🏘️My Settlement

📍 Subtitle: Learning About Where We Live

✅ What will you learn?
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
✅ Say what a settlement is.
✅ Describe the ethnic and religious groups in your settlement.
✅ Talk about why your settlement is located where it is.
✅ Draw a simple sketch map of your settlement.

🏡 What is a Settlement?

A settlement is a place where people live. It can be a village, town, city, cattlepost, or lands. Some settlements are big, others are small.

Settlements have homes, schools, churches, roads, and shops. A lot of people in Botswana live in villages.

👨🏾‍🤝‍👩🏽 People in My Settlement

In every settlement, there are different people. They may speak different languages, eat different foods, and follow different beliefs. But they all live together and help one another.

In Botswana, many people belong to different ethnic groups like Bakwena, Bangwato, Batawana, and others. They may also belong to different religions like Christianity, Islam, African Traditional Religion, and Hinduism.

📚 A Bit of History

Every settlement has a story. Ask your parents or older people the following questions about your  settlement:

• When people first arrived.

• Why they chose to stay there.

• Who the first leaders were.

📍 Why People Settle in Some Places

People choose where to live for many reasons. A good place to live may have:
🌱 Water for drinking and cooking
🌾 Good soil for farming
🌧️ Rainfall for growing crops
🐄 Grass for animals to eat
🔥 Trees for firewood
🍎 Wild fruits to eat
🚆 A railway to move goods and people

🗺️ Let’s Draw!

You can draw a sketch map of your settlement. Include:

• Main buildings (like schools or clinics) 🏫

• Natural features (like rivers or hills) ⛰️

• Roads and paths 🛣️
  Label them clearly.

💬 Let’s Think!

• What is the name of your settlement?

• Which languages are spoken there?

• Why do you think people chose to settle there?

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🏞️Physical Features in My Community

📍Discovering the Land Around Us

✅ What Will You Learn?
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
✅ List different physical features in your area.
✅ Draw a simple sketch map of your surroundings.
✅ Say how people use each feature.
✅ Explain why physical features matter to your community.

🌍 What Are Physical Features?

Physical features are the natural and man-made parts of the land that we can see or touch. Some are created by nature 🌳, while others are made by people 👷🏽‍♀️.

🌿 Natural features (made by nature):

• 🏔️ Hills

• 🏜️ Sand dunes

• 🌊 Rivers

• 🏞️ Valleys

• 🏝️ Deltas

• 💦 Springs

• 🪨 Rocks

• 🕳️ Caves

🏗️ Man-made features (made by people):

• 🛣️ Roads

• 🌉 Bridges

• 🏢 Buildings

• 💧 Dams

🧱 How Do We Use Physical Features?

🟦 Rivers – used for water, fishing, watering crops, and sometimes for transport.
🟫 Hills – some are used for farming, others for stone or sand for building.
🟨 Dams – store water for homes, farms, and animals.
🟩 Sand dunes – used for tourism or collecting sand for construction.
🟥 Valleys – often used for farming because they have rich soil.
🟪 Bridges – help us cross rivers and other obstacles.
⬜ Roads – help people and vehicles travel from one place to another.
🏘️ Buildings – provide homes, schools, shops, and offices.

🗺️ Let’s Draw a Map!

You can draw a simple sketch map of your community!

🧭 Include:

• A compass (🧭) to show direction: North, South, East, West.

• Symbols for features (e.g., 🌊 = river, 🏔️ = hill, ⛪ = building).

• A key/legend to explain your symbols.

• Natural and man-made features around your home or school.

🌟 Why Are Physical Features Important?

✨ They help us in many ways:

• 💧 Give us resources like water, fish, and building sand.

• 👷🏽‍♂️ Create jobs like farming, fishing, and tour guiding.

• 💰 Bring money through tourism (e.g., tourists visit the Okavango Delta 🐘).

• 🌅 Make our land beautiful and special.

• 🧭 Help us know where places are (e.g., "The school is north of the hill.")

💬 Let’s Think Together!

• Which physical features can you see from where you live?

• How do people in your community use them?

• Why should we take care of natural features?

#Standard3 #CulturalStudies #PhysicalFeatures #SketchMap #BotswanaGeography #ExploreNature #MapSkills

🙏🏽Religion and Cultural Identity

🙏🏽 Understanding Beliefs and Respecting Others

✅ What will you learn?
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
✅ Identify different religions and beliefs in your community.
✅ Describe how people behave and celebrate in different religions.
✅ Name important religious festivals and what they mean.
✅ Explain why it is important to respect all religions.

