Teaching and learning materials

The overall goal of this activity is to raise awareness of discrimination in everyday life, to promote empathy and to help participants gain confidence.
The children, in groups of 6-8, are asked to think about a situation where they felt discriminated or where they saw someone discriminating somebody else. They are asked to describe one situation; each group should choose a case. The group should discuss and reflect upon what caused the situation, how the discriminated person feels, and whether s/he should have behaved the way s/he did. They should also discuss about the feelings of the person who discriminates, the reaction of the person who described the situation, and about what happened next. They were also asked to imagine what their behaviour would have been in a similar situation and to provide other ways to act.
Finally, they should do a report on the most common reasons for discriminatory behaviour, the origin of this behaviour and the importance of the fight against discrimination.

Approach: Intercultural

Type of material: xxxxxx

Source:
Direction de la Jeunesse et du Sport, Conseil de l’Europe. Activity from the Kit pédagogique Tous différentS-tous égaux (2nd edition).
http://eycb.coe.int/edupack/fr_51.html