NCERT Textbook: Imagine | Arts (Bansuri) Class 4 - New NCERT PDF Download

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Imagination is a very powerful 
tool. If you are able to imagine 
with great detail, it is like having 
a superpower — You can come up 
with new ideas, tell new stories 
and even solve problems! Do you 
want to know how? Here is an 
interesting story related to Arjun.
IMAGINE
Chapter 6
Around 500 years ago, in Chitrapur, 
a grand play about the Mahabharata 
war was being performed. Villagers had 
gathered to see it. The play began… 
When it was the most exciting part 
where Arjuna had to enter the stage, 
the actor playing the role stumbled backstage. His 
shiny costume tore on a sharp edge. The colourful 
fabric was ruined. Everybody was tense and anxious. 
Without the costume, how could Arjuna continue?
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Imagination is a very powerful 
tool. If you are able to imagine 
with great detail, it is like having 
a superpower — You can come up 
with new ideas, tell new stories 
and even solve problems! Do you 
want to know how? Here is an 
interesting story related to Arjun.
IMAGINE
Chapter 6
Around 500 years ago, in Chitrapur, 
a grand play about the Mahabharata 
war was being performed. Villagers had 
gathered to see it. The play began… 
When it was the most exciting part 
where Arjuna had to enter the stage, 
the actor playing the role stumbled backstage. His 
shiny costume tore on a sharp edge. The colourful 
fabric was ruined. Everybody was tense and anxious. 
Without the costume, how could Arjuna continue?
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Just then, a young boy named Arjun 
(yes, coincidence!), who was helping 
backstage, quickly came up with an idea. 
“We’re surrounded by nature!” he said. 
He closed his eyes and said, “I think we 
can create a new costume from leaves 
and bark, just like sages used to wear 
in the forests. I can see it clearly in my 
mind”.
Before anyone could object, he ran and gathered 
large leaves, strips of bark, and vines. He tied the 
leaves together and made a fabric belt and armlets 
from vines. He put turmeric powder and ash for 
war paint, and the new costume was ready!
The actor went onstage in his improvised outfit. 
People clapped in awe. They felt it was a good idea 
to show Arjuna’s strength through nature. The 
play went very well, and the torn costume was 
forgotten. Young Arjun became a hero for his quick 
imagination and problem-solving.
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Imagination is a very powerful 
tool. If you are able to imagine 
with great detail, it is like having 
a superpower — You can come up 
with new ideas, tell new stories 
and even solve problems! Do you 
want to know how? Here is an 
interesting story related to Arjun.
IMAGINE
Chapter 6
Around 500 years ago, in Chitrapur, 
a grand play about the Mahabharata 
war was being performed. Villagers had 
gathered to see it. The play began… 
When it was the most exciting part 
where Arjuna had to enter the stage, 
the actor playing the role stumbled backstage. His 
shiny costume tore on a sharp edge. The colourful 
fabric was ruined. Everybody was tense and anxious. 
Without the costume, how could Arjuna continue?
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Just then, a young boy named Arjun 
(yes, coincidence!), who was helping 
backstage, quickly came up with an idea. 
“We’re surrounded by nature!” he said. 
He closed his eyes and said, “I think we 
can create a new costume from leaves 
and bark, just like sages used to wear 
in the forests. I can see it clearly in my 
mind”.
Before anyone could object, he ran and gathered 
large leaves, strips of bark, and vines. He tied the 
leaves together and made a fabric belt and armlets 
from vines. He put turmeric powder and ash for 
war paint, and the new costume was ready!
The actor went onstage in his improvised outfit. 
People clapped in awe. They felt it was a good idea 
to show Arjuna’s strength through nature. The 
play went very well, and the torn costume was 
forgotten. Young Arjun became a hero for his quick 
imagination and problem-solving.
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SCENE 2 Individual Skills in Group
You saw how Arjun 
became a hero. There 
are two things we can 
learn — good imagination 
helps and having unique 
skills in a team can make 
a difference. Though everyone is 
working together in a team towards 
a common goal, it is important to 
see what skills every member has 
and help build them. Everyone in 
the team cannot do the same thing. 
Each one has to contribute based 
on what they are good at.
Theatre
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Imagination is a very powerful 
tool. If you are able to imagine 
with great detail, it is like having 
a superpower — You can come up 
with new ideas, tell new stories 
and even solve problems! Do you 
want to know how? Here is an 
interesting story related to Arjun.
IMAGINE
Chapter 6
Around 500 years ago, in Chitrapur, 
a grand play about the Mahabharata 
war was being performed. Villagers had 
gathered to see it. The play began… 
When it was the most exciting part 
where Arjuna had to enter the stage, 
the actor playing the role stumbled backstage. His 
shiny costume tore on a sharp edge. The colourful 
fabric was ruined. Everybody was tense and anxious. 
Without the costume, how could Arjuna continue?