🛐 What Is Religion?

Religion is a belief in a god or gods and the way people worship. It helps people understand how to live, how to treat others, and how to stay close to what they believe is holy. People may pray, sing, fast, celebrate, or follow special rules as part of their religion.

✝️☪️🛕⛩️ Common Religious Beliefs in Botswana

In Botswana, people belong to different religions. Some of them are:

Religion	What They Believe
Christianity	Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Islam	Jesus was a prophet, and there is one God (Allah).
African Traditional	Believe in ancestors (badimo).
Hinduism	Hindus believe in many gods.
Judaism	Jews believe in one God and follow the Torah.
Buddhism	Buddhists follow the teachings of Buddha.
Bahá'í Faith	Believe all religions come from the same God.

🙏🏿 Behaviours and Practices in Religion

People behave in special ways when they pray or worship.
Here are some examples:

• Some people kneel, stand, or close their eyes when praying.

• Others wash their hands, face, or feet before prayer.

• Some people pray alone, while others gather in groups.

• Some people travel to special places like Mecca or Jerusalem.

• In churches, some people clap, sing, or use drums during worship.

🎉 Religious Festivals

A religious festival is a special time when people come together to pray, celebrate, and remember important events in their religion. Each religion has festivals.

Here are some examples:

Festival	Religion	What It Is About
Christmas	Christianity	Celebrates the birth of Jesus.
Easter	Christianity	Remembers when Jesus died and rose again.
Eid-ul-Fitr	Islam	Ends the month of Ramadan. Muslims pray and celebrate with family.
Diwali	Hinduism	A festival of lights. Homes are decorated and prayers are made.
Dikgafela	African Traditional Religion	A thank-you ceremony to the ancestors for food and blessings.
Hanukkah	Judaism	An eight-day festival celebrating a miracle of light.
Vesak	Buddhism	Celebrates the birth and teachings of Buddha.

🤝 Common Beliefs in Different Religions

Many religions believe in the same good values, like:

• There is a greater power (God or ancestors).

• We should be kind and caring.

• We must be honest.

• We should do good things and help others.

• There is life after death.

💡 What Is Religious Tolerance?

Religious tolerance means respecting other people's religions even if they believe something different from you.
It helps us:

✅ Live in peace
✅ Treat each other kindly
✅ Learn from one another
✅ Avoid fighting or hurting each other

⚠️ What Happens When People Are Not Tolerant?

When people do not respect other religions, they may:

• Fight or quarrel

• Refuse to speak to each other

• Call others bad names

• Hurt others or stop them from praying

We must never make fun of someone else’s religion.

💭 Let’s Think!

☑️ What religion do you follow at home?
☑️ Do you know other people who believe in something different?
☑️ What have you learned from them?
☑️ How do people in your religion behave when they pray?

#Standard3 #CulturalStudies #ReligionAndCulture #BotswanaReligions #ReligiousTolerance #Peace #FaithAndRespect #PrimaryEducation #Diversity

🛖 Shelter and Cultural Identity

🏠 Exploring Our Homes and Traditions

Different Types of Buildings and Homes

People in Botswana build many different types of buildings and homes. Some are made from modern materials like bricks, iron sheets, glass, and cement. Others are made from natural materials such as grass, wood, mud, and reeds.

Traditional homes often depend on what materials are found in the area:

• Bahurutshe, Barolong, and Bangwaketse use mud and thatch.

• Wayeyi and Bahambukushu people use reeds and grass found around the Okavango River.

• Basarwa people build temporary shelters using branches and grass.

Each home is different because of the group’s culture, the weather where they live, and the use of the building.

🖌️ Decorations and Culture

Homes are not just for living. They also show our traditions. In some cultures, walls are decorated with patterns using soil of different colours. These decorations may show animals or symbols that are important to the group.

🪣 What Are Artefacts?

An artefact is something made or used by people long ago. It shows us how they lived and helps us remember our culture. In Botswana, many artefacts are still used today, especially in the home.

Here are some examples of artefacts:

• Nkgwana

• Sego

• Kgamelo

• Kika le motshe

• Tshilwana 

• Lefetlho

• Loswana

• Mothubane

• Leselo

These artefacts are important because:

• They show how people lived in the past.

