Maharashtra Board Class 5 EVS Part I Chapter 20 Our Emotional World PDF Download

Our Emotional World

Human nature has many different aspects. Sometimes, a person gets very angry; at other times, he is ready to forget and forgive easily. At times, he is jealous; at times he is loving. Sometimes, he acts selfishly, but sometimes he is willing to make a sacrifice for others and comes forward to help. Anger, joy, sorrow, jealousy, disappointment, fear, etc. are all emotions.

Coping With Our Emotions

Just as man is able to think, he is also emotional. We should be able to strike a balance between our thoughts and emotions. When someone hurts us, we feel sad. This is natural; however, we should know how bad to feel about it. If someone does something wrong, we get angry; however, we must not lose our temper. It is natural to desire something but we must not be greedy for it. If we think properly, we can control our emotions. Emotional adjustment involves coping with your emotions, being able to control them and expressing them in a reasonable manner.

When we learn to cope with our emotions, our personality becomes balanced, our ability to understand others increases and we can overcome adverse conditions. Then we become free from faults such as blaming others unnecessarily, calling them names and not being able to tolerate their success. We become happy and our ability to relate to others improves. We learn not to be stubborn.

Teacher's Note

Emotions are feelings like happiness, sadness, and anger that everyone experiences. When your child is angry about not getting what he wants, help him take deep breaths like Sunita did in the story.

Exam Trick

Remember: Balance between thoughts and emotions means think before you act. If your friend wins a prize, think happy thoughts before you speak to them.

Points to Remember

Emotions are natural feelings that everyone has.
We must control our anger and not hurt others.
A balanced personality helps us understand other people better.
We should express our emotions in a calm and reasonable way.

Try This

Note your feelings about the following and write them down.

Your own behaviour from the time you wake up in the morning till you go to bed.

Pictures of natural disasters in the newspaper.

News about a cricket match in the newspaper.

Anger at your classmates.

The tricks that jokers play in a circus.

Can You Tell?

Are the following persons coping well with their emotions? Put (✓) if they are, put (✗) if they aren't.

Chhaya and Meena usually make equal progress in their studies. The teacher praised Chhaya's essay. This made Meena angry and she decided not to speak to Chhaya.

Dinesh took Manoj's pen and pencil from his bag and hid them. Later, he said, "Sorry" to Manoj and promised not to do it again.

Sunita wanted to go to the market with her mother, but for some reason, her mother had to leave early. Sunita was angry with her mother. But later, she asked her mother the reason why she had to leave early. Her anger subsided when she learnt the reason.

Ramesh told Suresh that Amit had said something bad about him. Suresh decided to react only after confirming the facts.

Teacher's Note

Some children manage their emotions well, like Suresh who checks facts before getting angry. Others react quickly without thinking, like Meena who stopped talking to Chhaya.

Exam Trick

Remember: Good coping means waiting and thinking before reacting. Bad coping means acting angry right away without facts.

Points to Remember

We get angry when things do not happen the way we want.
We should ask questions before believing bad news about someone.
Understanding the reason for something helps our anger go away.
Apologizing and promising to be better shows good emotional control.

Awareness Of Our Own Flaws

Children are often heard to say "My handwriting is beautiful", "I am good at maths", "I like science" or "I like poetry". This means that people's likes and dislikes and capabilities can be different. Just as we gradually understand what we can do, we must also understand what we are not able to do. We may be good at some subject, art or sport and just as bad at another. We must know our flaws as well as our talents, so that we can improve upon them. Just because we are unable to do something, it does not mean that we stop trying to excel at what we can do.

What Would You Do?

Ranjit and Abhay are fighting over who gets to sit on the first bench. They are both very angry. They are close to throwing each other's bags.

Hemant wants to take part in the kabbadi competition, but he is shy. He is nervous about telling it to the teacher.

Rekha accidently took Nisha's notebook home.

We Can Change

No person is entirely good or entirely bad. We must always think about the good qualities or virtues in our friends first. We must help each other to get rid of our flaws. If we speak about our flaws as openly as we speak about our talents, it will be to our advantage.

Anger is an emotion just like happiness or sadness. All of us get angry about something at some point of time. We get angry if something does not happen according to our wishes, or if we are insulted. Similarly, we also get angry if we see someone being ill-treated. If we get angry very often, or if we cannot control our anger, it can have adverse effects on our body and mind. We become short-tempered and stubborn. Our attitude of co-operation and understanding decreases and we hurt others. We face consequences such as headaches, loss of sleep and dullness.

Teacher's Note

Everyone has good qualities and bad qualities. When we know what we are bad at, we can try to improve it, just like how Neha learned to listen more and talk less.

Exam Trick

Remember: Knowing your flaws means knowing what you are bad at. When you know this, you can work to change it and become better.

Points to Remember

Each person is good at some things and bad at other things.
We should know both our talents and our flaws.
We can change our bad habits if we try hard.
No one is completely good or completely bad.
Anger can make us sick and hurt our relationships with others.

Can You Tell?

Once we know the flaws in our nature, we must try to correct them ourselves. Neha talks the most in her group. Her friends began to avoid her since they never got a chance to speak. Neha realized this. Then, she began to watch out how much she spoke. She told her friends herself, "Stop me if I talk too much." Gradually, Neha began to listen to others and brought about a change in her own behaviour.

Manoj says, "I'm going to school!" and instead goes to the playground to play. Is this correct?

What will you tell a friend who has a habit of borrowing things and not returning them on time?

What We Have Learnt

Emotions must be expressed. There must be a balance between our thoughts and emotions.

Anger must be controlled, otherwise it can have adverse effects on our mind and body.

We must be aware of our flaws as well as our talents.

We can try to correct the flaws in our nature.

Exercises

1. Fill in the blanks.

Just as man is able to think, he is also ________.

We must always think about the ________ in our friends first.

2. Answer in one sentence.

How does a balanced personality develop?

Why does our attitude of co-operation and understanding decrease?

What must we do after we have found the flaws in our nature?

3. Answer in short.

What is meant by "coping with emotions"?

What are the harmful effects of anger?

Why must we know our flaws?

4. Write how you will react:

Your teacher does not listen to you.

Your parents ask for your opinion while making decisions.

Your friend got a big prize.

Your classmates praise you.

Rohan insulted you in class.

Teacher's Note

Ask your students to think about their own habits and feelings. This helps them understand themselves better and notice when they need to make changes in their behaviour.

Exam Trick

Remember: "Coping with emotions" means controlling how you feel and act when something happens. It is like being the boss of your feelings, not letting your feelings be the boss of you.

Points to Remember

Coping means managing and controlling your emotions in a healthy way.
Anger can cause headaches, sleep problems, and make us feel tired.
We know our flaws so we can work to improve ourselves.
We should react calmly instead of getting angry quickly.
Everyone has room to grow and change for the better.

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