Rationale for Lesson Plan
Section 1: Routine information:
Grade:
Subject:
Duration:
Section of work:
Sub-Topic of this lesson:
4
Life Skills
45 minutes
Children ‘rights and responsibilities
knowing my rights
Section 2: Lesson purpose and objectives
 PURPOSE: This lesson aims
to demonstrate a basic understanding of the concepts
encompassed by children’s rights.

KEY QUESTIONS: what are rights?
: why do children have rights?
: why is it important to know your rights?

SKILLS : During this lesson learners will identify some children’s rights from the
constitution of South Africa and their responsibilities.

ATTITUDES AND VALUES: This lesson will help learners recognize that every child has
rights and understand why there is a need for children’s rights.
 LESSON OUTCOMES:
Develop an understanding of what human rights are
Appreciate the relationship between rights and responsibilities
Section 3: Rationale for key pedagogical choices (methodology used)
CONTENT KNOWLEDGE
What are rights?
A right is something a person has which people think should not be taken away. It is a rule about
what a person is allowed to do or have. A right is different from a privilege, which is something
that must be earned. Rights may be put into laws, so they have legal protection. Everyone has
rights irrespective of their sex, gender, race, nationality or economic status. Your cousin, your
neighbour, Your parents, your pet, your friend, you and all your classmates have rights. Everyone
has rights.
Children’s rights
These rights make you as a child feel valued, important and seen. Yes, children have rights too!
The government of our country wrote the children’s rights in the most important book called the
constitution, so that everyone in South Africa can see how important it is to understand children’s
rights and let children enjoy their freedom. Inside the constitution there are children’s rights listed
in a formal statement called the bill of rights.
Picture of The Constitution of South Africa
What are responsibilities?
A responsibility is a duty or job, it means being accountable for something. To be responsible you
need to complete a task given to you by someone satisfactorily. It can also mean you have good
judgement and are able to act correctly and make decisions on your own that are responsible.
Rights and responsibilities
Rights
Responsibilities
The right to good education
The right to basic care If someone needs care
The right to basic health and social services
To attend school, to learn and do my best.
I will be willing to help them
To visit hospitals, clinics and doctors regularly
and to look after my own health.
The right to be protected from maltreatment To keep myself save and not get involved in
and neglect.
dangerous situations
The right to a name and nationality and identity To be proud of my name, identity and
nationality
The right to basic nutrition.
To eat healthy and not to waste food.
The right to basic shelter [a safe and To keep the house clean and neat
comfortable home ]
Importance of knowing your rights:
KEY VOCABULARY
Right
Children’s rights
Constitution
Bill of rights
Freedom
Democracy
Government
Responsibilities
TEACHING AND LEARNING RESOURCES
Video clip
Handout
Charts
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LEARNERS AND CONTEXT
Introducing this topic needs a lot of sensitivity from I as the teacher because some learners in my
classroom might not be enjoying some of the rights. As learners come from different contexts, I
will make sure that introduction of rights to them becomes a fun lesson for them to make them
feel comfortable and included.
INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD AND STRATEGIES USED
I will use a video clip for introduction .
I will provide learners with a worksheet for participation and engagement.
During the lesson there will be a whole class discussion about the topic to evaluate their thoughts
about the lesson topic.
Questioning learners about what they have learnt as a way to encourage learning and reflection.
Section 4: Write a detailed sequence of lesson steps that builds a systematic and coherent
process of learning.
Describe what will happen in each lesson step
Aim of the lesson
step is to:
1. Engage
Teacher explanations / questions / examples /
instructions / actions
Learner
participation &
activities
Let us watch this video together, listen attentively but Watch a video
don’t forget to sing along.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0i9O_amMkM.
What is the video all about?
Mention one word you remember from the song
Answer questions
2. Explain
Now that you have watched the video, today’s lesson
is about knowing your rights.
I will explain to learners the lesson content( children’s
rights, responsibilities and why they are important) to
them.
3. Explore
Think about responsibilities you have been given to do at
home:
Why do you think your parents have given you these
responsibilities?
Which of these responsibilities do you not like and why?
4. Evaluate
Look at the worksheet that I have given you.
5. Encourage Paste it in your workbook and answer the question
Questioning
What are rights?
Why do children have rights?
Whole class
discussion
Individual work
Answer questions
From today how will you exercise your rights?
Why do rights have responsibilities?
Activity
Paste this worksheet in your workbook and fill in the answers :
Rights
Responsibilities
To attend school, to learn
and do my best.
The right to basic care
To visit hospitals, clinics and
doctors regularly and to look
after my own health. To live
healthy.
To be proud of my name,
identity and nasionality
The right to be protected
from maltreatment and
neglect
To keep the house clean and
neat.
Reference List
DBE [Department of Basic Education]. (2011).Curriculum Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS),
Grades 4-6 for Life Skills. Johannesburg: DBE. p. 16.
ELS IT (2018) Rights And responsibilities song
Worksheet from
Ferguson, R. (2021) Child AS a citizen