Social and Religious Studies

7.1. DIRECTION
A. Four important directions.
Activity 1

Observe these pictures and state what you can see.

Activity 2

State four important directions seen on the compass. And then look at the compass and state its characteristics, components and use.

I have understood that:
Direction helps people to know where they are going.
There are four important directions seen on the compass.These are:
 North (N), South (S), East (E) and West (W).Every time, the compass shows the North (N), South (S) and then a person directs him/her self.
The importance of a compass.It directs people to places they dont know well.
Examples:
– Soldiers at the battle field.
– Pilots of Aeroplanes.
– Captains on seas and Oceans.
– The tourists.

– The marines and Navy soldiers.

Activity 1
Draw a compass and on it show four important direction
shown on it..
Self assessmennt
1. State the direction shown on a compass before you begin
using it.

2 .Explain the importance of a compass.

Exercises
1. Give four examples of people who use a compass in their
every day life.
2. Explain the importance of direction.
3. State the direction that a compass shows every day.

B. Map of Gikomero sector.
Activity 1

Observe the map, explain and state what you can see on it.

Map of Gikomero sector

C. Main places in our sector and the services provided.

Activity 2
Carry out a field trip and see important things found in the sector where our school is located and the services provided.
Activity 3

Look at that map and state important places within the sector but not found where the school is located.

I have understood that:

Other important places are:
Hospitals, Mosques, Churches, Hotels, Play grounds, recreation
centers, cooperative houses, Museums, National parks, Air
port, Historical place, Mines, Forests, Power plants ...

Activity 3
State the importance of important places in our sector.
Peer assessment
Where do we get the following services from?
a. Entertainment: 
b. Vaccination: 
c. Buying and selling: 
d. Receiving and sloving problems of citizens of security:
 e. Banking and withdrawing money:
 f. Keeping historical things of the country:
 g. Teachling parents/guardians how to prepare food with balanced diet.
h. Boarding cars:
 i. Providing services and solving problems of citizens:
 j. Remembering Genocide against the Tutsi:

Exercises
1. Match important places in (A) With its use in (B):


2. Fill in the spaces in the table below.


Activity 4
Use a compass and locate an important place in the sector.
Home work
Identify an important place on your way to and from
school. Ask your parents/guardians the services provided

in that place. Tell your classmates what you saw.

Activity 5
Every body should draw the map of the sector where your

school is found and locate important places.

7.2. ENVIRONMENT
A. Types of environment.
Activity 1
Look at this picture carefully and explain what you can see.



Activity 1
Make a visit and identify different types of environment seen in the sector where your school is located..
I have understood that:
Environment are things around us. There are two main types of environment.
These are natural environment and man made environment.

1. Natural environment.
Natural environment is that environment which was created
by God, Examples of natural environment.
Hills    Rivers      Mountains
Lakes           Oceans/Seas          Air
Swamps    Wild animals     Valleys
Trees           Natural forests        Sun
Space        water       Land

Plants         National parks      wells

2. Man made environment (Artificial environment)
The environment made by people is that environment which

is made by man. These are:

Houses     Factory      Air ports
Cars         Crops     Forests
Farms     Aeroplan     Play grounds

Electricity    Roads      Garden of crops

Exercises
1. Mention the types of environment seen in your sector.
2. Explain the difference between natural and man-made
environment.
3. Fill the table by using the following elements of environment:
House, River, Aero plane, land, Road, Air, Electricity, River,
farm and Water.

Home work
look at the different types of environment where you pass when coming to and from school.
Discuss with your classmates what they saw.
B. Importance of environment found in the sector.
Activity1
Look at the pictures below carefully and tell what is taking


Activity 2
State the importance of environment in your sector.
I have understood that:
Environment is important in the following ways:




Exercises
1. Match the environment with its importance.
a. Land       1. We get timber from trees.
b. Water      2. Milk, Meat, Fertelizers.
c. Forest      3. Its where rice is grown
d. Swamp    4. Its where crops are grown.
 e. Cow          5. Power plant
.f. Hen            6. We live in them.
g. Wild animals   7. Meat, eggs, and fertelizers.
h. Houses           8. The government gets money.


2. Fill in these sentences with the correct word:a. Wild animals live in________.
b. ________ helps the government to provide services to the citizens.
 c. ________ protects the soil from soil erosion.
d. Transport of people and goods is done in ________or in ________.
e. Crossing a river requires to have a ________.

C. Protecting and conserving of the environment.
Activity 1

Observe the pictures below and tell what is taking place.

