My Village and Its Leaders
Primary 1 · Social and Religious Studies
My Village and Its Leaders
Lesson 1 of 3
9 min
Let's begin
Gatete walks to the shop to buy salt.
He passes the school, then the water tap, then three houses. A woman on her veranda calls his name and waves.
All of this is his village. Today you will learn what a village is.
A village is a small place with homes in it.
The people there live close to each other.
They know each other's names. They greet each other on the path.
Your home is in a village. Your school is in a village too.
Walk slowly and look. A village can have:
Not every village has all of these. Most villages have many of them.
Worked example
Keza names the work in her village.
Step 1 She looks at the farms. People grow beans, maize and vegetables.
Step 2 She looks at the yards. People keep goats, cows and chickens.
Step 3 She looks at the people. One builds a wall. One teaches. One sells tomatoes.
Everybody in a village has work to do.
Careful! A village is not only out in the hills.
A home in a town is in a village too.
Every home in Rwanda sits in a village. Yours does as well.
Say your own village name out loud right now.
Tip
Homes, and people who know you
Stand at your door and look around you.
The homes and paths you can see are part of your village.
Do each one, then tap Show answer to check.
What is a village?
Answer: a small place where people live close to each other.
Which one do we find in a village, a health post or an airport?
Answer: a health post. That is where sick people are helped.
Name two things people grow in a village.
Answer: beans and maize. Vegetables are right too.
Mugisha lives in a town with many shops. Is his home in a village?
Answer: yes. Every home in Rwanda is in a village, in the hills or in a town.
Stand at your door. Count the houses you can see.
Answer: only you know this one. Say the number out loud, then say your village name.
What you learned today
Quick check
What is a village?
