• What do you think we should do when we have a problem?
Know About Positive AttitudeOur attitude shapes our lives. People with a positive attitude face every situation with self-confi dence. They are always happy because they choose to see the good side of things. People who have a positive attitude believe that they can overcome diffi culties.
Once upon a time, in Scotland, there was a king called Robert Bruce. He fought and won many battles. One day, he was defeated and he ran away from the battlefi eld. He hid in a cave.
King Bruce was upset and ready to give up all hope. As he lay on the ground, he
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saw a spider on the wall. It was trying to reach its web on the roof of the cave. It failed again and again.
‘Poor thing!’ said King Bruce, ‘you, too, know what it is to fail.’
But the spider did not give up. After every fall, the spider tried again. It did not lose heart. The spider reached its web on its seventh attempt.
The little spider’s determination fi lled King Bruce with new hope and courage. He came out of the cave and gathered his soldiers. This time he fought bravely. He was successful in making his country free.
Have you ever faced any situation like King Bruce where you felt like giving up but chose not to?
Little Nitya has a magic formula for developing a positive attitude. She says that we can do the following things:
• Stop worrying. It only makes you upset. Try and think of positive things.
• If you have a problem, talk to your friends, your parents or a relative.
• View every problem as an opportunity to develop yourself.
• If you have made a mistake then try to learn a lesson from it.
• Be friends with people who have a positive attitude.
• Make others happy.
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1. Share an incident with your classmates about how you overcame a diffi cult situation in your life.
2. Look around and identify at least three things that give you a positive feeling. Share this with your friends.
Reading Time
Read the story of Thomas Alva Edison and understand how he invented the light bulb. Share what you learnt from his story with your classmates.
Activity Time
Make a happiness box. You can use a cardboard box and cover the lid and the box with a gift paper or paint it. Fill this box with things that make you happy, such as photographs, cards or letters.
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1. The way you start your day shows your positive or negative attitude. Think of how you start your day. When you wake up in the morning, do you feel irritated or do you cheerfully greet everyone?
2. Mention any two qualities of your friend which shows his/her positive attitude.
Life Skills
Imagine your friend has not done well in his/her test. What can you do or say to make him/her feel better?
Value Store
• A positive attitude helps us to overcome diffi culties in life.
• We can fulfi l our dreams if we work hard and have a positive attitude.
Teacher’s Notes• Motivate students to see the bright side of things. Share inspirational stories with
them of people who persevered against the odds to become successful.• Circulate books related to positive thinking and ask them to share the stories in the
class.• Encourage students to behave in a cheerful manner with other people. Explain to
them that a positive attitude creates a happy and a peaceful environment.• Give a smiley card every week to a student who shows a positive attitude.
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Know About Self-ManagementIf we want to lead a peaceful life we need to know the art of self-management.
Self-management can be of two types:
a. Managing daily needs
b. Managing emotional needs
Managing daily needs
Every morning after you get up, you need to get ready to go to school. You need to plan and manage many things to reach your school on time. A few things that you should ask yourself:
• Am I getting up on time?
• Do I have enough time to take bath and have breakfast?
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2. a. I like to spend time with my family members.
b. Talking to my family members does not interest me.
3. a. I can begin to study the day before an examination.
b. I must always study regularly.
4. a. Sometimes it is good to be angry and show my bad temper to others.
b. Anger spoils my relationship with others.
Chat Time
1. Sometimes we demand for toys which our parents cannot afford. Talk to your teacher and try to understand why it is important to listen to our parents and control our emotions.
2. Discuss with your parents how a timetable can be used to manage your studies and other activities.
Reading Time
Read the Aesop’s fable about the goose that laid golden eggs. The story is about a couple who owned a goose that gave one golden egg every day. Share with your class the value that you learnt from this story.
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Prepare a ‘PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT’ table for managing your learning time at home. Here is what your table will look like.
PLAN DO CHECK ACT
Think Tank
1. Imagine that a gift has arrived for your parents. They are not at home. Your grandmother asks you to wait till your parents return to open the gift. But you become restless and open it. Do you think this was right on your part?
2. Have you ever thought before your examination that you need more time to complete your studies? What can you do to make sure that you complete your studies on time?
Life Skills
Have you ever reacted angrily or shouted at someone because you were upset? How do you think you can react differently to show your feelings? Give two suggestions.
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• We can lead a peaceful life when we learn to manage our daily and emotional needs.
• An organised and well-managed life is the key to success.
Teacher’s Notes• The objective of the lesson is to infuse a sense of confi dence in the learner that he/
she can manage himself/herself. • Ask questions which provoke students to think, make appropriate choices, identify the
right methods, take decisions and own responsibility for those decisions. • Ask students to share anecdotes, events or stories relating to the value of self-
management with the class. For ‘Reading Time’ other stories which highlight the value of self-management can also be given to the students.
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• Can you name a few languages that are spoken in India?
• ‘I love my country.’ How will you say this sentence in your mother tongue?
Know About India’s DiversityNida and Palak are best friends. Their school is in Madhya Pradesh. During their summer vacation, Nida went to Hyderabad to her grandmother’s place while Palak went to Amritsar with her family.
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When they came back to school, Nida and Palak had a lot of stories to share about where they went and what they saw.
Palak said that she was surprised to see different types of dresses being worn by people in the northern states of India. Women wore saree, salwar kameez, kurta-churidar and western dresses. Men wore pants, shirts and also traditional dresses like dhoti and kameez.
Nida also shared that she enjoyed the different types of food that she ate in Hyderabad. Biryani and kheer pooriya were her favourite food items. She was very excited to know that every state has its own popular food items and traditional dresses.
India is a big country. We speak different languages. We wear different types of dresses and celebrate various festivals.
India also has people belonging to different religions. They visit temples, mosques, churches, gurdwaras and other places of worship.
Although India is a diverse country, people live in unity with one another.
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1. What did Nida and Palak discover about the places that they had visited during their summer vacation?
2. With the help of your teacher fi nd out the states in which Hyderabad and Amritsar are located.
3. Name at least two traditional dishes that are popular in your state.
Chat Time
1. Festivals are occasions when family and friends come together and share their happiness. Discuss with your friends which is your favourite festival and how you celebrate it.
2. Talk to a classmate who belongs to a different Indian state. Find out the following information:
• Name of the state
• Traditional dresses
• Traditional food items
• Famous tourist places
Reading Time
Read the story, The Bundle of Sticks, from Aesop’s fables. Find out how a father managed to stop his sons from quarrelling and also taught them a valuable lesson. Share with your class the moral that you draw from this story.
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1. Imagine that you have to wear a traditional Indian dress to a fancy dress competition. Share with your class which dress you will wear and why.
2. Think of any place that you want to visit in India. Name this place. Why do you want to visit it?
Life Skills
Imagine that your cousin is coming to India from abroad for the fi rst time. You want to show him/her some famous tourist places of your state. Which places will you visit?
Value Store
• India is a vast country where people have the freedom to follow and practise any religion, ritual and custom.
• We should respect the practices and faith of other people.
• The people of our country live together in harmony. They celebrate festivals together and share their happiness.
Teacher’s Notes• The objective of the lesson is to promote brotherhood, communal harmony and the
spirit of unity. • Explain that the Constitution of India lays down that the citizens should respect each
other and promote equality. The Preamble of our Constitution can be read out in the class and the concept of unity in diversity can be linked.
• Illustrations from literature, culture, architecture, folk dances and prevalent practices of different cultures could be shared in the class to consolidate learning.
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