📘 Lesson : Kanaklata Barua – A Brave Young Woman
(Blossom Class 3 – Pages 53–54)
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Transactional Plan Format
Grade: 3
Month:
Subject: English
Week:
Lesson No.:
Lesson: Kanaklata Barua – A Brave Young Woman
Competency:
• Listening and reading comprehension
• Understanding historical events in simple form
• Speaking skills (expressing ideas)
• Moral development: courage, patriotism
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Teaching Materials:
• Textbook (Blossom Class 3)
• Pictures of Kanaklata Barua, Indian flag, Quit India Movement
• Flashcards with key words: brave, freedom, selfless, movement
• Short video/picture slide on Indian freedom fighters (optional)
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Pre-Knowledge Test:
Ask students:
• “What do you see in the picture?”
• “When do we hoist the national flag in school?”
• “Do you know any freedom fighters of India?”
• “What is Independence Day?”
This helps connect students to the topic.
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Introduction:
• Show the picture of Kanaklata leading the procession.
• Ask: “What is she holding? Why are the people marching?”
• Tell students:
Today we will learn about a brave young girl from Assam who fought for India’s freedom.
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Concept Building:
Teacher reads the lesson aloud with explanation.
Key Points Explained:
1. Kanaklata Barua was born in 1926 in Borangabari, Gohpur, Assam.
2. She loved her motherland and wanted freedom from British rule.
3. At the age of 17, she joined the Quit India Movement.
4. On 20th September 1942, she led a procession carrying the tricolour flag.
5. She wanted to hoist the flag at the police station.
6. Police stopped them and fired.
7. Kanaklata sacrificed her life for her country.
Vocabulary Explanation:
• Rule, selfless, freedom, movement, tricolour, procession, hoist, sacrifice
Oral Questions:
1. Who is the lesson about?
2. How old was Kanaklata when she joined the movement?
3. What was she carrying in the procession?
4. Why is she remembered today?
5. What does the tricolour flag stand for?
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Consolidation and Reinforcement:
• Students read a few lines aloud.
• Match the following:
– Kanaklata → brave
– Tricolour flag → freedom
– Quit India → movement
• Fill in the blanks:
1. Kanaklata Barua joined the ________ movement.
2. She carried the ________ flag.
3. She sacrificed her life for ________.
• True/False:
1. Kanaklata was 17 years old. (True)
2. She feared the police. (False)
• Discuss moral values:
– Courage
– Patriotism
– Love for the nation
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Practice:
• Students draw the Indian national flag and colour it.
• Write 3 sentences about Kanaklata Barua.
• Group activity: Students enact a simple scene of a procession holding flags (no political messaging, just educational).
• Students write what “freedom” means to them.