• They are part of our cultural identity.

• They are still used today by many people.

🧠 Let’s Think!

☑️ What type of house do you live in? What is it made of?
☑️ Why do people in different places build homes in different ways?
☑️ What building materials are found in your area?
☑️ Can you name any artefacts in your home? Who uses them?

#Standard3 #CulturalStudies #ShelterAndCulture #TraditionalHomes #BotswanaCulture #BuildingMaterials #Artefacts #PrimaryEducation

💬Language and Cultural Identity

🗣️ What Is Language?

Language is how people communicate with each other using words, sounds and signs.

There are many different types of language:

• Spoken language (like Setswana or Kalanga)

• Sign language (using hand and finger signs)

• Body language (how we move or stand to send a message)

🗺️ Languages Spoken in Botswana

People in Botswana speak many languages. Some of them are:

• Setswana

• Sekgalagadi

• Kalanga

• Otjiherero

• Nama

• Naro

• Thimbukushu

• Shiyeyi

• Afrikaans

• English

• !Xóõ

Each ethnic group has its own language. Many people learn the language spoken at home first. Some people also learn other languages later.

🧠 Why Is Language Important?

Language helps us to:

• Know who we are and where we come from.

• It helps us to express our feelings.

• It allows us to understand other cultures.

• We can share our culture with others using language.

• It helps us to enjoy stories and songs.

🔁 How Languages Change

Sometimes, languages borrow words from each other. This happens when people from different groups mix. For example, the Setswana word “sekolo” comes from the English word “school.”

👋 Body Language and Culture

Body language is the way we communicate using our bodies instead of words. 

Different cultures use body language in different ways. For example:

• Kneeling to give food to an elder shows respect.

• In some groups, using both hands to give something is polite.

• Among the Bakalanga, a young person greets an elder by placing their hands between the elder’s hands.

🤟 What Is Sign Language?

Sign language is a language used by people who cannot hear well where they use hand signs, finger movements, and body actions to communicate.

For example:

• Pointing or waving to someone

• 👍 Thumbs up – to say yes, okay, or well done

• A hand sign for “hello” 👋

• Crossing fingers to show luck or peace

Sign language is important for people who cannot hear or speak.

#Standard3 #CulturalStudies #Language #SignLanguage #BodyLanguage #BotswanaLanguages #PrimaryEducation #CulturalIdentity #MultilingualBotswana

🌍 Cultural Identity

🎨Understanding Our Cultures and Respecting Others

✅ What will you learn?
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
✅ Identify your own ethnic group.
✅ Describe things that people in your ethnic group share.
✅ List other ethnic groups in your community.
✅ Explain what cultural equality means.
✅ Give reasons why it is good to live with people from different cultures.

🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏼 What Is an Ethnic Group?

An ethnic group is a group of people who speak the same language, follow the same customs, and live in similar ways. People in the same ethnic group often eat the same food, wear the same clothes, and believe in the same traditions.

Some examples of ethnic groups in Botswana include:

• Bakwena

• Bangwato

• Batswapong

• Baherero

• Basubiya

• Bakalanga

• Balete

• Bayei

There are many more ethnic groups living together peacefully in our communities.

🧺 What Do People in the Same Group Share?

People in the same ethnic group often share:

• A common language

• A special way of dressing

• The same type of food

• A shared totem (an animal or object that is special to the group)

• The same type of music or dance

• Common games or activities

• Shared beliefs (like belief in ancestors or cultural ceremonies)

For example:

• Many Baherero women wear long, colourful dresses with head wraps shaped like cow horns.

• Some groups eat traditional food like bogobe, seswaa, or dikgobe.

• Others play games such as Morabaraba or mhele.

⚖️ What Is Cultural Equality?

Cultural equality means that all cultures should be treated with the same level of respect. No culture is better or more important than another.

Even if someone looks, eats, or speaks differently from you, their culture is still important and should be respected.

🌈 Why Is It Good to Live with Different Cultures?

Living with people from many cultures helps us:

• Make new friends

• Learn different ways of doing things

• Try new food, music, and dances

• Enjoy colourful clothes and traditions

• Live in peace and harmony with others

Having many cultures makes life more exciting and helps us grow as kind and smart people.

💭 Let’s Think!

☑️ What is the name of your ethnic group?
☑️ Can you list other groups living in your village or town?
☑️ What does your culture teach you?
☑️ What have you learned from other cultures?