Activity 2
Explain the ways of protecting and conserving the environment
found in your sector.
I have understood that:
We can properly protect the environment in our sector by
doing the following:

– Planting trees and grass which protects the soil
.– Practice zero grazing.
– By throwing rubbish in the compost pit.
– Construct terraces on steep slopes of mountains or hill.
– Plant trees mixed with crops.
– Fence the national parks and game reserves.
– Harvest mature forests.
Activity 3
Make a list of things needed to protect the environment. Choose the most important 10 and put them on the school notice board.
We have decided that:
We shall protect and conserve the environment because it is good to us.
Self assessmennt
1. Explain the word “environment”:
2. State the element of environment which gives us the following:
a. Fish:
b. Charcoal:
c. Foreign money:
d. Electricity:
Peer assessment
1. Explain the importance of planting grass and trees on slops
of mountains.
2. What can you do to protect the following environment?
a. Land
b. Rivers and Lakes
c. Forests

d. Roads

Exercises
1. Answer with Yes or No.
a. I should ask for permission before cutting down trees.
b. When people graze on the hill, they are protecting
environment.
c. If you find a person destroying environment, can you
support him/her?
d. During community work, the destroyed environment is
repaired.
e. Every body has the responsibility of protecting and
conserving the environment.
2. You should report if you find a person pouring rubbish in

the river.

3. Fill in these sentences using the correct words:
a. Before cutting down trees, we should ask for ________
to cut them from________.
b. ________ wild animals are not allowed in our country.

c. When you cut down ________ tree you should plant________trees.

d. All rubbish should be thrown in________.

e. Raring animals in ________ is one of the strategies of protecting and conserving the environment.f. It is a must ________ in a place with slopes in order to prevent soil erosion.

D. Dangers of misusing the environment.

Activity 1

What do you see in the pictures below?

Activity 2
Explain the dangers of not protecting the environment in your sector.
I have understood that:
When people don’t protect the environment, they face the following effects:
– Rain washes away the top soil and poor soil remains.
– Running water destroys roads, some times soil from hills
covers roads.
– If people don’t plant many trees it causes lack of rain fall.
– Water contamination can cause diseases  like cholera,
dysentery.

– When we don’t protect rivers and lakes, they dry up.

Activity 3
Make a list of bad effects caused by poor environmental
protection. Choose mainly four of those mentioned and put

them on the school notice board.

I have understood that:
We shall be:
– Protecting and conserving the environment because it is
important to us.

Self assessmennt
1. Give four examples of things that can be destroyed by
soil erosion.
2.State how the grass that grows on lake shores makes it dry.
Peer assessment
1. What can cause drought?
2. What are the dangers of destroying banks of the river or

lakes shores?

Exercises1.
 Answer with yes or No.
a. Polluting/contaminating water and air causes soil erosion.
b. We should protect the environment by carrying out community work.
c. Defforestation makes the place empty and causes soil erosion.
d. Soil erosion is caused by rain water.
e. Using dirty water causes diseases.
2. State four diseases caused by polluted/dirty water.

3. Explain the bad effects of cutting down all trees/defforestation.

7.3. THE CITIZENS.
A. The population in the school setting.
Activity 1

Look at the picture below carefully explain what is taking place.

Activity 2
Count the number of pupils in your school. Write the number
of pupils in:
– Primary one.
– Primary two.
– Primary three.
– Primary four.
– Primary five.

– Primary six.

Activity 3

Add the numbers you got using the table below.

I have understood that:
If you want to know the number of pupils, count them.
Its major aim is to know:
 – Their total number.
 – The number of boys.
– The number of girls 
– Their names 
– Their age 

– Their class. Knowing the number of pupils in a school helps school leaders to plan.

Activity 3
Count the pupils in/ your class and fill the table below using

their age.

Put the numbers in the table below and pin it in class.

Exercises
Fill in the following sentences.
a. In our class, there are __boys and ___ girls.
b. In our school, there are __ girls and __ boys.
B. Total number of workers and the work they do.
Activity 1

What can you see in the pictures below?

Activity 2
Carry out census of employees of your school: 

Teachers, leaders, office workers, Kitchen workers, cleaners, security workers.

Activity 3

Put the numbers together in the table.

I have understood that:

The number of workers in the school depends on the size of the school and the number of pupils of that school.

Activity 4

Fill the table below and hang it in your class.

Self assessmennt
1. What is the importance of population sensus to the school
leaders or the sector?
2. Mention any two things that can be obtained from carrying
out population sensus?
Peer assessment
What is the role of the following people in your school?
a. Teachers:
b. School leaders.
c. Security workers.

d. cleaners.

Exercises1.
 Fill in the gaps in the sentences below:
a. Our school has ____ male and ____female teachers. 
b. The head of our school is called? ____.
c. Our school has ____ cleaners and ____ security workers.
d. In our school kitchen, there are ____male and____ female workers.

2. Match the employees with their role in your school.

C. Population in the village where the school is
located.
Activity 1

Look at this picture and state what you can see.

Activity 2
Visit the village where the school is located and ask the
village leader the following:
a. The number of citizens living in the village.
b. The number of chidren living in the village.
c. The number of women living in the village.
d. The number of men living in the village.

e. The number of children in lower classes in the village.

Activity 3

After the visit, put the numbers together in the table below.

