16. - Who will Do This Work?

TLO: To define untouchability To write few lines about Mahatma Gandhi and Ambedkar To write about what is dignity of labour.

Points to Ponder: People do different kinds of Job to earn.Gandhi ji gave equal status to all the job. He believed in equality of all and freedom of occupation.Gandhi ji said every person should do every kind of work.Bhim Rao Baba Saheb Ambedkar is the architect of Indian constitution.

Write short on the following:1. Dignity of labour:-Dignity of labour makes a man realize that every individual must do his share of work to the society. It teaches him to develop the respect for all types of jobs. No occupation is considered superior .None of the job should be discriminated on any bias. People who do jobs like even cleaning the toilet or picking up garbage (menial job) must be given respect. 2. Dr. B.R.Ambedkar: Dr.Bhim Rao Ambedkar was born in Madhya Pradesh on April 14th

1891.He is a well-known politician. He fought for the rights of dalits and other and socially backward people. He took efforts to eradicate social evils like untouchability and caste system. After India’s freedom the constitution was prepared under the leadership of Dr.Bhim Rao Ambedkar and so he is called as “Father of the Indian Constitution” He was the chairman of drafting committee of Indian constitution. He was awarded Bharat Ratna in the year 1990.

Question and answers.

1Q.What is untouchability? Who were the people who fought for this?Ans. The act of not touching the human being of certain caste, subcaste or profession is untouchability. In this people belonging to lower caste are not treated equally . Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Gandhiji fought for this.

2Q. What are the measures taken by government to eradicate untouchability?Ans. The following measures are taken by the government:To provide good education and job to such people.Laws are made to protect the fundamental rights and anybody who treats them badly will be punished.

3.Write names of few social reformers? Mahatma Gandhiji Rajaram Mohan Rai. Dr.Bhim Rao Ambedkar. Maha kavi Bharathiyar. Annie Besant.

Fill in the Blanks with the correct words:

1. Mahadevbhai’s son Narayan stayed along with Ghandhiji in Sabarmathi Ashram.2. People do different kinds of job to earn money.3. The father of our Indian Constitution Dr.Bhim Rao Ambedkar.4. Gandhiji’s favourite song (bhajan ) is in Gujarati is Vaishnava Janato5. Gandhiji worked for the upliftment of lower caste and fought against untouchability.

Activity:

Learn and sing the Bhajan Vaishnava Jana toGroup work.

Make placard based on the moral of the lesson.a. Everyone should take pride in doing all kinds of work.b. People doing different kinds of work should be respected equally.c. No work is considered as low or high.