#Standard3 #CulturalStudies #CulturalIdentity #BotswanaEthnicGroups #CulturalEquality #Respect #Diversity #PrimaryEducation #LowerPrimary

📘 RULES

 Perfect! I’ll now create a fun and clear home-learning lesson for Standard 3 Cultural Studies on the topic:

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🛑 What Are Rules and Why Do We Need Them?

🌟 What You Will Learn:

• What rules are

• Who makes rules in the community

• Examples of local and community rules

• Why rules are important for everyone

🧠 What Are Rules?

A rule is a simple instruction that tells us what we should do or should not do.
Rules help us to behave well and stay safe.

🧑🏾‍⚖️ Who Makes Rules?

Different people help make and keep rules at home and in the community:

• 👩🏽‍⚕️ Parents – make home rules

• 👩🏽‍🏫 Teachers – make classroom rules

• 🧑🏾‍🌾 Chiefs (Kgosi) – make rules at the Kgotla for the whole village

• 🧑🏽‍💼 Councillors – help bring and explain rules in different areas

• 👨🏾‍💼 Members of Parliament (MPs) – make national rules for the country

• 🕌 Religious leaders (like pastors and imams) – help guide people to behave kindly and respectfully

📍 Two Types of Rules

1. Local Rules

These are rules made for a small place like a ward or part of town.
Examples:

• The Kgosana must be told when someone dies in the ward

• Rubbish is collected on Tuesday and Friday

• Visitors must report to the Kgosana

2. Community Rules

These are rules for the whole village, town or city.
Examples:

• All dead people should be buried at the community graveyard

• Keep the village clean

• Do not attend the Kgotla in trousers if you are a woman

📌 More Examples of Rules

🏠 At Home:

• Brush your teeth in the morning

• Pay before eating food

• Wash your hands before eating

• Do homework before sleeping

🏘 In the Community:

• Do not steal

• Respect elders

• Greet people politely

• Do not fight

💡 Why Do We Need Rules?

Rules help us:

• ✅ Know how to behave

• ✅ Stay safe and protect others

• ✅ Keep places clean

• ✅ Treat everyone equally

• ✅ Live peacefully with others

Without rules, things would be messy, unsafe, and unfair.

📎 Quick Think Challenge:

• What is one rule you follow at home?

• What is one rule you follow in your community?

#Standard3Botswana #CommunityRules #BotswanaSyllabus #LowerPrimary #CulturalStudies #RespectAndOrder

👥 LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY

🌍 Community Leaders

🌟 What You Will Learn:

• Who leaders are in your community

• What roles leaders play

• How power is organized in homes, communities, and towns

🧠 What Is a Leader?

A leader is someone who makes rules and solves problems. Leaders have authority, which means they have the power to guide, protect, help, and solve problems for the people they lead.

We find leaders:

• At home

• In schools

• In churches and mosques

• In clinics and hospitals

• In the community or country

🧑🏽‍⚖️ Examples of People with Authority

Here are some people who are leaders in your community:

• Chief (Kgosi) – settles conflicts between people at the Kgotla and leads the village

• Kgosana – solves problems in a ward (a small part of a village) and helps the Kgosi at the Kgotla

• Councillor – speaks on behalf of the people in an area (not just a village) and helps bring things like roads, water, and schools

• Member of Parliament (MP) – helps make laws and decisions for the country

• Police Officer – arrests lawbreakers and keeps people safe

• Traffic Officer – controls traffic and keeps roads safe

• Teacher – helps children learn and behave well

• Doctor or Nurse – treats the sick and teaches people how to stay healthy

• Parent or Guardian – makes rules at home and helps children grow well

• Pastor or Priest – teaches people in church how to love and care for one another

• Imam – a Muslim leader who teaches the community how to live peacefully, follow God’s guidance, and care for others

💼 What Do Leaders Do?

Let’s look at what some of these leaders do:

Leader	What They Do
Kgosi	Leads the village, settles disputes at the Kgotla
Kgosana	Solves problems at ward level, assists Kgosi at the Kgotla
Councillor	Speaks for people in an area, helps bring services like roads and water
MP	Makes national laws and decisions
Police Officer	Makes sure people follow the law, arrests wrongdoers
Teacher	Teaches children, helps with behaviour and schoolwork
Parent/Guardian	Makes rules at home, teaches children how to live well
Pastor/Priest	Teaches God’s word and how to treat others kindly
Imam	Leads Islamic prayers and teaches peace, respect, and good behaviour
Doctor/Nurse	Treats the sick and gives health advice

🔼 Understanding Authority Structure

Some leaders have more power than others. This is called a leadership structure. The person at the top has the most responsibility and gives direction to others below.

