General objective of the module:
i. To highlight and reinforce environmental value which forms a part of the human environment within which people and organization operate.
ii. It also aims to provide a challenge of obtaining a better understanding of the world we live in through a study of ecosystem and environmental perception of hazards in our lives.
iii. Last, but not the least, as this is the final Module of the Geography syllabus, it hopes to encourage student teacher-teachers to continue learning more on these issues rather than thinking them to be the end. It should be considered as the beginning of newer knowledge, of issues, problems that help us in understanding our world better.

Specific objectives or learning outcomes:
On completion of this module, the trainee teacher will be able to:

i. Study and discuss the place of Geography in Human Ecology;
ii. Examine and analyse the concepts, characteristics, mechanism of how ecosystem work and related patterns of life within it;
iii. Conduct and investigate into the working of an ecosystem and present it as a project report;
iv. Examine the concept of environmental perception; perception of hazards in the world;
v. Discuss and analyse the question- Is the developing world more hazardous and related thought-providing issues;
vi. Critically appraise environmental perception of a hazard of choice.
vii. Analyse the different ways of human adjustment to natural hazards.

HISTORY MODULE
Developing a Historical Perspective (HIS 2304)
(Bachelor of Education, Year IV Semester VIII)
This module has a total of 60 instructional hours approximately
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General objective of the module:
i. This module equips student teachers to trace and develop a sense of pride in the origin and the development of their own family from the historical prospective.
ii. Value the process of evolution of their family to the current stage.
iii. Delve in the stages of change and continuity of different localities.
iv. This module should help the student teachers to understand and appreciate the historian’s task and train them to record history as well as to become historian.
Specific objectives or learning outcomes:
On completion of this module, the trainee teacher will be able to:
i. Demonstrate critical and analytical thinking in interpreting historical data.
ii. Present historical information in an organized and interesting manner.
iii. Demonstrate their ability to explore and use various sources for writing history
iv. Analyze the different aspects of local history.
v. Transform oral history into a recorded document
vi. Demonstrate an ability to critically analyze and interpret historical evidences.
vii. Present historical evidences in a coherent sequenced and organized form.
viii. Synthesize the various aspects of local history.
ix. Use maps, family tree, genealogical chart and time line while documenting family and local history.
x. Formally acknowledge the primary and secondary sources of the family history as well as local history.
xi. Develop essential qualities of a historian
xii. Value the essence of the family and the local history.

Subject matter of the module

a) Family history:

• What is family history?
• Types of family
• Rise of family and the civilization.
• Importance and purpose of writing of the family history
• Writing one’s own family history, needs to include-
o Roots,
o Genealogy,
o Biographies of forebears,
o Family mobility,
o Economic activities, and,
o Social and cultural aspects relevant to their history
o Other important areas and other uniqueness, which is worth mentioning.

b) Local history:
• What is local history?
• Rise and development of a town or a village
• Importance of the local history
• Writing of local history
• Local history:
• Investigating the origin and development of one’s own village using local records and documents.
o Must include – Local culture, Festival, Music, Dance, Drama, Games, Customs, etc.

c) History through literature:
• Biography, Autobiographies, Drama, Novels, Folktales and relevant literatures

Mode of Assessment:
Nature of Assignments Only Course work (100%) Remarks
Minor assignments 1 1000 to 1500 words
Major assignments 2 3000 – 5000 words
Group presentations 2-3
Viva voce 1