Exercises
Fill in the gaps in the sentences below:
a. How many people live in the village where our school is located? __.
b. Among these citizens, there are __ men, __ women, _ pupils, and __ children.

D. Settlement in the sector where the school is located.
Activity 1

Look at the pictures below and state what can see.

Activity 2
Visit the sector where your school is located and see how
it is inhabited. Ask the residents why they chose to settle
in that place.
Activity 3
Talk about things which make people decide where to settle

and what stops them from settling in any place.

I have understood that:
People choose where to stay depending on how easily they
will settle in that place:
People decide to settle in a place where there is:
– Infrastructure.
– Enough rainfall.
– Fertile soils and natural resources.
– Job and security.
– Clean water and electricity.
People don’t like to settle in a place with:
– Areas with little rainfall, areas normally hit by lightening.
–Mountain slopes: where there are land slides.
–No infrastructure in the area.
–Diseases like tsetse flies.
–Land which is not fertile.
–A place with no chances of getting jobs.
The good way of living in a sector is by living in a planned settlement. 
This helps to, get infrastructure near them and easy development.

 Cities are more inhabited than villages.

Activity 4
Explain the settlement parttern in town sectors and villages.
Self assessmennt
1.Explain the term “slopy areas”.

2.Explain the importance of settling in planned settlementvillages.

Peer assessment
1.Give four things which can make people choose to settlein any place.

2.Is your home located in a planned area? If yes, explainthe benefits of living in planned areas.

Exercises1.
What is sensus?
2 .What are the characteristics of people living in slopy areas?
3. Give examples of places in the sector where no body is
allowed to settle.
4. Why do people like to settle in cities than villages?
5 .Give examples of things which you consider before settling
in a place.
6. Answer with yes or No.
a. Many people settle on slopes of the lake.
b. People don’t like to settle in places with many diseases.
c. Many people settle on the slopes of hills.
d. Many people settle in places with good infrastructure.
e. Many people don’t like to settle in village settlement.

7. Why does the government encourage people to settle in

planned settlement villages?

Home work
Observe how people have settled in your area and tell to

your classmates.

7.4. MAIN SERVICES PROVIDED IN THE SECTOR.
A. Main services provided in the sector where the
school is located.
Activity 1

Look at these pictures and state what people are doing.

Activity 2
Visit the sector offices and see the services that provided there.
I have understood that:
The following services are provided in the sector:
– Artisan.

– Office work

Activity 3
Every pupil should take the work which their parents/

guardians do and fill the following table:

Self assessment
1. Give 2 examples of services provided in the neighboring
sectors which is not provided by your sector.
2. State the services provided by people where you pass on
your way to and from school.
Peer assessment

1. Do your parents/guardians do the same work? Explain.

Exercises
1. Give four examples of services provided by many people
than other services.
2. What type of job will you do when you grow old? Explain
why you have chosen that job.
3. Why should every person be encouraged to do some work?
Explain.
4. State the importance of doing the work very well.
Home work
Ask your family the work they do, then tell your classmates the kind of work your family does.
 B. The role of the family and the school in the services provided by the sector. 

1. The role of family in the services provided by the sector.

Activity 1

Look at these pictures and state what people are doing.

Activity 2
Talk about the role of your family in the development of the service provided by the sector.
I have understood that:

The role of the family in the services provided by the sector are:

– Providing excellent services.
– Working together in cooperatives.
– Paying taxes.
– Creating jobs.

– Getting involved in government programmers.

Home work
Ask your family members their role in providing good
services in the sector. Discuss with your classmates about
your answers.
2. The role of the school in the services provided by

the sector.

Activity 1

Look at the picture below and tell what you can see.

Activity 2
Explain the role of your school in the services provided in the sector
I have understood that:
The role of the school in the services provided by the sector are:
– Teaching pupils well.
– Welcoming residents to do workshops from the school.
– Give jobs to the residents of the sector.

– Develop the area where the school is located.

Activity 3
Talk to the leaders of your school. 
Ask them the role of the school in the services provided by the sector and debate about it in class.
Self assessment
What is the role of your family in providing services in your sector?
Peer assessment
Fill in the gaps provided in these sentences with the correct words.
a. Taxes help the government to create____for those people who are not employed.
b. ____is one of the 3 targets of our country.
c. Excellent services make people ____.

d. Services should be provided well and on____.

Exercises
State the role of your school in providing services in the sector
where the school is located.
7.5. End unit assessment 7
1. What is a compass direction and what is its use?
2. Give examples of important places in your sector.
3. Fill in the missing words:
a. Man made environment is different from ____
b. Environment consists of ___ rared in ____ and animals
rared at ____.
c. Proper management of environment ____ important.
d. Destroying environment ____ bad effects.
e. Polluting ____ and____ causes diseases.
4. State the number of workers in your school.
5. Which area has many citizens in your settlement village?
6. What is the importance of sensus?
7. What should the citizens do in order for the government

to build roads, schools and hospitals?