🏠 At Home:

• Parent or guardian
  ⬇

• Older siblings
  ⬇

• Youngest child

🏘️ In a Village:

• Kgosi
  ⬇

• Kgosana
  ⬇

• Villagers

🏙️ In a Town or City:

• Mayor
  ⬇

• Deputy Mayor
  ⬇

• Councillors

#Standard3Botswana #CommunityLeaders #CulturalStudies #LeadershipStructure #BotswanaSyllabus #HomeLearning

⚖️ CONFLICT

💢Understanding Conflict and How to Handle It

🌟 Learning Goals:

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• Say what conflict is

• Know what causes conflict

• Explain how conflict can hurt people and communities

• Understand peaceful ways to solve conflict

💬 What is Conflict?

Conflict is when two or more people disagree, argue, or fight because they want different things or think in different ways.

Conflict can happen:

• At home – like a child refusing to do chores

• At school – like students fighting over a turn

• In the community – like neighbours arguing over dog waste or noise

• Even between countries – over land or power

🧠 Example: If two children both want the same toy and they start shouting at each other, that is a conflict.

🔥 What Causes Conflict?

Conflict often begins when:

• People disagree on something

• Someone feels disrespected or treated unfairly

• People refuse to listen to one another

• Someone breaks rules

• People are selfish or impatient

• Something valuable is damaged or taken

⚠️ Examples of Conflict

Here are some real-life examples of conflict:

• A parent and child arguing over chores

• Children fighting over a toy or seat

• Loud music disturbing neighbours

• A quarrel about land or animals

• One child calling another a bad name

• Dumping rubbish in front of someone’s home

🚨 What Happens When There Is Conflict?

Conflict can make people feel:

• 😟 Sad

• 😠 Angry

• 😰 Unsafe

If it continues, it can cause:

• People to get hurt or injured

• Homes or property to be damaged

• People to stop talking to each other

• An increase in fighting or stealing

• People running away from their homes or country

• The whole community to become unsafe

🤝 How Can We Solve Conflict?

Conflict doesn’t have to end badly. Here are ways to solve it:

• Talk calmly and listen to each other

• Apologise when you’re wrong

• Explain your feelings without shouting

• Ask an adult or elder to help

• Respect each other’s opinions

• In Botswana, people can visit a Kgotla where elders help solve problems fairly

💡 Peace begins when people talk and listen to understand each other.

#Standard3Botswana #CulturalStudies #ConflictResolution #PeacefulHomes #BotswanaSyllabus #LowerPrimaryLesson

🕊️ PEACE

🌍 Understanding Peace and Living Together in Harmony

🌟 Learning Goals:

By the end of this lesson, learners should be able to:
✅ List what peace looks and feels like
✅ Explain why peace is important
✅ Draw and recognize peace symbols
✅ Identify groups and organizations that promote peace
✅ Name rules that help keep peace
✅ Understand why peace matters for everyone

🧘🏾‍♀️ What is Peace?

Peace means that people live together in harmony — without fighting or hurting each other. It means people are free, safe, and happy.

When there is peace:

• Children can play safely outside

• People can go to school or work

• Families can build homes, grow food, and care for one another

• People respect and help each other

✨ What Does Peace Look Like?

Peace looks like:

• Smiles and hugs

• Helping others

• Listening before fighting

• Working or playing together

• Sharing with others

• Being fair and respectful

🌟 Why is Peace Important?

✅ Peace makes people feel safe and happy
✅ Children go to school without fear
✅ People can work and feed their families
✅ Money is spent on good things like hospitals and roads
✅ No one has to run away or hide

🧠 Think: Can you learn well or sleep peacefully when there is noise, anger, or fighting?

🕊️ Symbols of Peace

We can use pictures to show peace. These are called symbols. Some peace symbols are:

🕊️ White dove
🏳️White flag
🤝 Handshake
❤️ Heart
🤗 A hug

🏢 Organizations That Work for Peace

Here are some groups that promote peace in Botswana and around the world:

• Religious organizations (churches, mosques)

• The United Nations (UN)

• Botswana Red Cross Society

• SADCC

These groups help feed the poor, build hospitals, teach about fairness, and care for orphans and the sick.

