This lesson plan aims to teach students about India's election process and the role of political parties. Students will compare different types of political parties, learn about the Election Commission's functions, and how elections are conducted. Activities include discussing electoral symbols, the voter ID card process, adult franchise rights, and the duties of the Election Commission. The lesson concludes by having students collect pictures of election symbols and political parties to create a classroom chart.

1. INNOVATIVE LESSON PLAN
SREELEKSHMI S. L.
Social Science
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2. TEACHING MANUAL
NAME OF THE TEACHER : SREELEKSHMI S. L. STANDARD : VIII
NAME OF THE SCHOOL : DIVISION :
NAME OF THE SUBJECT : SOCIAL SCIENCE STREENGTH :
NAME OF THE UNIT : PEOPLE & STATE GOVERNMENT DURATION : 45 MTS
NAME OF THE SUB UNIT : ELECTION DATE :
CURRICULAR STATEMENT : Evaluate election process & the role of political parties with construction of a powerful state.
LEARNING OUTCOME : ♦ To compare different types of political - parties.
♦ To find out the features of election commission.
♦ To know how the election is conducted.
♦ To know various features of Himalayas
CONTENT ANALYSIS
TERMS : Adult Franchise - Political Parties - Democratic System - Election Manifest - Commission - Citizen -
Nomination - Electoral Symbols
PLACE : India
YEAR : 2001
FACTS : ♦ In all places in our country the voter can’t cast his/her vote freely.
♦ In many regions, obstacles in the form of violence, threat bogus votes, booth, capturing, influencing,
the voters by givingb them money etc. take place these.
♦ These undemocratic activities prevent many of the people from exercising prevent many of the people
from exercising prevent many of the people from exercising their right to vote.
♦ Election is an inevitrable process in any democratic country.
♦ The people of a democratic country elect their own representatives directly.
♦ People’s representatives are elected for a period of five year.

3. ♦ Elections will be conducted every five years.
♦ Any Indian citizen who has completed 18 years of age can exercise vote in the election regardless of
his/her caste, creed, religion, race, community, language & region.
♦ Political parties from a inevitable factor in a democratic system.
♦. The election commission grants electoral symbols to all the recognised political parties.
♦ Candidates who contest under their banner use the symbols during election.
♦ Any Indian citizen who has completed the age of 25 years can contest in an election.
CONCEPT : Election is an inevitable process in any democratic country.
PRE REQUISTE : Student have previous knoledge about the election process.
TEACHING LEARNING : ♦ Flash card representing different types of election symbols.
RESOURCES ♦ A chart deseribes the duties of election commission.
Classroom Interation Proceedure Pupil Response
Introduction
1. Who is your class leader?
2. What is the name of your MLA?
3. How will you elect our represnetatives?
Yes now we are going discuss about election After
B.B.
“Election”
Presentation
Activity 1
Teacher asks the student have you heared about election? Then the teacher disucces
about election with the help of showing slide.
Election is an inevitable process in any democratic country.
The people of a democratic country elects their own
reprentatives directly.

4. Activity - 2
Then teacher presents another slide, explaining the factors of Election
Election commission.
Electoral Symbols
Political parties
Members/Candidates
Then teacher and students dicuss about the process of election.
Activity 3
Voter’s Identity card is must in the voting process. Then the teacher & Student
dicuss about the data of voters identity card with the help of showing slide.
Voter ID Card
Name & address of the voter
Signature of the Electrol officer
Activity 4
For dicussing about Adult Franchise teacher presents the next slide,
Adult Franbchise
Any Indian citizen who has completed is year of age
can exercise vote in the elction regardless of his/her
caste, creed. Religion, race, community language and region.
The teacher explains the examples and other features of adut francise & voting process.
Acitivy 5
Teacher expalings about duties of election commission with the help of showing slide

5. Duties of Election Commission
♦Announcing the elction
♦Receiving the nomination
♦Declaring the Result
Then teacher explains the other important duties & responsibility for the elction commission.
Activity - 6
Teacher present the somany election symbols with the help of the slide.
Activity - 7
Teacher & Students dicuss “The duties & Responsibilities of Election Commission
Review
1. What you mean by election?
2. What is adut franchise?
3. Namer of the present election commissioner in Inda?
4. What are the duties of election commission?
5. What are the important factors of elction?
Follow up Activity
Collect the pictures of electoral symbols & political parties and fix on a chart then hang on your classroom wall.