire city taken by groups of councillors-form committees to decide and debate issues-for problems within a ward people can contact their councillors-Councillor’s Committees and…
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What is Government CBSE Class 6 Civics Notes | DailyHomeStudy
INTRODUCTION A Government is needed for every country to make decisions and get things done ranging from decisions about where to build roads and schools, or how to reduce the price of onions when they get too expensive or ways to increase the supply of electricity. They also take actions on social issues and other important things like running postal and railway services. In the meantime, the Government is also in charge of protecting the boundaries of the country and maintaining peaceful relations with other countries. Also, at the time of any calamity, it is in charge of organising aid and assistance for the affected people. If you are wondering…
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Rural Administration CBSE Class 6 Civics Notes | DailyHomeStudy
Rural Administration Measuring the land and maintaining the records is the main work of the Patwari- known by different names in different states – in some villages, such officers are called Lekhpal-Kanungo or Karamchari or Village Officer and so on. Each Patwari -responsible for a group of villages-maintains and updates the records of the village-has ways of measuring agricultural fields. Patwari is responsible for organising the collection of land revenue from the farmers-provides information to the government about the crops grown in this area-done from the records that are kept-so, it’s important for the Patwari to regularly update these as farmers may change the crop they grow or someone may…
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Panchayati raj CBSE Class 6 Civics Notes | DailyHomeStudy
Gram Sabha The Gram Sabha-a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat (could be only one village or a few villages). In some states, the village meeting is held for each village. Anyone who is 18 years old or more with the right to vote is a member of the Gram Sabha. The Gram Sabha meeting often begins with the Panchayat President (who is also called the Sarpanch) and the members of the Panchayat (the Panchs) presenting a plan. Every village Panchayat is divided into wards, i.e. smaller areas. Each ward elects a representative who is known as the Ward Member (Panch). All the…
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Urban Livelihoods CBSE Class 6 Civics Notes | DailyHomeStudy
Urban Livelihood A large number of people in the city work on streets-12 % of all the workers in the city were people working on the street- they sell things or repair them or provide a service-work on their own-are not employed by anyone-have to organise their own work-have to plan how much to purchase-where and how to set up their shops-shops are usually temporary structures-just some boards or papers spread over discarded boxes-or a canvas sheet hung up on a few poles. may also use their own carts or simply a plastic sheet spread on the pavement-can be asked to dismantle their shops at any time by the police-…
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Key Elements of a Democratic Government CBSE Class 6 Civics Notes | DailyHomeStudy
Introduction South Africa is a country of several races including black people who belong to South Africa, the whites who came there to settle, Indians who came as labourers and traders and so on. Earlier, the country was governed by Apartheid laws. Apartheid means separation on the basis of race. African people were divided into white, black, Indian and coloured races. According to the law, these races were not allowed to mingle with each other, live near each other or even use common facilities. The African National Congress, a group of people led the struggle against apartheid and their most well-known leader, Nelson Mandela fought the apartheid system for several…
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