📏 Rules That Help Keep Peace

Rules guide us to live together without fighting.

At school, home, and in the community, we keep peace by:

• Respecting each other

• Being polite

• Talking out problems

• Following school or home rules

• Treating people how we want to be treated

🧠 Good and Bad Things About Peace

✅ Good Things:

• People live happily

• Everyone feels safe and free

• People respect one another

• We work together and share

❌ Bad Things (if we don’t value peace):

• We take peace for granted

• We forget to help others

• People may fight or become selfish

• There may be sadness or fear

📝 Activities to Try!

1. Draw 2 peace symbols — explain what they mean

2. Write 5 words that describe what peace means to you

#Standard3Botswana #CulturalStudies #PeaceEducation #PeaceInBotswana #SymbolsOfPeace #HarmonyAndRespect #BotswanaSyllabus #LowerPrimaryLearning

🕊️ HUMAN RIGHTS

🌍 Knowing Our Rights and Respecting Others

🌟 Learning Goals:

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
✅ Give examples of human rights
✅ Identify rights that protect us from discrimination
✅ Say who may be treated unfairly and why
✅ Talk about problems caused when rights are denied
✅ Explain how religion protects dignity
✅ Understand why human rights are important

🧠 What Are Human Rights?

Human rights are things that every person is allowed to have or do because they are human.

They help us:

• Live safely

• Be treated fairly

• Grow up healthy and happy

• Learn and go to school

• Speak freely and be heard

🗒️ Examples of Human Rights

Here are some important rights that you have:

✅ Right to life – to be safe and protected
✅ Right to food – to eat and not go hungry
✅ Right to education – to go to school and learn
✅ Right to shelter – to live in a home
✅ Right to health – to visit a doctor or clinic
✅ Right to be treated equally – to not be judged by your gender, colour, or religion
✅ Right to choose your religion – to go to any church or pray in your own way
✅ Right to express yourself – to speak and be listened to

🧠 Think: What are three rights that you enjoy every day?

🧑🏽‍🦽 Who May Be Treated Unfairly?

Sadly, some people are discriminated against, which means they are not treated equally or with respect.

This happens to:

• Girls (not allowed to go to school in some places)

• Poor children

• Disabled people (e.g., cannot access buildings)

• People of a certain skin colour or religion

• Sick people or those with HIV/AIDS

💬 “Discrimination is when people are treated unfairly just because they are different.”

🚫 What Happens When Rights Are Denied?

If people are not given their rights, they may:

• Live in poverty

• Miss school or be forced to work

• Go hungry or sleep in the streets

• Become sick without help

• Turn to begging or stealing

🕊️ How Religion Helps Protect People’s Rights

Many religions teach people to:

• Treat others with kindness and respect

• Care for the sick, poor, and orphans

• Build schools and clinics

• Live in peace and unity

💛 Why Are Human Rights Important?

Human rights help us to:

• Live peacefully

• Go to school

• Get help when we are sick

• Be protected from harm

• Be treated fairly, no matter who we are

🌱 "Every child deserves to grow in love, peace, and safety."

📝 Activities to Try!

1. Draw pictures showing your top 3 human rights

2. Write a short story about a child who is treated unfairly — and how it can be made right

3. Act out: A scene where someone is denied a right and another person stands up for them

#Standard3Botswana #CulturalStudies #HumanRights #BotswanaSyllabus #EqualityForAll #KnowYourRights #LowerPrimaryJustice

💖 CARING FOR OTHERS

👨‍🦳👩🏽‍🦽Why We Care and How We Do It

🌟 Learning Goals:

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
✅ Describe how to care for others — including siblings, grandparents, and sick people
✅ Understand how to stay safe while caring for those with diseases
✅ Show kindness, love, and empathy to those in need

🧍🏽‍♂️ Why Do We Need to Care for Others?

Some people cannot take care of themselves. They may be:

• 👶 Very young

• 👴🏾 Very old

• 🧑🏽‍🦽 Disabled

• 🤒 Sick or injured

When we care for others, we show that we are loving, kind, and responsible.

🧒🏽 Who Can We Care For?

