Topic 3
Village Map
Example: Key points for Participants to Write in Notebooks Have you ever thought about our village resources? What do you feel is important about drawing a village map? Why do we have to begin with mapping resources in the village?
map m + a + p = read map village v + I + l + l + a + g + e = road
read village
r + o + a + d = read road
mountain m + o + u + n + t + a + i + n = read mountain school s + c + h + o + o + l =
read school
river r + i + v + e + r = read river Practice counting numbers
Ask the participants to count the number of houses, counting from 1-100
Target Audience:
Women, men, and child caregivers
1. How to Facilitate this Topic 1.a. Starting to process activities: Ask the participants to sit in a circle and greet each other
Record attendance list by calling the members’ names aloud Review previous topics or activities
The facilitator asks about issues or uses questions to brainstorm links to the new topic
1.b. How to make a map
o Tell the members to sit in a semi-circle and clear a space in the middle o Ask them to draw a map on the ground to show houses in their village by comparing with a related area.
o To enable them to make a map, they should begin showing the main roads or paths going from one house to another and other important points like lakes, rivers, canals, jungles etc.
o Ask them to use any materials around them like sticks, rocks, or bean seeds, etc
o Encourage the participants as much as possible
o Ask them to show the locations of each member’s house and the point where the group is to meet, using signaling materials such as a branch to denote roads, a bridge, etc.
o Add other important places such as a school, health center, etc. o Next, ask them if they think the mapping is correct. If there are errors, try to correct them.
o If you believe it is correct, copy the map to a flipchart. 2. Ideas for Discussion
Connect various ideas to your own village map by opening discussion and analysis as well as the foundation for planning through asking questions using who, what, why, where, how.
Questions can begin in a useful way: Ask about the history of the village. What are the different kinds house construction techniques used in the village? How is this different from the past?
Who first settled down in this area? How many generations have there been to date?
Who are the elders in the village who would know this village’s past the best? Have any significant events occurred in the village? Ask about the locations of important people in the village, such as the village chief, commune chief, etc.
Crucial places should be known in the village, such as health center, police station, pharmacy, school, etc.
Discuss the location of each member’s home and the meeting place for Reflect Circle group discussion.
Be able to search for community issues that occurred in the past as well as issues that have occurred recently
How can they be solved? In a group or how? Ask and take notes of the village’s existing resources and their location. 3. Ideas for Practicing Activities at Home
Clearly determine each place of discussion group by taking the village’s circumstances into consideration.
Research and collect data to keep as documents in the village 4. Practice Reading Writing Numeracy
At the stage of reading and writing their names, the facilitator should write elements of a word separately in consonants and vowels from their discussion, then ask them to read altogether word by word
map m + a + p = read map village v + I + l + l + a + g + e = road
read
village
r + o + a + d = read road
mountain m + o + u + n + t + a + i + n = school s + c + h + o + o + l =
read mountain
read school
river r + i + v + e + r = read river Practice counting numbers
Instruct the participants to count the number of houses, counting from 1-100.
5. Concluding the Meeting Briefly summarise the key points of the topic. Remind participants when and where the next meeting will occur according to the schedule.
6. More information and material for the coordinator Goal:
At the end the participants will be able to:
Discuss the creation of a village map in order to search for the village history through the map 1 sheet prepared by discussion group Material:
Marker, flipchart, adhesive tape, white paper or, wood piece, leaves, bean
seeds Song: I Love My Home Translation Oh, home I really love you, the view of the mountains and river are so beautiful (I think of you all the time) x2 I vow to care for the environment of our village, to develop and to protect it. (beautiful home lastingness) x2 Transliteration au phoumithean aey
chett khnhom kmean sbaey sen sraleanh anak
veal phnom tonle pruksaea laorcheak
( khnhom sramei anak realpel velea ) 2 dng - khnhom bte chnhea tha trauvte roksaa phoumithean thommocheate bte chnhea aphivodth haeyning karpar ( phoumithean saopha auy kngvongsa aey ) 2 dang