Content Area: Health and Physical Education

 

Index: 2.4A Grade 4 CPI 2

 

Standard: 2.4 - Human Relationships & Sexuality

 

Strand: A - Relationship

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:  2 -  The student will compare the roles, rights, and responsibilities of various family members.

 

Grade: 4

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        PARENTING - Students interview a parent/guardian about the 10 most important things about being a parent. From the interviews, students develop a class list and prioritize the items. Students design and produce a pamphlet entitled “Ten Tips For Parents” or “Ten Tips for Raising a Child” and distribute the product at Parent’s Night or a PTA/PTO meeting.
 

·        RIGHTS - PRIVILEGES - RESPONSIBILITIES - Begin by asking: “Would you like to stay up all night? Would you like to be able to drive a car at age 10? Would you lie to eat anytime you want, anything you want?” Use the student responses to frame a discussion of rights, privileges, and responsibilities and write a definition of each term on the board. Ask: “Who decides what responsibilities you have? What about privileges?” Explain that privileges are earned while rights cannot be taken away. Put each word on a separate sheet of newsprint and brainstorm examples of each. Create a master list. Students discuss the list with their parents or another adult and write a summary of the discussion.

Variation: Write three headings on the board: “Rights”, “Privileges”, and “Responsibilities.” On index cards write examples of various rights, privileges, and responsibilities. Distribute several cards to each student. Each student places his/her cards under the correct headings and justifies the answer.

 

      Variation: Students investigate children’s rights and laws that protect those rights (e.g., child labor  laws, child abuse laws, mandated education). Why are these laws necessary? Compare them to similar laws in other countries.

 

·        WHO DOES WHAT? - All family members have tasks or roles to help keep the family healthy. Brainstorm family tasks (e.g., cooking, cleaning, walking the dog, cleaning the toilet, changing diapers). Create a chart similar to the one below. Students complete the first column. The second column is completed with the help of the student’s parent/guardian. The final two columns are completed after the student has watched two different family television shows.
 

Students share their answers and discuss how the family size, culture, and structure influence how the tasks are accomplished. Students complete the activity by writing a brief essay entitled “Keeping Family Balance: We All Do Our Part.”