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Just then, a young boy named Arjun 
(yes, coincidence!), who was helping 
backstage, quickly came up with an idea. 
“We’re surrounded by nature!” he said. 
He closed his eyes and said, “I think we 
can create a new costume from leaves 
and bark, just like sages used to wear 
in the forests. I can see it clearly in my 
mind”.
Before anyone could object, he ran and gathered 
large leaves, strips of bark, and vines. He tied the 
leaves together and made a fabric belt and armlets 
from vines. He put turmeric powder and ash for 
war paint, and the new costume was ready!
The actor went onstage in his improvised outfit. 
People clapped in awe. They felt it was a good idea 
to show Arjuna’s strength through nature. The 
play went very well, and the torn costume was 
forgotten. Young Arjun became a hero for his quick 
imagination and problem-solving.
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SCENE 2 Individual Skills in Group
You saw how Arjun 
became a hero. There 
are two things we can 
learn — good imagination 
helps and having unique 
skills in a team can make 
a difference. Though everyone is 
working together in a team towards 
a common goal, it is important to 
see what skills every member has 
and help build them. Everyone in 
the team cannot do the same thing. 
Each one has to contribute based 
on what they are good at.
Theatre
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Divide yourselves into groups 
of five. In your group, assign 
one animal to each person. 
Every member makes a list of 
special qualities they have as 
that animal.
Now, as a team, imagine you are 
in the forest discussing a plan 
to escape the lion’s fury. Think 
of a new solution other than 
what the hare did. Discuss how 
the skills of each animal can be 
used to escape the lion.
Name of your group 
New solution to the lion problem in the forest
Contribution of each team member
Activity 6.1 Panchatantra Exercise
Bansuri  •  Grade 4
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Imagination is a very powerful 
tool. If you are able to imagine 
with great detail, it is like having 
a superpower — You can come up 
with new ideas, tell new stories 
and even solve problems! Do you 
want to know how? Here is an 
interesting story related to Arjun.
IMAGINE
Chapter 6
Around 500 years ago, in Chitrapur, 
a grand play about the Mahabharata 
war was being performed. Villagers had 
gathered to see it. The play began… 
When it was the most exciting part 
where Arjuna had to enter the stage, 
the actor playing the role stumbled backstage. His 
shiny costume tore on a sharp edge. The colourful 
fabric was ruined. Everybody was tense and anxious. 
Without the costume, how could Arjuna continue?
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Just then, a young boy named Arjun 
(yes, coincidence!), who was helping 
backstage, quickly came up with an idea. 
“We’re surrounded by nature!” he said. 
He closed his eyes and said, “I think we 
can create a new costume from leaves 
and bark, just like sages used to wear 
in the forests. I can see it clearly in my 
mind”.
Before anyone could object, he ran and gathered 
large leaves, strips of bark, and vines. He tied the 
leaves together and made a fabric belt and armlets 
from vines. He put turmeric powder and ash for 
war paint, and the new costume was ready!
The actor went onstage in his improvised outfit. 
People clapped in awe. They felt it was a good idea 
to show Arjuna’s strength through nature. The 
play went very well, and the torn costume was 
forgotten. Young Arjun became a hero for his quick 
imagination and problem-solving.
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SCENE 2 Individual Skills in Group
You saw how Arjun 
became a hero. There 
are two things we can 
learn — good imagination 
helps and having unique 
skills in a team can make 
a difference. Though everyone is 
working together in a team towards 
a common goal, it is important to 
see what skills every member has 
and help build them. Everyone in 
the team cannot do the same thing. 
Each one has to contribute based 
on what they are good at.
Theatre
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Divide yourselves into groups 
of five. In your group, assign 
one animal to each person. 
Every member makes a list of 
special qualities they have as 
that animal.
Now, as a team, imagine you are 
in the forest discussing a plan 
to escape the lion’s fury. Think 
of a new solution other than 
what the hare did. Discuss how 
the skills of each animal can be 
used to escape the lion.
Name of your group 
New solution to the lion problem in the forest
Contribution of each team member
Activity 6.1 Panchatantra Exercise
Bansuri  •  Grade 4
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Let us play a theatre game to understand 
how you can work individually in a 
team. Remember you had done ‘object 
improvisation’ last year? You used objects 
around you to give different meanings to 
them—like pretending your pencil box is a 
treasure box or a laptop. You can play the 
improvisation game for one round to recall 
what you did last time. It will also help those 
who missed out on playing it.
We will now extend it to include a 
team. The teacher first picks an 
object in the classroom. Suppose  
she picked a water bottle. It can be 
used in many ways, such as:
A mic to speak A trophy or award
A phone and 
many more
Theatre Game – recall (Grade 3) 
The teacher picks an object. Each 
student thinks of using that object 
as something else other than the 
same purpose it is meant for. 
One by one, the students pick 
up the object, do an action using 
the object as a different one. No 
repetitions are allowed.
Activity 6.2 Object Improvisation: Group
Theatre
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