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Preface Values are defined as everything from ideas to principles that aim to guide us towards desirable, behavioural and positive outcomes.They provide an important basis for individual choices based on connecting thoughts, feelings and emotions, leading to an achievable and objective end. Values are seeds that need to be inculcated into the young minds to help them understand right from wrong and make correct choices, based on this understanding. Value education is the need of the hour to address the concerns about degenerating values, the impact of harmful change on children and youth, dysfunctional families, increased crime and violence, effect of media and information, overload as well as the competitive mindset of students, parents and teachers. In addition to imbibing the ideal concept of values like honesty, respect and responsibility, the value education through the lessons in this series is also an “empowering tool”, which is sure to be helpful in meeting the challenges of the contemporary socials like religious fundamentalism, environmental degradation, multi-cultural conflicts and so on. In addition to imparting values, the series also includes development of ten essential life skills as defined in the NCERT guidelines. Value Education is a series of books designed for students from Grades 1 to 8, in order to help the students understand themselves and make them aware of the world around them. This series focuses specifically on preserving our country’s heritage, protecting public property, being compassionate towards others, positive thinking, working together in harmony, living together in peace and respecting the human dignity. The series has provided not for just learning the values but through activities to help the children apply them too at how the children should approach and deal with a challenging situation they face in their daily life.What they are required to do, is brought about through the life skills. The key features of this series are given below: • Structured chapters • Enriching stories to impart values • Enjoyable exercises • Creative activities Every chapter in the book is introduced by Valedina, the super hero mascot for value education. She will walk you through every chapter along with her friends from the Learning Planet.

Hey Kids! Welcome to the Learning Planet. Come and get introduced to the Superhero League! Each of these heroes is an expert in his or her own subject. So what are you waiting for? Grab your books and enter the Learning Planet, where learning has been made easy and fun-filled by the Superhero League! Now, let us get to know them better... Valedina Questo Say ‘Hi’ to Valedina! USBee She will introduce you to Say ‘Hello’ to Questo! He will tell you more the world of values. about the world. This is USBee. He will buzz you through the world of ICT.

Eureka Phonica Welcome Eureka! She is your Greet Phonica! She will show you guide to exploring the amazing how to read, write, listen and speak English correctly. world of Science. CalSee Natura Meet CalSee! He will Meet Natura! She will help you with the joys take you through the of learning Maths. EVS concepts.

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Contents Ch. No. Topic Value Life Skill Pg. No. 1 The Peacock and This is Me Self-Awareness 9 the Crow 17 25 2 The Wise Dove Living Together Effective Communication 3 Raj and the Janitor At School Decision-Making 4 Nishant and the The Community Interpersonal 33 Townspeople We Live In Relationship 5 Arjun and His Respect Human Empathy 41 Friends Dignity 6 The Big Race Being True to Coping with 49 Yourself Stress 7 Mihika and the Critical Thinking Critical Thinking 57 Leopard and Solution 8 The Mole Saves The World Problem Solving 65 the Day around Us 9 Dhruv’s Beautiful Caring for the Creative Thinking 73 Garden Environment 10 Caring is Sharing Giving Back to Coping with 81 the World Emotion

Today is my first Bigger classroom But I can’t In a shared space, day of Grade 3, means bigger keep it clean everyone has to share and I am very all by myself! excited. I have responsibilities. Your the responsibility of a new teacher, classroom is a “shared keeping it clean. If a whole new set everyone contributes, of books and a space.” That means your classroom will be bigger classroom! a lot of people use it every day. It is clean! important to keep the classroom neat and tidy. There was a boy named Raj. He lived with his mother and father in a small town. He walked to school every morning. Raj’s parents were both very hardworking, and there were always a lot of chores to do around the house. Unfortunately, Raj never helped them. He was interested in playing with his friends or walking around the town and exploring it. Raj’s parents always had to clean up after him. 25

Value Education 3 Raj loved bananas, and his mother used to give him one to take to school every day to eat it after his lunch. Raj was not used to picking up after himself or cleaning his own mess. When he finished eating the banana, he would throw the peel on the floor. The dustbin was only a few steps away from Raj’s desk, but he would not walk over to throw the peel. After school, Raj would go home, leaving the peel on the floor next to his desk. The next morning he would find the peel thrown away! Raj took this for granted, and continued to throw the banana peels on the floor, believing that they would magically be cleaned up the next morning. He never really thought about this, but the truth was that the banana peels would be picked up in the evenings by the school janitor.The school janitor was in-charge of sweeping the floor and tidying up the classroom after the students left. He was the one who picked up Raj’s banana peel every day! 26

