Lesson -4 GROUP RESPECT

Objectives 1. To create a healthy and prosperous society.

2. To accept the habit of manual labour as the basis of group respect.

3. To inspire the students for cooperation while working in a group.

Gathering of more than one person is called a group. A group plays a vital role in a civilized society. It enhances mutual co-operation. A group can be considered a successful group only if it is free from the discrimination of religion, caste, colour or creed. Opportunism and hatred are just like termite for a group. If we want self-respect then we will have to adopt a positive approach to respect others. There is a wise saying 'As you sow so shall you reap. Sooner or later, we have to face the consequences of our deeds. If we accept rewards for our good deeds gladly then we should have no problem in owning up the responsibility for our bad deeds instead of blaming others. In doing so, indirectly, this responsibility becomes the reason of respect for others. It strengthens our moral values. This is the need of the hour.

Activity-1

Let us tick (V) the suitable option against each statement in the table given below. Let us analyse ourselves so that our concept regarding group respect becomes clear.

Statements	Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Always
I think about respect.
I need respect for myself.
I consider it good to respect others.
I take help of others to satisfy my needs.
I always remain keen to help others.
I think of working in a group.
I prefer selfishness in life.
I am in favour of impartiality in a group.
I take the reward of good result myself.

 

Activity-2

In this activity, the students will assume that they are the inhabitants of the village of the story given below and all the imaginary incidents have taken place before them. The students assuming themselves a part of the village will also answer a few questions.

 

The people of your village are very innocent. They do manual labour in order to run their families. Living with understanding has become their nature. Some cunning and clever people succeed in dividing the villagers with their moves to cater their ulterior motives. The different group of villagers get engaged in rivalry. People with negative thinking don't want mutual social relations but people with positive thinking want peace as it was before.

Worksheet

Q.1. Will you ignore the division of the villagers into different groups?

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Q.2. What steps will you take to advise the villagers?

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Q.3. How will you expose the cunning people?

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Q.4. Which method will you adopt to safeguard the respect of the different groups?

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Q.5. Will you pat your back yourself for the restoration of peace in the village?

Ans……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Q.6. Put a tick () or cross (X) to show whether the different methods for group respect given below are right or wrong.

(a) Use of humbleness

(b) Tit for tat

(c) To use harsh words

(d) To keep patience

(e) To treat with love

(f) To show off and exploit

(g) To respect the feelings of others

 

SELF-ESTEEM

Objectives 1. Self-esteem as a source for personality building.

2. To realize the loss due to over self-esteem.

3. To encourage the student's low-motivated peers to be at par with others.

    

Self-esteem is actually another name for a person's intuitive ability. This means how much a person knows about himself and how important he considers himself. Psychologists use the word self-esteem to mean how much we like ourselves. A person with high self-esteem behaves better in many social aspects. As his ability to work increases, he feels more responsible and becomes a better citizen. Self-esteem is an essential element in building the true personality of students.

Every student in the class should realize that many of his personality traits are different from the rest and that he is a responsible person of the society. At the school level, teachers can instil these qualities in the students in a number of simple casual ways.

Positive Process

Positive Conversation

Good Results

Good Influence

Good Application

Activity-1

All the students of the class will participate in this activity. They will be given some questions which will have to be answered briefly:

1. I am very happy when………

2. My fellow students say that my method of……..is very good.

3. My family is very happy when I……………………..

At the end of the period, the teacher will be able to know the opinion of each student based on their answers. The teacher can ask some students to stand up and answer the questions. This will give them a sense of confidence.

Activity-2

The opinions of the students will be collected on the fact that how much they know about their classmates. Everyone has certain natural innate qualities but sometimes we are unaware of these qualities. If a person/student is praised in the society, it not only makes him happy but it also increases his responsibility to maintain that quality. Then he develops this quality with more enthusiasm. Each student in the class will be asked to write his name on a page. Then the pages bearing the names of the students will reach every student one by one according to the roll numbers or in any particular order. Each student will read the name written on the page and write a positive sentence about that student according to his observation about that student.

The activity will continue until all the students have written their sentences on all the pages. The teacher will collect the pages from all the students and ask every student to read the page bearing his name in turns. Many of the good qualities of the student will have been written on the page. When a student reads about himself, he becomes aware of some of his inner qualities that he might not have ever felt. Motivation and self-confidence will also be created in him. If time permits, the teacher can also ask some shy students to read out their pages in front of the class. This will remove the hesitation of these students and also create a sense of self-esteem in their mind that they are no less than anyone else.

 

Activity-3

With the help of this activity, the students can get to know much about themselves with the help of a questionnaire or statement table. Students will be praised for answering their questions in the affirmative and will be guided by the teacher if the students answer in the negative.

Sr. No.	Remarks/Statements	Yes	Perhaps	No
1.	I can sing very well.
2.	My classmates love my company.
3.	I will surely achieve my goal in life.
4.	I feel I am not very beautiful.
5.	None of my classmates can play table tennis as good as I.
6.	I have the guts to speak out my dislikes.
7.	I rank much higher among the bright students of class 11th.
8.	The football team of my school lost the match because of my fault.
9.	All my teachers like me a lot.

 

After evaluating these activities, teachers will identify the students with low self-esteem. They will also warn the students with high self-esteem and self-confidence not to become arrogant. In this way, this mental aspect will be discussed at the class level with the help of one another in order to maintain mental balance.