On the Move Again
NCERT Looking Around, Class 5, Chapter 22 follows a family that leaves its village after the rains to cut sugarcane on distant farms. Living in cloth tents near the fields, the parents work long hours while children miss school, fetch water, and care for younger siblings. Earnings rise in harvest months but vanish in summer, forcing repeated moves. Through this journey the chapter explains seasonal migration, shows how migration shapes food, friendships, and study, and asks what villages and schools can do so moving children keep learning.
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