Here are examples of people you might care for:

• 👧🏽 Younger brothers and sisters (feeding them, helping with homework)

• 👵🏽 Grandparents (bringing them water, talking with them)

• 🤕 Sick people (helping them eat, giving them medicine, cleaning their space)

• 👩🏽‍🦱 Friends who are sad or hurt (comforting and supporting them)

🧼 How to Stay Safe When Caring for Sick People

When helping someone who is sick, we must protect ourselves from germs:

✅ Wash your hands often with soap
✅ Do not touch blood or body fluids with bare hands
✅ Use plastic gloves if available
✅ Keep the sick person's room clean
✅ Do not share spoons, cups, or towels
✅ Wear a mask if they are coughing a lot

❤️ A Caring Attitude

We must care for others with:

• Love 🧡

• Understanding 🤗

• Patience ⏳

• Kindness 🌻

💬 Say things like: “You will be fine” or “I’m here to help you.”

Caring means making someone feel safe, important, and loved — even when they are sick or weak.

🔄 Summary

• Some people need help, and we must care for them with kindness.

• We must use safety measures to protect ourselves from germs.

• Showing care builds love and trust in families, schools, and communities.

📝 Activities to Try!

1. Draw a picture of someone taking care of another person

2. List 3 ways you’ve helped someone at home

3. Act out: Show how you would care for a sick grandparent or a classmate with a broken leg.

🧠 Think About It

• What would you do if a friend was feeling sick at school?

• How would you help them while also keeping yourself safe?

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🤝 FRIENDSHIP

🧡Making and Keeping Good Friends

👫 What is a Friend?

A friend is someone you know, like, trust, and enjoy being around. 

🌈 What Makes a Good Friend?

A good friend is:

• ✅ Kind

• ✅ Helpful

• ✅ Honest

• ✅ Respectful

• ✅ Caring

• ✅ Someone who listens and plays with you

🧠 Can you describe your best friend using three of these words?

Why Friends Are Important

Friends help us grow! They:

• Make us laugh and feel loved.

• Teach us new things.

• Help us when we are sad or need something.

• Share games, food, and keep our secrets.

• Keep us company.

❗ Why We Can’t Always Be Friends with Everyone

We may not be friends with everyone we meet. Sometimes:

• We fight or argue

• We like different things or games

• We go to different schools or live far away

• We don’t understand each other

💬 That’s okay! Not all people will be close friends — but we can still be kind to everyone.

🧍🏽‍♂️ Obstacles to Friendship

Here are some things that can hurt a friendship:

• Telling lies

• Being selfish or mean

• Fighting or ignoring your friend

• Refusing to share

• Making fun of how someone looks or talks

🎯 Ask Yourself: Have you done any of these things before? What can you do to fix it?

💡 What Do You and Your Friends Have in Common?

We usually become friends with people who:

• Like the same games

• Eat the same food

• Live in the same area

• Go to the same school or church

• Are the same age or speak the same language

🔐 How Do We Keep Our Friends?

To stay close with our friends, we must:

• 🤝 Be kind and helpful

• 🧂 Share what we have

• 🤫 Keep secrets safe

• 😇 Be honest

• 🧼 Apologize when we make mistakes

• 🤗 Be respectful and listen

💬 “If you want a good friend, be one first!”

🧠 Proverbs and Sayings About Friendship

🗣️ “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
🗣️ “Friends are the family we choose.”
🗣️ “Two heads are better than one.”
🗣️ “A single bracelet does not jingle.” (We are better together.)

📝 Activities to Try!

1. Draw a picture of you and your best friend playing together

2. Write a list of what makes you a good friend

3. Role-play: What do you do if your friend is sad or angry?

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👨‍👩‍👧‍👦FAMILY

Changing Roles in the Family

🧩 What is a Family?

A family is a group of people who are related to each other and live together or support each other. Families give us love, protection, and guidance.

A family usually includes parents (mother and father), children, and sometimes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

🏺 Traditional Roles in the Family (Long Ago)

In the past, families followed clear roles based on gender and age. Everyone had a duty, and people were expected to follow certain customs.

👴🏽 Fathers and Adult Men:

• Worked in the fields (ploughing and planting crops).

• Looked after cattle, goats, and donkeys.

• Built houses (especially thatched huts) and kraals.

• Made important family decisions.

• Collected thatching grass and wood for construction.

👵🏽 Mothers and Adult Women:

• Took care of babies and young children.

