Name: ____________________ Grade/Sec: 5____

Subject: Ethics Worksheet Date:____________

Lesson: 01 Responsibility

Responsibility means you do the things you are supposed to do.

What is responsibility? We have a few different ways that we talk about responsibility.
There’s being responsible, taking responsibility, acting responsibly, and having
responsibilities. In simple words, responsibility is about
doing the things we are supposed to do, and accepting the
positive or negative outcomes of our actions.
Responsibility means you do the things you are supposed to
do and accept the results of your actions.
A responsibility: something you are expected to do
Being responsible: doing the things you are supposed to do
Accepting responsibility: taking the praise or the blame for something you have done

How can we practice self-responsibility? Read the short story about

Natasha and how she accepts the consequences of her actions.

Then answer the questions that follow.

Natasha is a hard-working student. She helps out at home, works hard at school and helps her
friends with their work when she can. One day, Mr Ali, the Arabic teacher, was walking through
the playground when he saw Natasha sitting by herself. She wasn’t
eating her breakfast with her friends and wasn’t playing with them. Mr
Ali went up to her and said, ‘What’s wrong Natasha? Have you and
your friends had a fight? Has someone hurt you? It’s not like you to
be sitting alone.’ Natasha said, ‘No, everything is OK with my
friends. It’s just that I’ve got to take responsibility for something I
did at home. I broke my sister’s computer and am saving up to pay
for it to be fixed. That’s why I had breakfast at home. I don’t have
the money to spend on breakfast here.’ ‘Can’t your father buy a
new computer or fix the broken one?’ ‘Yes, he can.’ ‘Hmm .....
so what’s the problem? Can’t you just ask him to get a new
one? You’re polite and hard-working and I’m sure he won’t say no.’ ‘No, I broke the computer

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and it’s my responsibility to pay for it to be fixed. My father always says we have to take
responsibility for our actions and face up to any problems we have.

Q: Answer the following short questions.

Q1: What do you think Natasha’s behavior shows?

Ans: Natasha has a very positive behavior which shows that she has a sense of responsibility.

Q2: What lesson did you learn from the story?

Ans: I leaned from the story that we have to take responsibility for our actions and face up to any
problems we have.

Q3: What is responsibility?

Ans: Responsibility means you do the things you are supposed to do and accept the results of
your actions.

Q4: How can you act with responsibility, being responsible? Write a few acts.

Ans: I can act with responsibility by:

 Following rules at home, at school and in society because they protect me and preserve
my rights and the rights of others
 Fighting as hard as I can for my rights and the rights of others
 Respecting the rights of others and never cause them harm

Q: Fill in the blanks.

1. A responsibility is something you are expected to do.

2. Being responsible doing the things you are supposed to do.
3. Accepting responsibility taking the praise or the blame for something you have done.
4. It is one of the acts of being responsible to be determined to achieve your ambitions.
5. We have a few different ways that we talk about responsibility.

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Q: Mark (T) for true and (F) for false statement.

1. To be responsible is being trustworthy and making thoughtful decisions. T

2. Part of learning is accepting responsibility for your actions. T
3. A consequence is the result or outcome of our actions. T
4. Consequences can be positive (good) or negative (not good). T
5. A responsibility is something you are NOT expected to do. F

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Lesson: 2 (Respect of Other’s Viewpoint)

Read the story “The Two Little Seagulls” and write answer of the questions.

One winter, two little seagulls met on a branch of an old olive tree. The first seagull shook
its tail and said, ‘I am tired of moving around and have lost hope of finding a warm place to stay.
As soon as we get used to one home, the cold weather and the rain force us to fly away in search
of a new home.

’ The second seagull laughed and said, ‘We all feel that way. We seagulls are always on
the move and our homes are never permanent.’ The first
seagull said, ‘I dream of a homeland and an identity. You
have no idea how much I want to have a permanent
home and address.’ The first seagull was quiet for a few
seconds. Then he continued, ‘Look at this tree.

I think it’s more than a hundred years old. It is

firmly rooted as if it is part of the earth. It may die of
sadness if it’s moved to another place because it
wholeheartedly loves its homeland.’ The second seagull
said, ‘I do wonder about your way of thinking. Are you
comparing a seagull to a tree?

You know that every creature has its own special nature,
making it different from other creatures, so why you want to change the laws of life and the
universe? We birds fly and travel, crossing forests, seas, mountains, valleys and rivers. Our natural
homeland has no borders’. The first seagull replied, ‘I understand. I understand, but I need an
identity, an address and a homeland. I don't think you understand me.

’ The second seagull looked around and saw a black cloud coming their way, and shouted,
‘Come on! Come on! Let’s go before the storm and rain reach us!

We have wasted a lot of time.’ The first seagull replied, ‘Listen to me. What do you think
about staying in this tree? It seems strong enough to survive the storm.’ The second seagull
replied firmly, ‘That’s enough daydreaming. I will fly away and leave you.’

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Question/Answers:

Q1: What do you think why the first seagull was sad?

Ans: The first seagull was sad because of not having any permanent home or address.

Q2: What example did the second seagull give to the first seagull?

Ans: The second seagull gave the example of the tree.

Q3: What is your opinion about the view point of second seagull?

Ans: I think the second seagull has no disagreement for not having any permanent address or
identity. It seems more satisfied and happy in the story.

Q4: How did First Seagull come to an agreement that it was happy with?

Ans: When the second seagull looked around and saw a black cloud coming their way, they
started shouting. Finally, the first seagull realized that it was happy with the situation.

Q5: What do you think about staying in that tree for both seagulls?

Ans: It seemed strong enough to stay on that tree and to survive the storm.

Fill in the blanks.

1. The second seagull laughed and said, ‘We all feel that way.
2. The first seagull replied, ‘I understand, but I need an identity, an address and a
homeland.
3. ‘That’s enough daydreaming. I will fly away and leave you.’ The second seagull said.
4. You know that every creature has its own special nature, making it different from
other creatures.
5. We birds fly and travel, crossing forests, seas, mountains, valleys and rivers.
6. Our natural homeland has no borders’.

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