RaJjanaintdorthe Then one day, the school janitor fell and broke his arm. He couldn’t come to work for three weeks! The class teacher told all the students to be extra careful since the janitor wasn’t going to be coming to work. She told them to pick up the litter themselves. She made a list of chores, and put them up on the noticeboard in the classroom, so that the students knew exactly what was to be done. This list included picking up litter, arranging the benches, mopping up their own spilled food, water, paint and so on. She also explained to them that the more careful they were and did not litter, the less work they would all have to do later. Many students found it difficult in the beginning, but once they saw how clean and tidy their benches looked after they had cleaned them up, they realised why it was important.They even started to enjoy it! Unfortunately, Raj was so used to throwing his banana peels on the floor that he continued throwing the peels even after the students did the cleaning. Every day, he would throw his banana peel on the floor, but now there was no one to pick them up! The peels piled up on the floor, near his desk over the next few days. Raj finally saw what a mess he had been making. His was the only corner in the class that looked dirty and smelled too! He felt ashamed and decided that he would change this habit immediately. He picked up the peels and threw them away into the dustbin.And after that, he never threw a peel on the floor again. 27

Value Education 3 When the janitor came back to work, Word Meanings: he was very happy to see that Raj had Unfortunately: sadly started cleaning up after him and there Take for granted: accept were no more banana peels left on the without question floor for him to clean up! Janitor: a caretaker or helper Chores: routine tasks Exercise 1. Fill in the blanks: (i) Your classroom is a shared . (ii) It is important that you keep your classroom . (iii) It is important that we public property. 2. Answer the following questions: (i) Why did Raj keep throwing banana peels on the floor? (ii) What did you learn from this lesson? 28

RaJjanaintdorthe Think it Have you ever made a mess in your classroom and expected someone else to clean it up? If you saw someone litter in your classroom, would you stop him or her? Your classroom is a “shared space,” which means that a lot of students use it every day! What are other public places (shared spaces) that you can think of? Have you littered such places? Keeping your classroom clean is a shared responsibility. What are the different ways in which you can keep the shared spaces clean? Feel it Will my classmates My mom and dad are make fun of me if I pick always cleaning the house and I do not up my litter? help them. Is it okay if someone My friends keep littering else has to throw or the floor. Should I tell them not to? clear my garbage? 29

Value Education 3 Do it Activity 1(a) Each student needs to build a model of a house. Teacher Note: Ask the students to get the material needed to make a house— paper, cardboard, glue, etc. After they have finished building their models, ask them how they would feel if someone broke or damaged their models. The outcome here needs to be that children should respect public property and treat it as their own. Just like they will protect their houses, similarly, they should protect the public property and not even think of harming it. Activity 1(b) (A) Which image do you think is correct? Tick (✔) on the image that you think is correct and say why. Why do you think is this image correct? (B) ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 30

RaJjanaintdorthe Activity 2 Write down a list of things that you will like to start every week where you will protect and respect public property and spread the awareness. Come up with your own mission and write it down. Mission Cleanliness Activity Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Stop someone from littering Stop people from spitting on the road 31

Value Education 3 Activity 3 You are the leader of Clean City!! What will your symbol and slogan be so that you have followers? Each of you has to draw a symbol and create a slogan about a clean city. How do you see a clean city? Write a one-sentence slogan in your support. 32

Is it normal for What do Sometimes, Of course, worries are me to worry you mean? when I normal! The thing to about whether I am good enough? compare myself remember is that you have with others, I to believe in yourself. wonder if I am Look at Gaurav–he as good. believed in himself. There was once a young boy named Gaurav. He was a happy boy, and was very friendly and kind to his classmates. Everyone liked him very much. The only problem was that he was short for his age, and most people assumed that he would not be able to do many things because of his height. Some of those things were simple, like reaching the top shelf of a cupboard; even Gaurav admitted that it would be easier for a taller person to do that! 49

Value Education 3 People would judge Gaurav because of his height; however, he proved them wrong. It was announced that there would be a race at school. Gaurav was very excited. He loved sports and was eager to participate. “His legs are so short,” his teacher said. “How will he compete against the other boys who are taller than him?” 50

