LESSON-7 Cooperation and Belongingness
"Coming together is a beginning,
keeping together is progress, and working - together is success.
Henry Ford
7.1 Introduction
Dear children, cooperation is the
feeling of working together with someone and belongingness is the feeling of
being attached to someone special.
Life is a journey that starts at the
time of birth. This journey of life begins with some kinship but some more
relationships are formed during the passage. All of these relationships- parents,
siblings, relatives, friends and teachers- are with you at every step. They
make your life better and more enticing by cooperating with you in every possible
way. They contribute to your progress and success.
Answer the following questions:
Let's
learn about the importance of cooperation and belongingness in our life.
a) What are three things you can do
alone?
b) What are some of the things you
need to take help for?
Cooperation and
belongingness act and connect,
And work like the magic
wands.
Never ever leave the
edge of feelings,
The thread of relations
is in your hands
Mind
Map; Let's learn about
correlation and belongingness through classroom discussions and fill out the
following mind map.
What triggers in you the sense of
cooperation and belongingness?
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7.2 Activity Time
Story
"The Baby of a Nightingale"
It was the month of June last year
which was piping hot. Two nightingales searched twigs from somewhere and worked
indefatigably the whole day to build nests on our home papaya plants. They did
this with great joy and fervour, why won't they! Home is just as essential to
animals as it is to humans. With collaboration and alliance, they were able to construct
their home. Before dawn, they both flew in search of food. Sometimes they would
sit on the parapet and take care of their nest. They relished this job. Singing
songs all day long was as if they were offering thanks to God.
After a few days, the female
nightingale began to spend more time in the nest and the male one would guard
them like a watchman. Now the responsibility of both was increased. They went
to forage for food not only for themselves but also for their baby. They didn't
go to far-off places. The baby nightingale would wait impatiently and call in
for its parents. Hearing their baby's voice, they would both get there in a
moment.
One day, the female nightingale
reached with a worm (food) in her beak and found the nest empty. Saddened, she
called her mate. The male nightingale also reached there. Together they hunted
for their baby everywhere. The baby was sitting on the parapet. Their joy knew
no bounds on seeing their fledgling. Their offspring had now learnt well how to
fly. The three happily flew away and never returned.
This story is based on the eyewitness accounts. We have
learnt a lot by reading the story "The Baby of a Nightingale".
a) Write in your own words
what have you learnt from this story.
b) Read the story and tell
how one nightingale collaborated with another nightingale to make the nest a
home and a family.
Dear children, the house becomes a
palace of dreams only because of cooperation, adjustment, respect,
understanding, love and feeling of belongingness.
7.3 Remember
CAB RULE Rule:
1. C = Cooperation
2. A = Adjustment
3. B Belongingness
4. R= Respect
5. U = Understanding
6. L = Love
7. E- Emotion
Let's see what we have imbibed.
(Discuss the following
five questions with your teacher one by one.)
a) Suppose your younger brother does
not share his toys with you. What will you do to help him improve this habit?
b) How do you cooperate with your
parents? Make a list of any five ways.
c) Your grandfather is old. He keeps
asking for help for small tasks. If he calls you while you are studying, what
will you do?
d) Let's choose what is right and
what is wrong.
Strike out the wrong choice.
Not taking care of the house.
Living with love.
Doing household chores together.
Staying alone all day.
Listening carefully to the elders.
Not helping each other.
Ego destroys the sense of cooperation
and belongingness. Control it so that the feeling of togetherness is
maintained.
7.4The spirit of cooperation unites us and
improves mutual relationships.
a) Write the name of the
person who always supports you.
b) Who is there to aid you
with everything, big or small?
C) Say thanks by writing
the names of such people who take care of your necessities.
Dear children, you must follow the
CAB RULE to sweeten every relationship. If you follow these rules, then these
habits will become a golden part of your future life.
State: Have you made any changes in
yourself? If so, list at least five such habits:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
Special suggestions from the teacher to the student
