Maharashtra Board Class 9 Self development and Art Appreciation Chapter 4 Social Leadership PDF Download

Social Leadership

Power of one!

Objectives

1. Be able to explain importance of creating social change and different ways of creating a change, in their own words.

2. Be able to develop the confidence to take steps towards creating a social change.

3. Be able to initiate a lifestyle change as the first step towards making a social change.

4. Be able to identify a social problem, design solutions, develop and implement a plan for intervention.

1. The Social Web

Play Time

Ten students stand in a circle with one chit each.

The student who has the bundle of thread should hold one end of the thread tightly and start the game.

He/she should then pass the bundle to anybody else in the circle and ask what is written on the other student's chit.

The first student should then say how the word on their chits are connected. For example: First word Birds, Second word Trees. Sentence can be - "Birds make nests on trees" or First word Pollution, Second word Rivers. Sentence can be – "Pollution harms the rivers."

The second student should then hold the thread tightly in his / her hand and pass the bundle to somebody else and talk about how the names on their chits are related to each other.

Repeat the same activity till all the ten students are covered at least once.

It will create a web. See the picture below for reference.

Tap at different places on the web. Observe what happens.

Teacher's Note

In this game, students learn that everything in nature is connected. Just like in our Indian villages, farmers know that trees, soil, water, and animals all work together to make the land healthy.

Exam Trick

Remember: The web game shows that if you touch one thread, the whole web vibrates. So one problem affects everything and everyone around it.

Points to Remember

Everything in the environment is connected to everything else.
Any change in one thing will affect other things.
Human beings depend on each other just like the parts of a web.
Problems in villages can create problems in cities and vice versa.

2. Interdependence

Will This Affect You? How?

1. Increased use of vehicles leads to global warming. Will it affect you?

2. Inefficient disposal of plastic leads to plastic accumulation in the soil which makes it infertile. Will it affect you?

3. Scarcity of resources in some parts of the country leads the people there to give up farming and migrate to towns and cities in search of jobs. Will it affect you?

4. Sometimes there is a delay in developing infrastructure and bad quality of important public projects like bridges, dams, schools etc. are built. Will it affect you?

Any social problem in one part of the world can trigger a chain of inter-related problems which could affect all of us.

Thus the social problems around us cannot be simply dismissed as somebody else's problems. Sooner or later, they are bound to become our problems too!

Thus it is time for us to take some action. Even one person can make a change!

Teacher's Note

When factories dump waste in rivers, it affects farmers downstream and people who drink that water. In India, pollution in the Ganges affects millions of people who depend on it.

Exam Trick

Remember: Social problems are like a disease spreading through the body. One sick organ affects the whole body. So we must all work together to fix problems.

Points to Remember

All human beings are interdependent on each other.
Problems in one area affect people in other areas.
City people depend on village people for food and raw materials.
Social problems cannot be ignored as someone else's problem.
Each person has the power to create change.

3. Different Ways Of Bringing In Social Change

There are many ways in which an individual can contribute to social change. There are a few examples given below. Find information about people or organizations doing similar work in your neighbourhood.

A. Community Service

Providing essential services which are found to be lacking in the society is a way of bringing in social change.

For example: Baba Amte is known for the selfless service he provided to patients suffering from leprosy who were treated as outcasts at that time.

B. Creating Infrastructure

Implementing projects to offer long term solutions to problems is another way of bringing social change.

For example: Dr. Rajendra Singh has been instrumental in building close to 4,500 small dams called Johads through people's participation in Rajasthan. His work has had a great impact in raising groundwater levels.

C. Research

Developing new solutions for eradicating social problems through research is a very effective way of bringing in social change.

For example: Dr. Abhay and Dr. Rani Bang have been instrumental in reducing child death among children who developed pneumonia in Gadchiroli district. It was because of their research and efforts that the death rate amongst infants due to pneumonia was brought down.

D. Activism

Creating awareness about the rights, responsibilities and needs of a community and uniting the community to fight for their rights can also bring in social change.

Teacher's Note

In your town, there may be a teacher who teaches poor children for free, or a doctor who gives free check-ups. These are all examples of people making social change happen every day.

Exam Trick

Remember the four ways with easy examples: Service = helping, Infrastructure = building, Research = discovering, Activism = fighting together for rights.

Points to Remember

Community service means helping people who need help.
Creating infrastructure means building things that solve big problems.
Research means finding new ways to solve old problems.
Activism means bringing people together to fight for their rights.
One person can use any of these four ways to make change.

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