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Love for what is ours, understood
as the involvement and identification of the child with his country,
is a concept that refers to the love for the motherland, for the native
place. The individual’s emotional link to his motherland involves
its constant defence. Love for what is ours is determined by the subjectivity
of those who feel such emotion.
When an individual perceives that
his motherland suffered some kind of attack or offense by a third
party, this feeling can acquire ideological and political connotations
that, in essence, it does not possess. Historically, wars have been
decisive points in the history of this concept, when it has been appealed
to as an element of cohesion to face what is threatening our own,
the motherland.
Because of the age of the children
we are working with, the activities where the child gets in contact
with the social and natural world, are favorable frameworks to develop
different feelings in the child, among those, special importance is
to be given to the love for the country. The contents will allow us
to form in children feelings of love towards their school, their country,
the symbols and heroes of their motherland. The child must know that
the defence of his motherland in presence of certain aggressions is
very important, to have feelings of belonging towards his native country,
that contributes to education.
For the child the real concept of
nation is not easily acquired, but the child can understand things
that later will be related to the manifestation of this feeling, and
can be taught to respect and love from very early stages.
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Summary
of the activity:
The children will visit a part of the city. If the visit is not possible,
an imaginary or virtual visit can be done, or a video showing parts
of the city could be used.
In the first part of the activity
the teacher prepares the children for the visit, the second part is
the field trip, where the children will observe the city, its parks,
buildings, historical avenues, places, statues, etc. The third part
consists of a conversation on what was observed. After, they will
draw, sculpt and build things on the subject: “Our City”.
Finally, the drawings, pictures, sculptures and constructions about
the city will be shown in an exhibition for all children and parents
in the school.
Objectives:
To get the children to feel pride for the city they live
in, which has beautiful places.
Procedures:
• Walk
• Observation
• Conversation
• Practical actions
• Exhibition
Material
Resources: Camera, or camcorder, video tapes or CD with
images of the city, building blocks, coloured pencils, temperas, drawing
paper, clay, color cardboard.
Development of the activity:
1st Part
The teacher will start the activity asking the children to
tell the name of the city where they live; then, he will say that
there are other cities and will invite them to remember the name of
other cities they know.
“Now
I’m going to invite you to take a walk through the city, it
is necessary that you observe well the parks, monuments, buildings
and houses, its avenues, in order to comment, draw, build and sculpt
what was seen. Also, whoever wants can take pictures of the city to
put in an exhibition with pictures, drawings, sculptures and constructions.”
2nd Part
The field trip. It is important that the teacher directs
the children’s attention towards the more important places:
Monuments, avenues, parks, museums, etc.
3rd Part
To
start a conversation the teacher will show a picture of the visited
place, and will ask the children to express themselves on what was
observed in this place; if this stimulation is not enough, he will
ask them: What have you seen? What have you liked most in that place?
Why is it important? etc.
This
will be done with every visited place.
The
teacher will summarize the activity telling the children that those
beautiful places belong to their city, which has to be loved and taken
care, defended if somebody wants to damage, or destroy it. In the
conversation he will express:
“This
and others are the big and beautiful cities of our country”.
“Our country is very big and very beautiful, it is our motherland,
the place where we were born, and therefore, it should be loved and
defended as well as our city.”
During
the development of the activity, when referring to the country, he
will use in a vague way the term “Motherland”, although
without demanding their assimilation or repetition.
4th Part
The teacher will invite the children to draw, construct,
model using as basis the places visited or any other place of the
city they know.
If
any child needs help, the teacher will remind them what was seen,
their shapes, colour, etc (he will describe the place).
He
will make suggestions to those children that need help.
5th Part
The children, together with the teacher, will put together
an exhibition of pictures and objects created together. Also, they
will invite their parents and other teachers of the school.
The
rest of the school and the parents will be invited to visit the exhibition.
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CRITERIAL
ASSESSMENT |
Observed
conduct |
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Comments |
They
improved their knowledge on the city they live in. |
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They
manifested feelings of pride for their city. |
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They
showed interest in making works about the city. |
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They
reported their experiences during visits to the city. |
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ACTIVITY
No 2
"MY COUNTRY"
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Summary
of the activity:
Pictures, slides or video tapes will be shown, the children will appreciate
the beautiful countryside and cities of the country. A map of the
country will also be shown. The teacher will talk to the children
about the importance of loving their country and finally, a game using
the pictures will be played.
Objectives:
To make the children feel pride for their country, that
has beautiful places.
Procedures:
• Conversation
• Observation
• Game
Material
Resources: Slides, pictures or films about some regions
of the country, map of the country.