• Cooked meals using firewood and three-legged pots.

• Fetched water and firewood (often from far away).

• Made clay pots and wove mats.

• Helped in the fields during harvest time.

• Passed down cultural knowledge through storytelling.

👦🏽 Boys:

• Herded animals.

• Helped build fences or scare birds from the crops.

• Learned skills from their fathers (e.g.,hunting).

👧🏽 Girls:

• Helped sweep the yard and wash dishes.

• Collected water in clay pots.

• Cooked simple meals under supervision.

• Looked after younger siblings.

• Helped their mothers with cleaning and basket weaving.

🏙️ Roles in the Modern Family (Today)

Today, family life looks very different. People live in cities, go to school, and use technology to make life easier.

👩🏽 Women and Mothers Today:

• Work outside the home as teachers, nurses, police officers, and even drivers.

• Help earn money for the family.

• Share decision-making at home.

• Still care for children, but with help from others (including fathers).

• Some women are heads of families.

👨🏽 Men and Fathers Today:

• Some stay home and take care of children (stay-at-home dads).

• Cook meals, wash clothes, and help clean the house.

• Help with homework and attend school meetings.

• Encourage daughters to go to school and dream big.

• Respect and support women as equals.

👧🏽👦🏽 Children Today:

• Help with light chores like setting the table or tidying up

• Both boys and girls can cook, clean, and help in the garden

• Have more time to study and play

• Use tablets, phones, or TVs for learning

• Go to school and sometimes daycare while parents work

💬 Before: Boys only herded cattle.
Now: Boys and girls share chores equally.

🔄 Why Have These Changes Happened?

• More girls go to school and become professionals.

• Families live in towns with electricity, water, and jobs.

• Machines and technology help us save time.

• Equality between men and women is encouraged.

• Parents share the household load because both may have jobs.

❤️ How Do These Changes Affect Family Life?

✅ There’s more sharing of responsibilities at home.
✅ Children learn to respect all types of work.
✅ Families may have less time together, as parents work and children attend school.
✅ Some grandparents feel left out if traditions are forgotten.

🧠 Let’s Think: Are today’s family changes good or bad? Why?

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MYSELF-Talent

🎨 Talents – The Special Things We’re Born With!

🧩 What is a Talent?

A talent is something you’re really good at doing, a natural gift you were born with🎁.

💡 For example:
If you can draw beautiful pictures without anyone teaching you — that’s a talent!

🎯 Examples of Talents

Here are just a few talents you or your friends might have:

• 🎨 Drawing and painting

• 🎤 Singing and dancing

• ⚽ Playing football or other sports

• 👨‍🍳 Cooking and baking

• 🧺 Basket weaving

• 💬 Storytelling

• 🗣 Public speaking

• 🧠 Solving puzzles

• 🎭 Acting 

• 🐶 Taking care of animals

• 🪴 Gardening or growing plants

🔧 How Can You Improve Your Talent?

Even though you’re born with a talent, you can make it even stronger by:

✅ Practicing often.
✅ Watching others who are good at it.
✅ Listening to stories, reading books, and watching educational TV
✅ Asking other people for help and feedback.
✅ Learning from others who have the same talent. 

🧠 REMEMBER: Practice makes perfect!

❤️ How Talents Help Us Get Along With Others

Your talent isn’t just for you, it is meant to be shared! Here’s how it helps:

• You can help others (like teaching them to draw).

• You can entertain people (like singing a joyful song).

• You can make new friends who appreciate your talent.

• You can even help people in need with your talent.

• You can encourage others to improve their talents.

🧠 Proverbs and Sayings That Encourage Us to Use Talents

Here are some wise sayings to think about:

🗣️ “Modimo o thusa ba ba ithusang.” (God helps those who help themselves.)
🗣️ “If you wish to be a writer, write.” ✍️
🗣️ “Practice makes perfect.”
🗣️ “Where there is a will, there is a way.”
🗣️ “Use it or lose it.”

🧠 Let’s Think!

👉 Do you know what your talent is?
👉 How do you use your talent to help others or make friends?
👉 What can you do to become even better at it?

🎨 Things to Do!

🖍️ Draw a picture of yourself doing your talent.
📚 Write or say a short story about how you used your talent to help someone.
👥 Ask your friends or family what they think your talent is — you might be surprised!
✏️ Write down two proverbs that encourage people to use their talents.

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