Class 8

CONTENTS

Each chapter below is linked to a detailed blog post. These posts explain the chapter, define difficult words, provide answers to all in-text and post-chapter questions, include summaries for poems, offer MCQs, discuss themes, and solve all end-of-chapter exercises.

• Unit 1: Wit and Wisdom
  • The Wit that Won Hearts
  • A Concrete Example
  • Wisdom Paves the Way
• Unit 2: Values and Dispositions
  • A Tale of Valour: Major Somnath Sharma and the Battle of Badgam
  • Somebody's Mother
  • Verghese Kurien—I Too Had A Dream
• Unit 3: Mystery and Magic
  • The Case of the Fifth Word
  • The Magic Brush of Dreams
  • Spectacular Wonders
• Unit 4: Environment
  • The Cherry Tree
  • Harvest Hymn
  • Waiting for the Rain
• Unit 5: Science and Curiosity
  • Feathered Friend
  • Magnifying Glass
  • Bibha Chowdhuri: The Beam of Light that Lit the Path for Women in Indian Science