K L UNIVERSITY

A.Y. 2014-2015

VALUE EDUCATION CELL

I B.TECH.
1st SEMESTER
Class Room Activities (CRA) for HUMAN VALUES course (course code: 13-HS 104):

CRA id.
CRA-1

Session
No.
3

CRA-2

Activity
CRA-1: Self-Study: 1. Introduce yourself in detail.
2. What are the goals in your life? How do you set your goals in your life?
3. How do you differentiate between right and wrong?
4. What have been your achievements and shortcomings in your life? Observe and analyze them.
CRA-2: Group Discussion: 1. Now a days, there is a lot of voice about many techno-genic maladies such as energy and
natural resource depletion, environmental pollution, global warming, ozone depletion, deforestation, soil degradation,
etc. all these seem to be man-made problems threatening the survival of life on Earth What is the root cause of these
maladies & what is the way out your opinion?

Mode of
Conduction
Self-Study

Group
Discussion

2. On the other hand, there is rapidly growing danger because of nuclear proliferation, arms race, terrorism,
criminalization of politics, large scale corruption, scams, breakdown of relationships, generation gap, depression &
suicidal attempts, etc-what do you think, is the root cause of these threats to human happiness and peace what could
be the way out in your opinion?
CRA-3

CRA-3: Seminar: 1. Observe that each one of us has Natural Acceptance, based on which one can verify right or not right
for him. Verify this in case of:
(a)What is Naturally Acceptable to you in relationship Feeling of respect or disrespect?
(b)What is Naturally Acceptable to you to nurture or to exploit others? Is your living the same as your natural
acceptance or different?
2.Out of the three basic requirements for fulfillment of your aspirations- right understanding, relationship and physical
facilities, observe how the problems in your family or in your relatives/friends families are related to each. Also observe
how much time & effort you devote for each in your daily routine.

Seminar

CRA-4

CRA-5

CRA-4: Tutorial: 1. List down all your important desires, Observe whether the desire is related to Self (I) or Body. If it
appears to be related to both, see which part of it is related to Self (I) and which part is related to Body.
2. (a) Observe that any physical facility you use, follows the given sequence with time:
Necessary & tasteful
Unnecessary but still tasteful tasteful
Unnecessary & tasteless Intolerable
(b)In contrast, observe that any feeling in you is either naturally acceptable or not acceptable at all. If naturally
acceptable, you want it continuously and if not acceptable, you do not want it any moment!
(c) Observe the activities within I. Identify the object of your attention for different moments (over a period of say 5 to
10 minutes) and draw a line diagram connecting these points. Try to observe the link between any two nodes.

Tutorial

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Tutorial: Make a list of your desires, thoughts & expectations

1. Find out if these needs be fulfilled by Right Understanding, Relationship and Physical Facilities, or anything more
is needed?
2. Categorize them as Need of Self (I) or need of Body
3. Categorize where they are they originating from Preconditioning, Sensation or Natural Acceptance

Tutorial

13

CRA-5: Video Session: Watch the Video Story of the Stuff (21 minutes)
Group Discussion: 1. What is the program of the people shown in the video?
2. Is this program similar to your own program?
3.What is the outcome from this program?

Video
Session &
Group
Discussion

CRA-6

15

CRA-6: Role Play & Group Discussion: Form small groups in the class and in that group initiate dialogue and ask the
eight questions related to trust. The eight questions are:

Role Play &

Group
Discussion

1a. Do I want to make myself happy?

2a. Do I want to make the other happy?
3a. Is the other want to make him happy?
4a. Is the other want to make me happy?
What is the answer?
Intention (Natural Acceptance)
1b. Am I able to make myself always happy?
2b. Am I able to make the other always happy?
3b. Is the other able to make him always happy?
4b. Is the other able to make me always happy?
What is the answer?
Competence
Let each student answer the questions for himself and everyone else. Discuss the difference between intention and
competence. Observe whether you evaluate your intention & competence as well as the others intention & competence.

CRA-7

CRA-8

17

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CRA-7: Role Play:

1.Observe on how many occasions you are respecting your related ones (by doing the right evaluation) and on how many
occasions you are disrespecting by way of under- evaluation, over-evaluation or otherwise evaluation.
2.Also observe whether your feeling of respect is based on treating the other as yourself or on differentiations based on
body, physical facilities or beliefs.
CRA-8: Video Session: Harmony in the family: Watch the Video on Relationships (Right here Right Now _student
version, Video time:27 minutes)
Group Discussion:
1. In the Video, how are the people interacting with each other.
2.How do you interact with the people around yourself. 3.
Your understanding about Trust.

Role Play

Video
Session &
Group
Discussion

CRA-9

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CRA-9: Video Session: Harmony in Society: Watch the Video Hiware Bazaar(Video time: 23 minutes)
Group Discussion:
1. What is the goal of this village society?
2. What is the program followed by this village society?
3.Man influences society/system or man has to conform to society/system?
4.Is there space in the current system for individuals to express themselves?
5. Reflect on your family goal, family program & participation of each member of your family

CRA-10

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CRA-10: Video Session: Harmony in Nature: An Inconvenient Truth (17 minutes)

Group Discussion:
1.What is the State of the Planet shown in video.
2.What is the Root Cause of the Problems.
3.What are the Solution for the Problems.
4.What were you doing when you had the time to do something?

Date: 16th December, 2014

Video
Session &
Group
Discussion

Video
Session &
Group
Discussion

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