VALUE EDUCATION

JULY-SEPT 2012
Class – IX

ANGER

o What causes anger?

o Are there different types of anger?
o What are various ways people respond to anger?
o Is anger ever justified? If so, how can we determine whether it is?
o Is anger ever a good thing? If so, when? Why?
o Is anger ever a bad thing? If so, when? Why?
o Are there better and worse ways to respond to one's own anger?
o How do you decide what to do when you get angry?
o Do you think men and women show their angry differently?
o What makes you angry?
o What do you usually do when you get angry?
o What are the situations that make you angry?
o What are the physical effects of getting angry? (e.g blood pressure)
o Is getting angry an effective way of dealing with problems?
ACITIVITY
Each student can narrate an incident where they lost temper.
What happened after that?
How you could have reacted in a different way?
DISCUSSION
Teacher to give examples from Mythology and History – Durvasa – The short tempered sage etc
Anecdotes from current affairs – Hurling of shoes, Behaviour in the Parliament, Sports etc
BOOKS FOR REFERENCE
Anger Management For Dummies by W. Doyle Gentry
Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir by Susan E. Isaacs
Getting Anger Under Control by Neil T. Anderson, Rich Miller