Time: At least two periods or till the teacher is satisfied.
Learning objective: To help students understand the importance of living together with a feeling of oneness (i.e. feeling united) in a family.
Start the class with mindfulness – ask the students to focus on their breath for 2-3 minutes.
Direction of Discussion (For Teachers): Staying together and being able to function collectively as a family requires a feeling of oneness. Oneness means being able to see how all of us desire to live together, take care of each other and be happy. Drawing our attention towards these intrinsic desires, will allow us to live with this feeling of oneness or in other words, togetherness. Similarly, if we are able to live with this feeling of oneness in our society, country and planet; then life will be devoid of unhappiness.
Living with a feeling of oneness beyond the family will inculcate a feeling of undividedness with the entire world, which will bring about immense strength and happiness in every individual.
Story
A man had four sons who would constantly fight with each other. The man would try to make them understand but they wouldn’t understand anything. When he couldn’t make them understand by talking to them, he decided to experiment and get a solution to this problem.
One day he told his sons to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they got him that bundle, he gave each son the bundle turn by turn and asked them to break it. One by one, each son applied their full strength but were unsuccessful. Then the man opened the bundle and separated the sticks and gave the sticks to the sons to break. Now, they could break the sticks easily.
Now the man said, “Sons, if you live together and stay united to help each other, even in dire circumstances you would be strong like this bundle. If you are divided, you can feel isolated and anyone can cause harm to you.”
Day 1
Proposed questions for discussion
1. When do families break – when there is no money or when there’s no unity?
2. Even if a school cricket team or music team has the most talented students, can it win without unity?
3. Has it ever happened with you that you could not work together and you had to bear the loss caused by that? Explain with an example and also share the outcome.
4. When have you seen work happening smoothly because of unity and togetherness in the family? Share with an example.
At home – Observe, Enquire, Understand (for students)
Day 2
Start the class with mindfulness – ask the students to focus on their breath for 2-3 minutes.
1. How do you work collectively in school? And are you successful at it?
2. Share any work you did collectively in your neighbourhood.
3. According to you, why are people unable to live unitedly even though they know that unity is helpful for everyone?
Ask the students to sit quietly for 1-2 minutes and reflect on the essence drawn from the day’s discussion.
Learning objective: To help students understand the importance of living together with a feeling of oneness (i.e. feeling united) in a family.
Start the class with mindfulness – ask the students to focus on their breath for 2-3 minutes.
Direction of Discussion (For Teachers): Staying together and being able to function collectively as a family requires a feeling of oneness. Oneness means being able to see how all of us desire to live together, take care of each other and be happy. Drawing our attention towards these intrinsic desires, will allow us to live with this feeling of oneness or in other words, togetherness. Similarly, if we are able to live with this feeling of oneness in our society, country and planet; then life will be devoid of unhappiness.
Living with a feeling of oneness beyond the family will inculcate a feeling of undividedness with the entire world, which will bring about immense strength and happiness in every individual.
Story
A man had four sons who would constantly fight with each other. The man would try to make them understand but they wouldn’t understand anything. When he couldn’t make them understand by talking to them, he decided to experiment and get a solution to this problem.
One day he told his sons to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they got him that bundle, he gave each son the bundle turn by turn and asked them to break it. One by one, each son applied their full strength but were unsuccessful. Then the man opened the bundle and separated the sticks and gave the sticks to the sons to break. Now, they could break the sticks easily.
Now the man said, “Sons, if you live together and stay united to help each other, even in dire circumstances you would be strong like this bundle. If you are divided, you can feel isolated and anyone can cause harm to you.”
Day 1
Proposed questions for discussion
1. When do families break – when there is no money or when there’s no unity?
2. Even if a school cricket team or music team has the most talented students, can it win without unity?
3. Has it ever happened with you that you could not work together and you had to bear the loss caused by that? Explain with an example and also share the outcome.
4. When have you seen work happening smoothly because of unity and togetherness in the family? Share with an example.
At home – Observe, Enquire, Understand (for students)
- Students should discuss the story at home and understand the thoughts and views of their family members. They should also discuss the above questions with their family members.
- Students should compile examples from their neighbourhood where they can find the importance of living with unity. They should discuss this with their family as well.
Day 2
Start the class with mindfulness – ask the students to focus on their breath for 2-3 minutes.
- Have some students recall the story.
- The first day’s discussion questions can be used again for the remaining students.
- Have them share the feedback received from their homes in small groups. Some students can share their thoughts with the entire class.
1. How do you work collectively in school? And are you successful at it?
2. Share any work you did collectively in your neighbourhood.
3. According to you, why are people unable to live unitedly even though they know that unity is helpful for everyone?
Ask the students to sit quietly for 1-2 minutes and reflect on the essence drawn from the day’s discussion.
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