CONCEPT MAP

INTRODUCTION

Concept maps are a powerful tool for identifying relationships among ideas you learn in class. Understanding these relationships and depicting them visually can help you learn course material at a much deeper level and retain it better, too.Concept maps are highly personalized and provide an opportunity to organize course material in a way that makes most sense to you.

The main point is to end up with a diagram of all of the important ideas from your class, with terms you add that describe how the ideas are connected to each other.  (Some students find that adding these “linking terms” is one of the most challenging part of making a concept map- actively deciding how the ideas are related is key to the effectiveness of concept maps, so don’t skip the linking terms.) Concept maps can be helpful learning tools in just about any class: STEM, humanities, social sciences, languages, even the arts!

This assignment contains a concept map for Plus One and Plus Two students, based on the units, Words And Deeds and Heights of Harmony.

PREPARATION 

The process of concept mapping involves three major steps:

• Step 1: List key concepts/terms related to the topic

• Step 2: Build up concepts to elaborate key concepts

• Step 3: Identify links between concepts

The units taken for concept mapping were Words A nd Deeds and Heights of Harmony. The former unit contains 3 chapters, which includes an essay, short story  and a poem. The latter unit contains  3 chapters, which include poem, story and one act play.The former unit deaks with the theme of theme of this unit is the need for the symbiotic relationship between words and deeds. The unit aims at inculcating the right values through a few examples. It has an essay by Nehru titled "And Then Gandhi Came", a story written by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay with the title The Price of Flowers', translated by Lila Ray, and a poem 'Death the Leveller' by James Shirley.

The texts and the activities are designed to help the students to imbibe the values of good citizenship. They also enable them to acquire a strong linguistic foundation.

The latter unit make it clear that there are certain qualities and principles that are necessary to maintain the social fabric of human relations. Like the grains of sand on the seashore, each person must learn to coexist with others. That is how we reach the heights to harmony. Keeping all these in mind, an outline was created and based on the outline, the concept map was drafted.

BENEFITS 

There are several benefits of using concept maps. A concept map:

• Helps visual learners grasp the material (however all learners benefit from the activity)

• Helps students see relationships between ideas, concepts, or authors

• Utilizes the full range of the left and right hemispheres of the brain

• Helps memory recall

• Helps to clarify and structure ideas

.Aids in developing higher-level thinking skills (create, analyze, evaluate)

•Helps students synthesize and integrate information, ideas and concepts

• Encourages students to think creatively about the subject

• Lets students do self-evaluation of beliefs, values, socialization, etc.

• Helps students evaluate assumptions.

OUTLINE

I.Topic :Words And Deeds

Key Concepts, Sub themes and Activities :

1.And then Gandhi Came 

a) Uncertain condition of India during the British rule

b) Gandhi’s timely arrival to Indian politics

c) His teachings methods

d) Gandhi’s dream on India

    i)Note making

    ii)Think and write

    iii)Speech 

    iv)Letter to the editor 

    v)Group discussion

 

2. The Price of Flowers 

a) Humanity

    i) Read and Respond 

    ii) Discussion 

     iii)Character sketch

    iv) Letter

    v)Role play

    vi)Review

3.Death the Leveller 

a) Futility of human vanity and pride 

    i)Read and Respond

    ii)Analysis 

   iii)Appreciation 

II. Topic: Heights of Harmony

Key Concept, Sub themes and Activities 

1.Mending Wall

a)Boundaries b)Isolation c)Connection

    i) Paragraph writing 

    ii)Appreciation

   iii)Comparison 

2.Amigo Brothers

a) Friendship 

    i) Write up

    ii)Newspaper report 

    iii)Debate

    iv)Book review

    v)Vocabulary 

3.The Hour Of Truth

a) Greed

    i) Analysis

    ii)Write uo

    iii)Character sketch 

    iv)Group discussion

    v)Language practice 

    vi)Lets edit 

Explanation 

The unit “Words and Deeds''  deal with the theme if the necessity of the symbiotic relationship between words and deeds. The unit aims at inculcating the right values through a few examples. It consists of the essay 'And Then Gandhi Came' by Jawaharlal Nehru; the story 'The Price of Flowers', written by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, and translated by Lila Ray; and the poem 'Death the Leveller', by James Shirley.

The texts and the activities are designed to help the learners imbibe the values of good citizenship. They enable them to acquire a strong linguistic foundation that will improve their application of the language in other contexts.

    The unit, Flights of Harmony There are certain qualities and principles that are essential to

maintain the social fabric of human relations. Like the grains of

sand on the seashore, each individual must learn to co-exist with

others. Thereby we reach the heights of harmony, comprises a poem Mending Wall by Robert Frost, a story Amigo Brothers by Piri Thomas, and a one-act play The Hour of Truth by Percival Wilde.

These texts have been linked thematically and the activities presented are to ensure smooth reading and to help the learners improve their language proficiency. They will also enable the learners to enhance their skills in literary appreciation. The play helps the learners to get acquainted with plot construction,characterization, along with dramatics like acting, stage setting,stage management, etc.

CONCLUSION

The concept map, based on the units, Words and Deeds and Heights of Harmony contains detailed information on the key concepts, sub themes and activities. The map is prepared in Visme, which is an online design software. The concept map can help students As well as teachers grasp the material along with the links and connections. It can help visual learners to understand the concept easily. It can help students see the “big-picture” and visualize relationships. It will help those process and store large amounts of information.