Teacher’s Note: This section is aligned to the SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth : Teach the students how the work done by people in the different places in a neighbourhood helps make our life simpler and easier. It is important to ensure safe working conditions for everyone.

*Tell the students that Lina calls her father’s mother ‘Aita’.

    It is evening. Lina and Aita* are getting ready for an event.

Lina: Where are we going, Aita?

Aita: Lina, we are going to celebrate Ugadi in the neighbourhood park.

Lina: What is a neighbourhood, Aita?

Aita: All the places around our house are called our neighbourhood. Places like school, park, hospital, police station, post office, bank, bus stop, metro station and so on make our neighbourhood.  

Places in the Neighbourhood