Rationale for Lesson Plan

Section 1: Routine information:

Grade: 4
Subject: Life Skills
Duration: 45 minutes
Section of work: Children ‘rights and responsibilities
Sub-Topic of this lesson: knowing my rights

Section 2: Lesson purpose and objectives

 PURPOSE: This lesson aims to demonstrate a basic understanding of the concepts

encompassed by children’s rights.

 KEY QUESTIONS: what are rights?

: why do children have rights?
: why is it important to know your rights?

 SKILLS : During this lesson learners will identify some children’s rights from the
constitution of South Africa and their responsibilities.

 ATTITUDES AND VALUES: This lesson will help learners r ecognize that every child
has rights and understand why there is a need for children’s rights.

 LESSON OUTCOMES:
Develop an understanding of what human rights are
Appreciate the relationship between rights and responsibilities

Section 3: Rationale for key pedagogical choices (methodology used)

CONTENT KNOWLEDGE

What are rights?

A right is something a person has which people think should not be taken away. It is a rule about
what a person is allowed to do or have. A right is different from a privilege, which is something
that must be earned. Rights may be put into laws, so they have legal protection. Everyone has
rights irrespective of their sex, gender, race, nationality or economic status. Your cousin, your
neighbour, Your parents, your pet, your friend, you and all your classmates have rights.
Everyone has rights.

Children’s rights

These rights make you as a child feel valued, important and seen. Yes, children have rights too!
The government of our country wrote the children’s rights in the most important book called
the constitution, so that everyone in South Africa can see how important it is to understand
children’s rights and let children enjoy their freedom. Inside the constitution there are children’s
rights listed in a formal statement called the bill of rights.

Picture of The Constitution of South Africa

What are responsibilities?

A responsibility is a duty or job, it means being accountable for something. To be responsible

you need to complete a task given to you by someone satisfactorily. It can also mean you have
good judgement and are able to act correctly and make decisions on your own that are
responsible.

Rights and responsibilities

Rights Responsibilities
The right to good education To attend school, to learn and do my best.
 The right to basic care If someone needs care
The right to basic health and social services
The right to be protected from maltreatment
and neglect.
The right to a name and nationality and
identity
The right to basic nutrition.
The right to basic shelter [a safe and
comfortable home ]
I will be willing to help them
To visit hospitals, clinics and doctors regularly
and to look after my own health.
To keep myself save and not get involved in
dangerous situations
To be proud of my name, identity and
nationality
To eat healthy and not to waste food.
To keep the house clean and neat

Importance of knowing your rights:

KEY VOCABULARY
Right
Children’s rights
Constitution
Bill of rights
Freedom
Democracy
Government
Responsibilities

TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES

Video clip
Handout
Charts

KNOWLEDGE OF THE LEARNERS AND CONTEXT

Introducing this topic needs a lot of sensitivity from I as the teacher because some learners in
my classroom might not be enjoying some of the rights. As learners come from different
contexts, I will make sure that introduction of rights to them becomes a fun lesson for them to
make them feel comfortable and included.
INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD AND STRATEGIES USED

I will use a video clip for introduction .

I will provide learners with a worksheet for participation and engagement.
During the lesson there will be a whole class discussion about the topic to evaluate their
thoughts about the lesson topic.
Questioning learners about what they have learnt as a way to encourage learning and
reflection.
 Section 4: Write a detailed sequence of lesson steps that builds a systematic and coherent
process of learning.

Describe what will happen in each lesson step

Aim of the lesson
step is to:
Teacher explanations / questions / examples / Learner
instructions / actions participation &
activities

1. Engage Let us watch this video together, listen attentively but Watch a video
don’t forget to sing along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0i9O_amMkM.

What is the video all about? Answer questions

Mention one word you remember from the song
2. Explain
Now that you have watched the video, today’s lesson
is about knowing your rights.
I will explain to learners the lesson content( children’s
rights, responsibilities and why they are important) to
3. Explore them. Whole class
discussion
Think about responsibilities you have been given to do at
home:
Why do you think your parents have given you these
responsibilities?
Which of these responsibilities do you not like and why?
4. Evaluate Individual work
Look at the worksheet that I have given you.
5. Encourage
Paste it in your workbook and answer the question
Answer questions
Questioning
What are rights?
Why do children have rights?
From today how will you exercise your rights?
Why do rights have responsibilities?

Activity

Paste this worksheet in your workbook and fill in the answers :

Rights Responsibilities
 To attend school, to learn
and do my best.

The right to basic care

To visit hospitals, clinics and

doctors regularly and to look
after my own health. To live
healthy.

To be proud of my name,
identity and nasionality

The right to be protected

from maltreatment and
neglect

To keep the house clean and

neat.

Reference List

DBE [Department of Basic Education]. (2011).Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement

(CAPS), Grades 4-6 for Life Skills. Johannesburg: DBE. p. 16.
ELS IT (2018) Rights And responsibilities song
Worksheet from

Ferguson, R. (2021) Child AS a citizen