MS Values’ Curriculum 1st-5th 2018

# 29 GANDHI JAYANTI HOLIDAY

# 30 GANDHI BAPU- THE THREE WISE MONKEYS

Mindfulness Activity: Observe your heart-beat

Everyone will jump up and down for 1 minute. Tell the children when to stop. Now have them put their
right hand on their heart. (Show them by example). Tell them to close their eyes and observe their heart
beat. Does it have a sound? What does it sound like? What does it feel like?

Review: Who have we been learning about? (Gandhi Bapu) What have we learned about Gandhi Bapu
so far? (His name was Mohandas, He was born in Porbandar, he would say Rama Bhagvan’s name when
he was scared, he thought of the whole country and world as his family.)

LESSON PLAN

Introduction: Story Of The Three Wise Monkeys

Objectives:
Once some visitors from Japan came to see Gandhiji in the  Familiarize children with
Sabarmati Ashram. They brought him a small gift, a statue of Gandhiji
three monkeys. One had his eyes covered, another his  Introduce idea of See no Evil,
Hear No Evil and Speak no
mouth and a third his ears. They explained that the statue
Evil
meant see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil. Gandhiji Time: 30 minutes
was so happy. He said these are very wise monkeys. Gandhiji Preparation: Teen Bandar Video Clip
lived very simply and did not have many things, but he (or Sound clip for Manav Seva)
always kept this gift of the three monkeys.

Let us see why Gandhiji called them wise monkeys.

FOR 1ST-3RD GRADE

Video: Show Teen Bandar
After the video finishes: Ask the children to cover their eyes. What does this monkey teach us? What
does it mean to see no evil (Khabhi bhuraiyi math dekh)?

Explain never see the bad in others. Always try to find the good in everyone and everything.

Ask the children to cover their mouths. What does this monkey teach us? What does it mean to speak
no evil? (Khetha na kharo gundhi baath)?

Explain Never speak harshly or use dirty words. Never lie.

Ask the children to cover their ears. What does this monkey teach us? What does it mean to hear no
evil? (Jooth par math dho dhyaan)?

Explain do not listen to gossip or lie about people or situations.

Video: Show Teen Bandar once more, so that the children remember the song.
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Closing: Let us try to remember what these three monkeys have taught us and let us practice seeing no
evil, speaking no evil and hearing no evil.

FOR 4th-5th GRADE

The first monkey closes his eyes to teach See No Evil.
Objectives:
Ask the students what they think this means? (To
 Familiarize children with Gandhiji
always see the good in people and situations.) For
 Introduce idea of See no Evil, Hear No
example, if our mom yells at us in the morning for
Evil and Speak no Evil
something, we think that our mom is always getting
upset. We forget that she also made us chai and  Practice positive thinking
Time: 30 minutes
nashto, woke us up, heated our water and helped us
Materials: Paper and markers/color
get ready. We have a choice to focus on the bad or
the good. Also, we can with watch a movie that has a pencils/crayons
good message and gives us good thoughts or we can
watch one with lots of fighting, which makes us also want to fight. Can you give me other examples of
how we can see no evil.

The second monkey closes his mouth to teach Speak No Evil. Ask the students what they think this
means. (Do not gossip or tell lies about people, do not use bad words, do not speak meanly.) For
example, even when we get angry we should not use hurtful words or gaali. Because we can hurt people
with our words and our lies. Can you give me some other examples of how we can speak no evil?

The third monkey closes his ears to teach Hear no Evil. Ask the students what they think this means.
(This monkey teaches us not listen to lies or gossip about situations. And also not to listen to friends
who make us want to do wrong things.) Can you think of some examples of how we can hear no evil?

Activity: Seeing the Good in Each Other: Ask the students to get into pairs. Give each student half a
piece of paper and markers or crayons. Ask them to write their partner’s name on the paper. Now ask
each student to write three good things about their partner. It can be a character strength, something
they are good at, or anything else positive about their partner. After they are done, collect the pieces of
paper and put them up around the room.

Closing: We can say Gandhiji’s three monkeys teach us to be positive and try to bring good thoughts and
habits in our lives. Let us remember the lessons of these three very wise monkeys.

#31 GANDHI BAPU-REVIEW

Mindfulness Activity: Square Breathing Objectives:

Draw a square on the board with arrows. See  Review what they
Diagram. Have the children follow the arrows with have learned
about Gandhiji
their hands. As they move their hand to the right, tell
Time: 30 minutes
them to breathe in. Move down, breathe out. Move to the left,
Materials: Ball
breathe in. Move up, breathe out.
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LESSON PLAN

FOR 1ST-3RD STD

Introduction: Today we are going to review what we have learned about Gandhi Bapu and then we will
play a game.

Review Game: We are going to play a game. I have a ball that I will throw to someone, but first I have to
say their name. That person will say something they learned about Ganndhiji. Then they will say another
person’s name and throw the ball to them. That person will then say one thing they learned about
Gandhiji. Play this until all the major concepts get reviewed.

Game 2: Gandhi Bapu Bhole

Now we will play another game. I will say Gandhi Bapu bhole and one action, and all of you must do that
action. But if I only say the action, without saying Gandhi Bapu Bhole, then you should not do the action.
If anyone does the action, they will sit down in their spot.

Closing: Tell the kids that throughout the year, we will continue to listen to stories about Gandh Bapu.

FOR 4TH-5TH STD

Introduction: Video: Teachings of Gandhiji
Today we are going to watch another short video clip. Objectives:
The video highlights some of the different principles that  Learn about Gandhiji
Gandhiji practiced and inspired others to follow. Show  Reflect on what they have
learned about Gandhiji
video.

Discussion: What did you learn from this video? What Time: 30 minutes
Materials: Worksheets of Gandhiji,
was the message of this video?
markers/color pencils/crayons, Video:
Review Activity: Now, we have been learning different Teachings of Gandhi
things about Gandhiji over the last couple of weeks. Today are going to review some of the things we
have learned.

Pass out a Gandhiji worksheet to each of the students and pass out markers/color pencils/crayons. Tell
the students that on this paper, we will first write the date of Gandhiji’s birth. Does anybody know?
(October 2, 1860). Do you know where he was born? (Porbandar, Gujarat). Now let us write the date of
his death. (January 30, 1948).Do you know where he passed away? (New Delhi, India).

Now I want you to write 5 things anywhere on this paper that you learned about Gandhiji or from the
stories of Gandhiji. After you finish writing the five things, and if we still have time, you can color your
drawing.

Closing: Ask a few of the students to share one thing they learned about Gandhiji. Collect the
worksheets from the students and put up around the room.