The Big Race “He is so little, I don’t know if he will have enough energy to even run the whole race!” said another teacher. His teachers meant well, and Gaurav knew that.They didn’t want him to fail and be disappointed.They thought that he would be embarrassed if he lost, and they did not want his feelings to be hurt. They didn’t realise that the most important thing for Gaurav was to participate. It didn’t matter to him whether he won or lost. He would have felt as if he had achieved something just by competing. Despite whatsoever everybody else thought, Gaurav decided to participate in the race.The other boys, who were running, felt bad for him. “I am going to try and run a little slow, so that he doesn’t feel bad that I am so much faster than he is,” said Kunal who was the best athlete in the school. Gaurav heard him say this, but was not offended. “It’s nice that people are trying to protect my feelings,” he told himself. He did not get upset that his friends did not believe in him. “I believe in myself,” he said.“And that is all that matters.” The day of the race arrived. Gaurav was excited as well as a little nervous. He had secretly been practising in his building compound, but he knew that he still had a long way to go to be the fastest boy in the school. Still, he was excited just to compete. The whole school had arrived to watch the race, and everyone was cheering. Gaurav loved all the energy. It motivated him to give the race his best effort. The contestants lined up on the racetrack. 51

Value Education 3 ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO! All the boys took off. Gaurav ran as fast as he could. He blocked out everyone and everything else, and focused entirely on himself and the racetrack. He pushed himself to do his best, and finally... He came third! “That was much better than I expected! Congratulations, Gaurav!” said his teacher. Gaurav was proud. He had Word Meanings: believed in himself and had Eager: impatient, curious done his best. Competing: striving to gain or win something Exercise Admit: make known, accept Disappointed: upset 1. Complete the following sentences from the story: . (i) Gaurav wanted to compete in a . (ii) The best athlete in school was . (iii) Gaurav practised running in his 2. Answer the following questions: (i) Why did Gaurav’s teachers not want him to compete in the race? (ii) What motivated Gaurav to compete in the race? 52

The Big Race Think it What are some of your special skills? Think about some of the things that you have achieved in your life. Have you won any awards in sports, art or school competitions? Have you got good marks in any of your tests? Think about what you had to do for those achievements. Do you cheer/encourage your friends when they participate in any event? Feel it How do my teachers/ How do my friends parents see me? see me? Can I be as popular as I also want to be some of my friends? popular. 53

Value Education 3 Do it Activity 1 Draw a picture of yourself in the space below about a profession that you would want to take up when you grow older, for example, a doctor, nurse, teacher, sportsperson, actor, etc. Myself 54

The Big Race Activity 2 Who are some of the people that inspire you? They could be your parents, teachers, famous sportspeople, actors or social workers… anyone who you think of as a role model. Write an essay on your role model and give the following information: • Name of the person • Why do you like that person? Stick his/her • What about him/her inspires you? picture here. Teacher note: Please explain to the children what is meant by a role model. 55

Value Education 3 Activity 3 For the Teacher: The students can perform a role play as teachers or parents. Propose situations in which a character is faced with a challenge. Allow other students to provide guidance to the character. For example, if the character is about to take an exam in a subject that he finds difficult, ask the students to advise him on what he should do to perform well. Given below are a few more situations. Ask the students to act these out along with what advice they would give for the same. 1. If they know that their friend is lying to his/her parents. 2. If a girl/boy finds it difficult to spell words. 3. If a girl/boy cannot talk in front of the class. 4. If a girl/boy finds it difficult to solve the sums. 5. If a girl/boy wants to participate in any competition. 56

We live in such You’re right, Eureka! That sounds You shouldn’t worry an amazing The world is really really scary, about it, Eureka. All you world. Every a great place. But need to do is make sure sometimes we have Valedina! that you’re prepared, and day is like an crises and disasters, that you know what to adventure, don’t like earthquakes or storms, and they can do during a crisis. you think? be quite dangerous. Once upon a time, there was a large and beautiful forest in which a lot of animals lived and played together. The forest had big, tall and strong trees, and there was always sunlight. The animals were all very happy there, and all lived together in harmony. There were owls and doves in the trees; frogs and fish in the pond, peacocks, rabbits, foxes, deer and even bears! And deep under the ground, in tunnels there lived a group of moles. The forest was in a part of the world that got very warm and dry during the summer.When trees dry up, the wood catches fire easily, and the twigs on the branches become just like matchsticks. 65

