on,
             history should be presented as an exciting and dramatic series of events in
             the past that helped to shape the present and the teacher should also make
             an effort to bring the past to life and to make vivid the struggles and
             triumphs of men and women, who lived in other times and places. History
             should be lively and accurate as well as rich with controversies and
             forceful personalities to inculcate interest in the students. Teachers
             should never neglect the value of good storytelling as a source of
             motivation for the study of history, while examining the social, economic,
             political and cultural context of events.
             This framework highlights the importance of inspiring study of history with
             the use of literature, both literature of the period and literature about
             the period. Teachers of history and teachers of the language arts must
             collaborate to select representative works. Poetry, novels, plays, essays,
             documents, inaugural addresses, myths, legends, tall tales, biographies and
             religious literature help to highlight the life and times of the people.
             This type of literature helps to emphasize the method, people saw
             themselves, their ideas and values, their fears and dreams and the way,
             they interpreted their own times. The present framework represents a new
             curricular approach for the early grades. As the time allotted to history-
             social science instructions are very short in these grades, this framework
             proposes enrichment of the curriculum for these grades to hold the interest
             This framework stresses on the importance of studying major historical
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