1.1 Our duties as a family

Life skills

Grade 2

MY ROLE IN MY FAMILY

Module 1

OUR DUTIES AS A FAMILY

The family

Questions for discussion:

• What do you notice about this picture?
• Does your family look like this?
• Is it wrong?
• Why?

How do families live together?

Think of your own family and answer the following questions .

1. What work does your father do in the house?

2. What does your mother do?

3. What do you do?

4. What do your brothers and sisters do?

Sunday: At last a time to rest! What do you do with your family on Sundays?

• Draw a picture to show what your family is doing on a Sunday.

Which pictures match each other? Who do you think should do the job? Join the pictures. Colour them in neatly.

Duties

While you have been doing your duties, your family has been busy with theirs. Do you think everyone likes doing his particular job?

• Ask everyone the following questions to find out what they feel about the work they have to do at home.
• The table helps you set out and compare answers.

• Draw a picture of you doing one of the nasty jobs. How do you feel?
• Now draw yourself doing the job you like best. How do you feel now?

Assessment

Memorandum

List things that children can do.

Refer to children’s rights according to the constitution.

Keep the diary page that follows for a week. Encourage them to take on a responsibility if they don’t have one. They must still abide by the constitutional rights of children.

Summary of children’s rights

• Children have the right to be heard and the responsibility to listen.
• Children have the right to medical care and the responsibility to take care of themselves.
• Children have the right to be educated and the responsibility to take learning seriously.
• Children have the right to be loved and the responsibility to care for others.
• Children have the right to learn the language of their parents and the responsibility to respect the languages of others.

Children have the right to be proud of their heritage, traditions and beliefs and the responsibility to respect the beliefs of others.

• Children have the right to have a safe home and the responsibility to keep that home clean and tidy.
• Children have the right to make mistakes and the responsibility to learn from their mistakes.
• Children have the right to get enough to eat and the responsibility not to waste it.

Make the children aware of their responsibilities as well as their rights.

Discuss the learners’ findings and isolate one problem, e.g.

• Toby’s mom has too much ironing. What do you think happens when she is tired of all the ironing?
• Jill’s Dad is tired when he gets home from work and then he still has to mow the lawn? How does he feel?
• Kate doesn’t want to feed the dog. Why not?