Value Education 3 One summer night, when most of the animals were asleep, a slow, dry summer breeze began to blow.The branches of the trees started to rustle. On one tree, where the branches were rustling especially hard, two twigs rubbed against each other, and the friction caused sparks.The sparks caught on the barks of the tree, and set them on fire. The fire got bigger, and spread to the next tree—and then to the next tree after that. Soon, there was a large forest fire! The animals were awakened by the smell of smoke, and the heat of the flames.The foxes, deer, rabbits and bears were all very shocked to see that they were surrounded by flames! They had no idea what to do! 66

ThetMheolDeaSyaves Luckily for the doves and owls, they flew away to safety. Some of the bigger birds were even able to pick up some of the smaller animals and take them away to safety with them. But the rest of the animals were in trouble! There was no way out! Obviously, everyone began panicking. They ran helter skelter, screaming and shouting, unable to think of anything to do. They were so scared and did not know what would happen to them! The fire got bigger, and completely encircled them.The poor animals were trapped! They shouted and screamed—there was no way out! Just then, 67

Value Education 3 the moles came to their rescue! They came out of the ground from one of the tunnels that they had built. “Calm down,” they said to the animals and suggested, “there is a way out. We can save you, but you have to calm down and listen to our plan.” The animals were scared, but they calmed down because they knew that this was their only way out. “We have a tunnel that goes under ground. It will be big enough for you to fit into if you all travel in a single line and don’t push one another. It will go under the ground, and bring you out to safety on the other side of the fire,” said one of the moles. The animals nodded in agreement.They quickly got into the line, and entered the tunnel one by one. They moved along the tunnel slowly, careful not to push the person in front because they knew that if they did, the line would be disrupted and they wouldn’t be able to escape in time. 68

ThetMheolDeaSyaves Slowly, they moved through the tunnel and came out on the other side! They were saved! Word Meanings: Rustle: move or act quickly Twigs: small branches Disrupt: cause confusion, break Encircle: form a circle around; surround Exercise 1. Fill in the blanks: (i) The moles told the animals to down. (ii) In situations that are dangerous, we must not . (iii) The saved the animals. 2. Answer the following questions: (i) How did the birds escape? (ii) What plan did the moles have for the animals to escape? 69

Value Education 3 Think it Forest fire was an extreme situation that animals faced. Have you witnessed any such situations? Staying calm and using your presence of mind is an important thing. This will help you resolve some of your day-to-day problems as well. Imagine, your friend is badly hurt while playing!! What would you do? Knowledge about the basic first aids will help you easily deal with this. Feel it When there is a Is it okay to get fire at home, what scared? should I do? How do I think straight in a chaos? Should I help people if they are injured? 70

ThetMheolDeaSyaves Do it Activity 1 For the Teacher: Conduct a fire drill for your class. Go over the rules that the students should follow, and make them practise what they would do in the event of a fire. Crisis Whom to call What to do Fire Fire Department Storm Flood Earthquake Also, make a chart together and note down the instructions about hospital help. When should you call for an ambulance? When should you call the police or any other helpline that you can contact in case of emergencies! Get the numbers of nearby hospitals, ambulance services, police station, etc. 71

Value Education 3 Activity 2 Each of you has to make your own first-aid kit in class. For the Teacher: Please tell the students in advance what they should get: band-aids, cotton, burnol, gauze, general medicines, etc. Also, teach your students about the First Aid, and how to help someone who is hurt. For example: (a) Accidents (b) Burns 72

We’re very lucky, You’re right! We That’s horrible! You can! There are many Valedina, to have do have a lot of I wish I could ways in which you can so many wonderful things to be thankful give back to the world. things in our lives! for. There are few help them. Just by sharing what we children in the world have, we can make a who don’t have everything we do. difference. There was once a girl, named Sara, whose parents were very wealthy. She lived in a big house that looked like a palace. She had a huge room all to herself, a large closet, full of lovely clothes, and shelves upon shelves of toys. She had a big garden where she could play all day and she also had a swimming pool. She was a very lucky girl. Sara went to a school where all the children were not rich like her. Most of the students lived in small houses, and didn’t have as many clothes or toys. Sara always thought that she was much better off than they were—she had everything she could ever want! How boring those 81

