Village Development Explorer: Uncovering Social Science in Everyday Life
Understanding Social Science
Step into the shoes of a young researcher visiting a developing Indian village. Explore how environment, governance, economy, and culture interconnect in daily life, and discover what Social Science really means through hands-on observation.
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📖 Your Story
You are a Class 9 student selected for a summer internship with a rural development NGO. You've been assigned to visit Chamoli village in Uttarakhand to observe and document how different aspects of society — environment, governance, economy, and culture — shape everyday life. Your mentor, Dr. Meera, guides you through the village to help you see the connections that Social Science studies.
What You'll Learn
- Understand that Social Science is the systematic study of human society and its interconnected systems
- Identify how environment, governance, economy, and culture shape everyday life in an Indian village
- Recognize that society does not function by chance but is shaped by history, geography, institutions, resources, and human choices
- Observe and analyze changes in a locality and their causes and effects
How to Play
3 Missions Await
Morning in the Village: Tracing Everyday Connections
4 problems · 40 XP
The Panchayat and the Power Station: Governance and Systems
3 problems · 45 XP
Five Years of Change: Field Report on Chamoli
3 problems · 60 XP