Development of the activity:
1st Part
The teacher will show a map of the country, and will locate
in the map, the province and the city where they live, he will talk
and show pictures of the beautiful countryside and cities of the country.
He
will also talk about the country, prairies, woods, rivers, mountains
and coast, according to the characteristics of the country they live.
The
teacher will say: “All these beautiful places that I have described
and shown you, form our great country, our Motherland”. He should
draw the children’s attention to the beauty of these places
and ask them whether they have ever visited them.
He
will let the children express themselves freely and later he will
ask:
Do you know the name of the country we live in?
After,
he will tell them that the cities, countryside, the open spaces, the
rivers and the beautiful places they have seen belong to our country.
“Our
country is very pretty, isn’t it? Why do we say that it is a
very pretty country?”
He
will let the children express themselves and summarize by saying that
our country is very beautiful because it has beautiful places in the
countryside and in the cities, as those he has shown them. Besides
that we should love it, as it is our motherland, because here they
live and have their parents, brothers, friends, school, home.
2nd Part
To finish, a game will be played with the pictures. They
will be put face down on the table; the children will come and get
them following the teacher ‘s instructions and after they will
say whether it is a landscape of the country or the city and why it
is pretty.
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CRITERIAL
ASSESSMENT |
Observed
conduct |
YES |
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Comments |
They
manifested feelings of pride when talking about the beauty of the observed
places. |
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They
recognized those places as belonging to their country. |
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They
knew how to differentiate the landscapes of the country and the city. |
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ACTIVITY
No 3
"THE SYMBOLS"
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Summary
of the activity:
The native symbols of their country will be shown to the children,
they will talk about them and will listen to the national anthem
and they will be taught how to sing it.
Objectives:
• To familiarize the children with the symbols of the motherland:
Flag and national anthem.
• To indicate their characteristics and some of the places
where we can always find the flag and where the anthem is sung.
• To highlight the respect that we should have to these symbols.
Procedures:
• Conversation
• Observation
• Listening
Material
Resources: The national flag (or its reproduction)
and the lyrics and melody of the national anthem.
Development of the activity:
1st Part
The teacher will say to the children:
“Every
country has a flag, ours is very pretty.” (He will show and
ask the children to describe it)
“Every
school should have a flag and always when having a national day,
we must raise the flag.”
Do you
know how to raise the flag and how to salute it?
The
teacher will teach the children the form of raising and saluting
the flag.
2nd Part
It will start with a conversation. The teacher will explain
that every country has a national anthem too. It must be sung or
listened to always when there is an important public act, for example
when celebrating an important anniversary (give examples). At school
the children must learn the national anthem and sing it when it
is needed.
The
teacher will invite the children to listen to the national anthem
(either played or sung), the children will stand when listening
to it, being very quiet in a respectful way.
The
teacher will demonstrate to the children the correct position when
listening to the anthem in any place.
3rd Part
The teacher will teach them how to sing the national anthem.
It is important to remember that at this age there is no criterion
to its exact reproduction, it is enough to sing some verses, even
if incomplete.
The
important thing is to familiarize themselves with these symbols.
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CRITERIAL
ASSESSMENT |
Observed
conduct |
YES |
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Comments |
They
learned how to salute the flag with respect and admiration. |
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They
listened to the national anthem with respect. |
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They
showed positive feelings for the country’s symbols. |
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They
learned the lyrics and melody of some verses of the national anthem. |
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ACTIVITY
No 4
"MY COUNTRY'S CORNER"
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Summary
of the activity:
The creation of an area in the classroom called: “My country’s
corner”. In this corner we will have pictures of illustrious
men and women, a vase with flowers, which will be replaced every
day, an album to put the country’s symbols and pictures of
these men and women according to their anniversaries.
Objectives:
• That the children honour the illustrious men and women of
the country.
• That the children feel admiration and respect for these
people.
Procedures:
• Practical actions
• Conversation
• Explanation
Material
Resources: A small table, a tablecloth, a flower vase,
flowers, an album for pictures (the vases should not be made of
glass, because they are a potential danger for the children).
Development of the activity:
1st Part
The teacher will remind the children what was said in previous
activities about the illustrious men and women of the country:
“From
all that we have learned about these people, you have realized that
we have to love and respect them, to remember them with admiration
and respect, therefore, we are going to create in class a place
that will be called: “The Motherland’s corner”,
which will serve to honour these great people.
It
is necessary that we gather pictures of these illustrious men and
women for the corresponding anniversaries, to put them in the album
we are going to make.
