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Basic 3 · Our World and Our People · My Family and the Community

Good Relationships in the Community

In this topic you will learn how people in a community work and live together peacefully.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Describe how community members cooperate
  • Explain ways to settle disagreements peacefully
  • Show respect to people from different backgrounds

What you already know

  • Good relationships at home and school

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

Strand
All About Us
Sub-strand
My Family and the Community
Indicator
B3.1.3.1.1 – Explain factors that promote good relationships at home school and community

Introduction

On communal labour day, everyone in the community cleans the market and gutters together. They work as one.

1. Working Together

Cooperation: Working together to reach a goal.

Examples in the community

  • communal labour to clean the town
  • helping neighbours during funerals and weddings
  • building a school or clinic together

2. Settling Disagreements Peacefully

  1. Stay calm.
  2. Listen to each side.
  3. Talk about the problem.
  4. Agree on a solution.
  5. Shake hands and forgive.
Elders helping two neighbours settle a disagreement under a tree
Figure 1: Settling a disagreement Draw people settling a disagreement peacefully.Illustration: Sirbus

3. Respect for All

People in a community may come from different ethnic groups and religions. We respect everyone.

New words

cooperation
Working together.
communal labour
Work done by the whole community together.
disagreement
When people do not agree.
solution
An answer to a problem.

Summary

  • Community members cooperate through communal labour and helping each other.
  • We settle disagreements by listening, talking and forgiving.
  • We respect people of all backgrounds.

Class activity: Community Helpers

  1. Look at the family picture cards.
  2. Plan a pretend communal labour day.
  3. Act out settling a disagreement peacefully.

You need: Printed Ghanaian family picture cards, Role-play name cards, Manila paper

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. Working together to reach a goal is…

    • A. Cooperation
    • B. Fighting
    • C. Laziness
    • D. Selfishness
    Show answer
    Answer: CooperationThat is cooperation.

  2. 2. What is the first step in settling a disagreement?

    • A. Stay calm
    • B. Shout
    • C. Fight
    • D. Run away
    Show answer
    Answer: Stay calmCalmness helps talking.

  3. 3. Communal labour helps keep the community clean.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueEveryone works together.

  4. 4. We should only respect people from our ethnic group.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseWe respect everyone.

  5. 5. An answer to a problem is a ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: solutionThat is a solution.

  6. 6. Write two ways people in a community help each other.

    Show answer
    Answer: E.g. communal labour, helping at funerals.Community members cooperate.

Homework

  1. Ask an adult about a time the community worked together.