Orion Cornerstone Integrated Social Sciences Textbook for Class 8 by Kanchan Sood

Cornerstone Integrated Social Sciences is a series of books for Classes 1 to 8. The books have been developed to meet the requirements of the latest NCERT Syllabus as also the guidelines of the National Curriculum Framework (NCF). Each book for classes 6, 7 and 8 comprises sections on History, Geography and Social and Political life.

Key Features of the Books for Classes 6, 7 and 8 are:

• Think about it! Interspersed in the chapter, these are thought provoking questions related to the topics dealt with.
• Some interesting facts! It updates about some interesting facts related to the chapter.
• Let’s recall: It includes the summary of the chapter.
• Let’s Learn and Evaluate: It includes a variety of exercises to test analytical, creative and critical thinking skills.
• An idea to learn and Act and learning by doing: These are exercises that involve a creative thought provoking process to sensitise the student’s intellect over certain important social, political and economic issues.
• Life skills: These have been incorporated keeping in with Co-scholastic Assessment, as suggested by the CBSE.
• Value-based Questions: These will help the students imbible values.
• Problem Solving Skills: This section will enhance the student’s comprehension skills.