1) The document discusses the importance of using supplementary reading materials in addition to textbooks for social science education. It notes that textbooks alone cannot provide all the necessary information for students to fully understand topics. 2) Supplementary materials aim to widen students' perspectives, help connect past and present, enrich information from textbooks, develop critical analysis skills, and make social science teaching more engaging. 3) The document provides guidelines for effective use of supplementary readings and lists various material types, including historical fiction, biographies, plays, magazines, newspapers, and travel accounts. It emphasizes selecting age-appropriate materials to supplement classroom lessons.

1. ASSIGNMENT
EDU 10.10-Techno Pedagogical Content knowledge
Analysis-Social Science
SANDHYA.B
B-Ed SOCIAL SCIENCE
B.N.V CTE Thiruvallam

2. Topic:
“SUPPLEMENTARY READING
MATERIALS”

3. INTRODUCTION
It has been pointed out earlier that teachers must not depend solely on
the text book while transacting the social science curriculum. Itis impossible or
rather difficult for any one text book to present all the information students
need to gain a though and fair understanding of topics. Therefore teachers
must update and enrich the information by supplementing it with primary and
secondary sources.
Hence in addition to the study of text books and exposition by the
teacher, supplementary reading is of potential value in social science education

4. AIMS OF SUPPLEMENTARY READING
MATERIALS
1) It must serve to widen the horizon of the view points of the learners and to add
to their fund knowledge.
2) It should serve as a means for bringing out the relationship between the past and
the present. Let the teachers use materials from dramas letters, diaries etc. This
would help the reader to experience the past with empathy, ”The essential
condition “,says Johnson, ”is that they should leave feelings for and about the
past”.
3) It must help to enrich the information already acquired from the text book .For
this purpose the learner may be given the freedom to select the items in the
book the fascinate him and to prepare brief write up on what he could gain by
reading the books. Anyhow, the learners have to be encouraged to record the
main points noted, in note books.
4) It should encourage the learner to gain acquaintance with related literature on
the area concerned.
5) One of the major purpose should be to make the pupils critically analyse the
content .This would help in understanding how social science gets developed as
a discipline. It would also develop in the learners, social and political
consciousness.
6) It should help the learners to master competencies for meaningful self-study.
7) It should help in making social science teaching more interesting and inspiring.
A teacher who reads well writer supplementary books on the subject can make
even the dry text lively and thus avoid monitory experienced by him and his
pupils alike.

5. GUIDELINES FOR MAKING
SUPPLEMENTARY READING BENEFICIAL
1) Supplementary reading should be done scientifically and with out any element
of compulsion. The teacher will do well to follow the suggestion of Johnson in
this respect. “There should be no set questions to answer, no problems to solve ,
mno looking forward to any formal report, but complete freedom to read
because he like it or to stop reading because he dislikes it. “At the most pupils
can be encouraged to express their honest opinion when they feel inclined to do
so.
2) If extra reading to succeed, It must be a pleasurable experience to the learner he
should get engrossed in the exercise.
3) The books for extra reading should be inexpensive and easy to obtain.
4) The language of supplementary reading materials should be lucid and at the
same time lively.
5) The supplementary literature should be scientifically classified and arranged in
proper sequences.
6) Books suggested for extra reading should be suited to the mental capacity of
pupils. This should be so with regard to the content
Presentation and language.
7) The supplementary literature should convey only political and social truths but
not distorted views.
8) Before suggesting supplementary reading the teacher should make through
planning about the nature and scope of the reading material, the quantum of
work involved, the time at one’s disposal, the scope of making reading notes
and the distribution of work among the pupils.

6. VARIOUS TYPES OF SUPPLEMENTARY
READING MATERIALS
1) Historical fiction
2) Biographies
3) Plays and poetry
4) Magazines
5) Newspapers
6) Travel accounts
1) Historical fiction
It gives aesthetic pleasure by giving opportunity for re-creating the
past. It enable use to enjoy the charm and strangeness of a remote age and listed
to the voice of distant times. Two types of historical fiction can prove useful-
 Back ground novels which create a living pictures of the past world.
 Those which interprets the lives of famous historical personalities.
Historical novels available in different languages could be
recommended for supplementary reading with a view to create interest in the
past and to widen the horizons of their understanding
2)Biographies
According to Thomas Carlyle, a famous historian, ‘history is nothing but
the biographies of great men’. Biographies, no doubt, create interest in reading.
They also can supplement historical information. In the early mediaeval period.
Biographies of famous kings were written and these throw much light on the
conditions that prevented during the period of a particular monarch
3) Play and Poetry
These too can supplement our knowledge of social science. For example
plays of kalidas supplement our knowledge of the great events during the reign
of ancient rulers of India. The poetical work of Harisena throws a flood of light
on the achievements of Samudragupta. Tulsi’s Ramayana also given a lot of
information of human thoughts and the developments of society during the

7. reign of sri rama. The plays written by modern dramatists-Adukkalayilninnu
Arangathekku, Ningalenne kammunistakki etc are very useful for
supplementing historical knowledge. Chatham rightly remarked “I have learnt
all my English History from Shakespeare’s plays” Chandi Di War is an
excellent source of historical knowledge. Here also it has to be remembered that
the poetic exaggeration has to be got eliminated by the teacher in the light of
reality.
4)Magazines
So many magazines are published for school children these days. They
contain different types of material can supplement classroom information.
These magazines contain interesting stories which throw light on various topics
of social science. What remains mostly sketchy and dry in the text books
becomes lively and interesting and is easily remembered by the student. Some
magazins contain life sketches of personalities which provide interesting
anecdotes and details. They provide good supplementary information.
Magazines like champak, wisdom, the illustrated weekly of India children’s
Digest, Balarama, Eureka, Sasthragathi, etc. are all very useful.
5)Newspapers
The daily newspapers are also effective for providing current information,
They at times can serve as a starting point to stimulate interest and also to tie the
past with the present. Also the study of newspapers reveals the relationships of
specific events to the larger current scenario. Movements trends, ideas and
changes in politics international relations geographical and environment
conditions all over the world, etc. Reported in news papers are valuable
materials that could be used in social studies education. It is the newspaper that
can give learners the latest information and thus update their knowledge. The
newspapers help in bridging the gap between information contained in the
books and the ever changing developments of the world.

8. 6)Travel accounts
Travel accounts also provide much of historical information. The travel
accounts of fahien and Hiuen Tsang throw much light on the social and cultural
aspects of ancient human civilization. These Chinese travellers came to India as
religious pilgrims. They travelled widely and spend a few years in India. It is
true they viewed life mainly from the Buddhist angle but still the reflections
made by them provide valuable information and insights.
The Portuguese and the Italian travellers have described the marvels of
the Vijayanagar Empire and great achievements of its rulers.
Travelogues written by modern writers like S.K.Pottekkat provide
fascinating details about the social life of people in various countries as well as
their geographical features.
CONCLUSION
In addition to the study of text books and exposition by the teacher,
supplementary reading is of potential value in social science education. Books
containing well chosen extracts and anecdotes can go a long way in bringing the
past to the imagination of the pupils. For pupils in higher classes advanced
works, reference book, source books, books on related subject and allied field
are very useful, because through them and the learners will get a wide view of
the subject in all its bearings. Similarly, pamphlets on historical topics
occasionally published on important occasions of the past, provide admirable
learning material for younger children.

9. REFERENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION- Dr. K. Sivarajan
Dr. T. V. Thulasidharan
Dr. N. V. Vijayan