2nd Part
The children and the teacher will set up the Motherland’s
corner. The teacher will explain to them that they will bring flowers
for them, and put them in that pretty flower vase every day.
In
this corner the national flag (or its reproduction) and an album
with the pictures of the illustrious people will be placed.
Whenever
an important date is celebrated, we will put the picture of the
hero that carried out the heroic deed, and the flowers will be put
also for his date of birth and death.
This
is a way of demonstrating respect, admiration and to pay homage
to these people.
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CRITERIAL
ASSESSMENT |
Observed
conduct |
YES |
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Comments |
They
manifested respectful feelings. |
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They
cooperated in the setting of the country’s corner. |
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They
brought flowers, pictures of illustrious people, etc, for the country’s
corner. |
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They
manifested sincere feelings of love for their country. |
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ACTIVITY
No 5
"A NATIONAL ACT"
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Summary
of the activity:
The activity consists of the preparation of a workshop with stories
and poems with the theme: “The Motherland”. Some will
be selected to be recited and told by the children in the next national
day activity.
In
the first part, the children will work with the teacher to prepare
the workshop and for this, they will search for and with the help
of their parents at home will create poems and stories they will
tell and recite, the second part of the activity will be the exhibition
of all the work and finally, the national act.
Objectives:
• To encourage children towards artistic literature.
• To awaken emotions and feelings towards the nation through
artistic literature.
Procedures:
• Recitation
• Stories
• Observation
• Creation
Material
Resources: Stories and poems, flag and national anthem,
decoration for the class.
Development of the activity:
1st Part
The teacher explains to the children the activity and as
the activity is homework they should ask their parents for help.
A
group will be formed to search for or create poems and another one
for stories that can also be copied or created by the children.
It will be short poems and stories that must deal with: the country,
its history and traditions.
Later, in class, each child will say their poem or story. If necessary,
this activity could be done in several sessions, in such way that
no child ends up without participating. If a child does not want
to say his poem or story, he will be encouraged to do so; if in
spite of this, the child still does not want to do it, the teacher
will read it on the child’s behalf.
If
a child does not have a story or poem, he will be helped in class,
in order to do it.
2nd Part
After reciting all the work, some will be selected to
be recited and told in the national activity. The class will be
decorated with the help of the children and parents that want to
participate.
3rd Part
A small solemn act will be carried out to inaugurate the
country’s corner, the children will sing the national anthem,
will tell a story and recite poems dedicated to the motherland and
to the men and women that know how to love and defend it.
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CRITERIAL
ASSESSMENT |
Observed
conduct |
YES |
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Comments |
They
completed the given task. |
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They
created good stories and poems. |
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They
needed help to tell his stories or poems. |
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They
showed the required solemnity during the inauguration of the country’s
corner. |
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They needed help to properly behave during the inauguration of the
country’s corner. |
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ACTIVITY
No 6
CRITICAL
EXPERIENCE FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE BLOCK
"THE
ILLUSTRIOUS MEN AND WOMEN"
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Summary
of the activity:
First, they will talk about the country’s illustrious men
and women, their feelings, behaviour and facts that made them worthy
of that reconnaissance, finally, they will visit the monument of
a hero.
Objectives:
To develop in children the feeling of respect and admiration
for the country’s illustrious men and women.
Procedures:
• Observation
• Conversation
• Visit
• Stories
Material
Resources: Pictures of illustrious people, flowers.
Development of the activity:
1st Part
The teacher will talk to them about one of the country’s
illustrious men and women.
It
is necessary to focus the children’s attention in three questions:
Who is
he?
What did he do?
What did he fight for?
2nd Part
They will visit the monument of one of them.
First,
they will talk about the place to be visited and the objective of
the visit will be:
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To know the monument.
• To talk about his life and bring flowers for him.
• To tell a story about this person’s life.
3rd Part
They will visit the monument or statue.
The
teacher will explain to the children, who is this person, why he
is considered an illustrious man, what he did in benefit of his
motherland, how he lived, how he died, how he was when a child.
He will narrate in a simple way the life of that person. The children
will ask any questions they want to. Finally, in a very respectful
and solemn way they will place flowers in the monument.
4th Part
The children will make a report about the life of the
person whose monument they saw during the visit. The teacher will
help, through questions, those children that need help.
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CRITERIAL
ASSESSMENT |
Observed
conduct |
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Comments |
They
have acquired knowledge on the life of this person. |
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They
have acquired the notion of nation. |
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They
manifested respectful feelings and admiration. |
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They
placed the flowers in the monument with solemnity and respect. |
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