SHARING AND CARING Class 5

Session 2

EXPLORING THE VALUE OF SHARING AND CARING

Recap Ask children how they felt to give away a toy they liked. Ask their friend how he/she
felt on receiving the gift.
10 min

1 Explore some more: Making a poster *

30 min
• Divide the children into groups.
• Ask each group to read about a person who made a sacrifice to help others.
• Some sample stories from thebetterindia.org are given below:

Suraj was a mechanical engineer and he had a
good job as a lecturer. In 2011, on his way home
one day, he saw a snake beaten to death. This
affected him so much that he decided to quit his
job and rescue snakes. Slowly, he started
working with forest officials and local tribal
people. He helped in saving various animals like
deer, hyenas, leopards and birds. Since 2011,
Suraj has been working towards conserving
wildlife in Chhattisgarh. He gave up his job to
save animals.
Sivan is a 66-year old postman. Everyday, he had
to trek 15 kilometres to reach remote villages in
the Nilgiri Hills of Tamilnadu. He never took a
day off in his 30 years of service, because he
knew how important each letter and money
order was to the villagers. He would pass
through steep hills, risky railways crossings, and
pitch-black tunnels to deliver mail. Some days he
encountered wild animals. But Sivan would still
go to every village, even if he had just one letter
to deliver.

• Each group makes a poster highlighting the main qualities that the person had, the
sacrifice they made, and the way in which they helped others.

2 Explore some more: Four Wishes *

• Ask children to write down 4 wishes: 15 min

A wish for myself A wish for my family A wish for my friend A wish for the community

• Now ask children to imagine that only 2 of these wishes would be granted. Which two
wishes would they pick and why? Ask children to share their responses. Discuss if it is
easy or difficult to give up something that we want for others’ sake.

At home, on my own

• Ask children to try giving up 15 minutes of their play time or TV time to help their
parents with household chores.

* If there is not enough time to conduct all the activities in class, please choose either Activity 1 or 2. The time shown
against each activity is only indicative.
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