Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh - Flipped Learning Activity

This blog has been assigned by Prof .Dr. Dilip Barad as part of the Flipped Learning Activity on Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh. The purpose of this activity is to promote an in-depth engagement with the novel through video lessons, worksheets, and reflective blog writing. It aims to strengthen analytical ability, critical thinking, and creative interpretation of the novel’s themes and narrative techniques.

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Step 1: Watch the Video Lessons 

Characters and Summary 

Video 1: Characters and Summary - 1 | Sundarbans | Gun Island 

Video 2: Characters and Summary - 2 | USA | Gun Island 

Video 3: Summary - 3 | Venice | Part 2 of Gun Island

Thematic Study  

 Video 1: Etymological Mystery | Title of the Novel | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh

 Video 2: Part I - Historification of Myth & Mythification of History 

Video 3: Part II | Historification of Myth and Mythification of History | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh

 Video 4: Part III - Historification of Myth and Mythification of History | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh

 Video 5: Climate Change | The Great Derangement 

 Video 6: Migration | Human Trafficking | Refugee Crisis 

Step 2: Complete the Worksheets 

'Gun Island' Worksheet - 1

'Gun Island' Worksheet - 2

Reference

Barad, Dilip. “Gun Island.” Gun Island, 23 Jan. 2022, blog.dilipbarad.com/2022/01/gun-island.html. 

Barad, Dilip. “Flipped Learning Activity Instructions: Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh.” ResearchGate, Jan. 2025, www.researchgate.net/publication/388143893_Flipped_Learning_Activity_Instructions_Gun_Island_by_Amitav_Ghosh.

DoE-MKBU. “Characters and Summary - 1 | Sundarbans | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh.” YouTube, 17 Jan. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn70pnUIK1Y.

DoE-MKBU. “Characters and Summary - 2 | USA | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh.” YouTube, 17 Jan. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiYLTn7cWm8.

DoE-MKBU. “Climate Change | the Great Derangement | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh.” YouTube, 21 Jan. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_3tD4voebA.

DoE-MKBU. “Etymological Mystery | Title of the Novel | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh.” YouTube, 19 Jan. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yg5RmjBlTk.

DoE-MKBU. “Migration | Human Trafficking | Refugee Crisis | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh.” YouTube, 21 Jan. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLeskjjZRzI.

DoE-MKBU. “Part I - Historification of Myth and Mythification of History | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh.” YouTube, 21 Jan. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBLsFEKLGd0.

DoE-MKBU. “Part II | Historification of Myth and Mythification of History | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh.” YouTube, 23 Jan. 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP2HerbJ5-g.

DoE-MKBU. “Part III - Historification of Myth and Mythification of History | Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh.” YouTube, 23 Jan. 2023, www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVLqxT_mUCg.

DoE-MKBU. “Summary - 3 | Venice | Part 2 of Gun Island | Amitav Ghosh.” YouTube, 18 Jan. 2022, www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F3n_rrRG9M.

Ghosh, Amitav. Gun Island: A Novel. 2019.