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Project Portfolio/Project Report Topics

List with the Tasks
General Instructions:

• It is compulsory for all to prepare the Project file.

• The Internal Assessment of Term II will be in the form of Project Portfolio/Project Report and Viva. Both
Project and Viva will carry 5 Marks each.
• The Internal Assessment of Term II will be taken by an external examiner. The Project File of yours will
be checked by the external examiner. The Viva will also be taken by him/her on the same time.
• The Project Report is needed to be completed in 1000 words in your own handwriting.
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Project-Portfolio/ Project Report

The Project-Portfolios is a compilation of the work that the students produce during the process of working on
their ALS Project. The Project-Portfolio may include the following:

PROJECT FILE
Page 1 : COVER PAGE, WITH TITLE OF PROJECT, SCHOOL DETAILS/DETAILS OF STUDENTS.

Page 2 : CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE TEACHER

Page 3 : ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Page 4: INDEX

Page 5: STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES

Page 6 : ACTION PLAN FOR THE COMPLETION OF ASSIGNED TASKS.

Page 7: QUESTIONARE (10-15 QUESTIONS)

Page 8 to 12: PROJECT/REPORT DETAILS( Graphics and pictures to be pasted on left hand side and content
of the report to be written in your own handwriting on the right hand side of the page.

Page 13: STUDENT’S GROUP REFLECTION. * WHAT HAPPENED.

* SO WHAT. * NOW WHAT

Last Page : LIST OF RESOURCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS FOR MAKING PROJECT
• The marks allotted for ASL PROJECT 10marks(5 +5) project and viva on the same
taken by the External
• The Project can be inter-disciplinary in theme.
• The topics may be taken up that provide students with opportunities for listening and speaking.
• Some suggestions are as follows:
INTERVIEW BASED RESEARCH:
1. Students can take a project on the theme of their interest. Ex- Impact of pandemic on
Businessmen, the students will interview the business and write a report on the information in
1000 words.
2. The students should interview and collect information at least five members (5 members).
3. The students need to prepare a questionnaire on the topic taken and it will be same for all the
members being interviewed.
4. The questionnaire should consists 15 questions including basic information (name, occupation
etc)
5. The students will take the help of the teacher in preparing the questionnaire.
6. Each and every student will have a different questionnaire as they have different topics for project
7. Evidences need to be attached at the last pages of the project like the questionnaire,
photographs with the interviewee.
8. A video of one or two persons can be taken and should be saved in a pen drive.

NOTE: THE PROJECT SHOULD BE HANDWRITTEN

( The cover page , acknowledgement , certificate can be printed and the rest of the pages should be
handwritten)
USE A4 size paper white sheet for the project and after compiling everything it should be spiral
binding.

PROJECT TOPICS
You have to make pictorial as well as graphical presentation on left hand side of the file. All data should be
collected authentically and hand written essay of 1000 words on right side.

TOPIC 1 - The Last Lesson

• Different Language Spoken in India

TOPIC 2 - The Lost Spring

Child Labour
 • Collect data about various slums in our country and living conditions there.Also elaborate
whether children have access of education there.
• How children are engaged in various kinds of work(Below 14)?
• Collect all information about biggest slums.

TOPIC 3 - Deep Water

PHOBIA

TOPIC 4 - My Mother At Sixty-six

IMPORTANCE OF GRAND PARENTS

TOPIC 5- Keeping Quiet

• Focus on relevance of meditation and introspection.

TOPIC 6 - Indigo

• PEOPLE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT MOVEMENTS OF INDIA

TOPIC 7- A Thing Of Beauty

• HEALING POWER OF NATURE

• TOPIC 8- The Third Level

• Why ‘hurry and worry’ are trademarks of modern men?

• How far today life is insecure? Why do modern men want to escape?
• Interview your school principal or the counselor to know the problems (stress, fear, anxiety etc.)
faced by the students in the virtual platform.
TOPIC 9- On The Face Of It

• Interview a physically challenged person and write about his views on the problems he faced due
to his condition.
• What is the attitude of the society towards him?
• Collect data on the condition of rehabilitation centers in India and how people are living there?

LIST OF TOPICS/THEMES

I) THE LAST LESSON- FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION

• Linguistic chauvinism

• Importance of Language
• Globalization of Language

• Franco-Prussian War

• Historical References of Events wherein linguistic identity was threatened/snatched

II) LOST SPRING-LIFE IN A SLUM

• Research and case study of a slum.

• Life of the people in a slum

• Education

• Health and Infrastructure

• Government Initiatives

• Role of youth in the upliftment of the weaker sections of the society

•
Comparative Study of Slums
Slums of yesterday turned to cities of today.
•

III)
DEEP WATER- PHOBIA
• Phobias and fears of people.

• Psychological and emotional impact.

•
How to overcome.
•
Impact on one’s life and society
•
Case Study
IV)
RATTRAP-THE STUDY OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS
•
Circumstances that lead to crime.

• Case Study

Corrective Measures
•
Impact of Criminal Behaviour on Society
•

• How to bring them into mainstream.

Attitude of society towards criminals.

•

V)
INDIGO
• Condition of Farmers in Champaran-Then and Now

Farm Bill Agitation

•
•
Gandhi’s Contribution
•
Other Political Leaders who brought about a change in the lives of farmers.
•
Farmer Protection Laws in India
• Condition of Farmers in India vis-à-vis world.
• Future Prospects-Growth-Suggestions

VI) THE ENEMY- WAR AND PEACE

• To maintain peace we need to go to war.

• Impact of War on Society

• Predicament of War

• Escapism and Depression due to war.

• Stance of the Political Lobby and Civilians.

VII) ON THE FACE OF IT- DISABILITY

• Coping with disability

• Society’s attitude towards disability

• Struggles of a disabled person

• Laws for the disabled

• Government policies for the betterment of the disabled.

• Need of inclusion of the disabled in the mainstream society.

PROJECT LAYOUT

SHEET 1- Cover Page with title, school details, details of students

SHEET 2-Statement of purpose/ Objective/ Goal

SHEET 3- Certificate of Completion under the guidance of the teacher.

SHEET 4- Action Plan

• 3-4 lines about the project.

• Research Tools and Methodology.
 • Supporting Material-AV Aids/ PPT

SHEET 5- Introduction of the Project.

SHEET 6- Body of the Project

• Supporting Material

• Questionnaire

• Case Study

• Assignments

• Survey Report

• Transcripts

• Articles

• Interview

SHEET 7-REPORT

800-1000 word essay/script/report

SHEET 8-STUDENT/GROUP REFLECTION

100-150 words paragraph about the experience and learning outcomes

SHEET 9-PHOTOGRAPHS

SHEET 10- LIST RESOURCES/ BIBLIOGRAPHYY

PARAMETERS OF ASSESSMENT

1) Quality of Content

2) Accuracy of Information
3) Adherence to the specified timeline.
4) Content in respect of spellings, grammar, punctuation

5) Clarity of thoughts and ideas

6) Creativity

7) Contribution by group members

8) Knowledge and experience gained