Interview any one of your older relatives (mother/father/grandparents/uncles/aunts) who has travelled outside your town or village. Find out (a) where they went, (b) how they travelled, (c) how long did it take, (d) why did they travel (e) and did they face any difficulties. List as many similarities and differences that they may have noticed between their place of residence and the place they visited, focusing on language, clothes, food, customs, buildings, roads, the lives of men and women. Write a report on your findings.
Explanation
This question is a PROJECT activity from the textbook that requires students to conduct an oral history interview. The context explains that people have historically travelled for work, trade, pilgrimage, or adventure, and invariably encounter differences in landscape, customs, languages, beliefs and practices. The sample answer demonstrates how students should structure their findings, covering all required aspects: destination, mode of travel, duration, purpose, difficulties, and comparative observations on language, clothes, food, customs, buildings, roads, and gender roles. Teachers should evaluate based on completeness of information and quality of comparative analysis.