Value Education 3 other children’s lives must be! Sara got to go home every day, swim in her pool and play with her expensive toys. She was obviously much happier than them! “I don’t want to befriend them,” she said. “I am much better to be friends with them.” So, Sara would play all by herself in her house, with her fancy toys and no one to talk to. One day, after she returned home from school, she saw that some children were playing in a field. They were playing cricket, with a stick and a tennis ball. Sara laughed, “Ha! They don’t even have a proper bat or a proper cricket ball!” But then she saw how happy they all were—playing together. 82

Caring is Sharing A little boy, who lived on the road, was watching them quietly. He didn’t look like he had much, but he really wanted to play. He watched the game eagerly. The boy who was batting hit the ball very hard, and it flew over the field and disappeared! The fielders ran after it, but couldn’t find it anywhere. It was lost! The poor boy who was standing on the edge of the field, ran over to the bowler. He handed him a very small, raggedy ball, which looked very old and probably didn’t bounce very well. “They’re never going to want to play with that ball!” thought Sara, but she was wrong! 83

Value Education 3 The other children seemed very happy to have that ball, and let the poor boy join in the game! That was when Sara realised that it doesn’t matter how much you have, as long as you share it and use it to make other people happy. She smiled to herself. She had an idea! She asked the kids if she could join them and play. They were surprised that Sara, who never spoke to them, wanted to play with them. She told them that she would be back in a short time. She went home and got two brand new cricket bats and a shiny cricket ball. She got stumps and helmet as well.And she went back to the field. 84

Caring is Sharing All the other kids were happy to see the new bats, stumps and ball. They all started playing together. Sara Word Meanings: did not have so much of fun before. She was very happy. She made so many new Stumps: each of the three friends. Her parents were also very upright pieces of wood, which happy that she wasn’t alone anymore! form a wicket in cricket And after that, Sara was sure to Ragged: old and torn share all that she had with everyone else. All her toys had a lot more Eagerly: excitedly meaning when they were being shared with friends. Expensive: costing a lot of money Exercise . what she had 1. Fill in the blanks: (i) The children were playing . (ii) Sara realised that she should with her friends. (iii) It is important to make other people 2. Answer the following questions: (i) Why is it important to share? (ii) Why did Sara decide to share her toys with all the other children? 85

Value Education 3 Think it Have you been selfish and not shared your pencils or colour crayons with your friends when they needed them? Do you think it is important to share? Why? Sharing is a way of showing a person that you care for him/her. It is a way of helping them and can make them feel very happy. Sharing is the most important part of building a friendly and supportive community! Feel it If I tell people to share the things that they I have so many clothes and have with others, will toys that I don’t use.What they make fun of me? should I do with them? Will my friends make fun of me if I share my things or play with poor kids!! 86

Caring is Sharing Do it Activity 1 One of the most fun things to share is food! Throw a pot- luck one day after school. Each student brings different food and everyone shares! This is a perfect example of how it is a lot more fun to do things together and to share with your friends. Activity 2(a) Bring some clothes and toys or things that you do not use anymore or have outgrown, so that you could share these things with those who are less fortunate. Activity 2(b) Sharing does not mean that you share what you have in excess.You could also share things that you have and someone is in need of. Make a list of the things that you would want to share with others. 87

Value Education 3 Activity 3 Collect five symbols of peace and stick them below. 88

ABOUT THE SERIES Learning Planet Value Education series (Classes 1 to 5) aims to help students to internalise good values at an early age. This has been done to empower them with the ability to make the right choices as they grow. The books in the series conform to the vision of National Curriculum Framework, 2005 and focuses on the 10 essential life skills defined. Key features of the series Learning outcome driven lessons. Interactive approach through the use of cartoon characters and strips. A seamless progression of age appropriate concepts. Activity based approach that allows students to connect their learning with situations in their everyday life. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sakshi Gupta passed her Bachelors degree in Commerce from Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi. She also obtained her Masters degree in Business Administration from Institute of Business Management, Pune, Now, she is pursuing her PhD in Corporate Psychology from U.K. Presently, she is engaged in developing Science, Social Science, and Management books for school and college students. She has authored more than 15 quality books. Other titles in this series An imprint of Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd. ISBN: 978-93-5274-134-2 (An ISO 9001:2015 Company) 113, Golden House, Daryaganj, New Delhi – 110002 M.R.P. ` 250.00 Phone : 011-43 53 25 00 Fax : 011-43 53 25 28 VLP-1103-250-VALUE EDUCATION 3 w ww.laxmipublications.com [email protected]