October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948
- Main objective: promotion of people who were
fighting for human rights and promotion of active citizenship
- Age: 6th till 8th grade
- Time: 45 min.
- Material: Biography Of Mahatma Ghandhi, written Puzzles,
post its in two different colors, papers and pens,
- Activities:
- Face to
face with prejudice; How did you
feel?
- Biography
Of Mahatma Ghandhi
- Promotion
of active citizenship
- Things
are not what they seem to be (Energizer will be done if there is left any
time)
- Evaluation
- Face to face with prejudice; How did you feel?
Activity:
Everybody gets one
post-it and have to stick it on his/her head but he/she doesn’t know what is
written on it (prejudices: always lying, not to smart, steels, drug addict, was
in prison, is prostitute, not to pretty,
Roma, Muslim, Serbian, adolescent that gave a birth to a child, homosexual).
Group members have to say some prejudices about what is written on the label
Objective: developing empathy to the people that are
different from us, feel discrimination on your own skin
- Biography Of Mahatma Ghandhi
- Objectives: learn facts about Mahatma Ghandhi’s
life
- First we
have to show the picture of Ghandhi to pupils and ask them what they know about the person on the picture
- Activity: work in 4
small groups, first splitting the whole class using the game called Fruit salad (from the hat pupils have
to pick up a piece of paper on
which is a sort of fruit is written ( or real fruit instead of paper) and
than they have to form small fruit salad which is made from different kinds
of fruit ); Every small group will have to read one part of the text and tell the others the most important
facts about Mahathmas life ( they will have to make a puzzle and write it down)
- Text and
puzzle are in the attachment
- Promotion of active citizenship
·
Activity: “Now when you heard these stories, you have to make
your own plan for helping in your local community or maybe in global society
(e.g. helping someone who has financial, social or health problems, helping
animals and supporting environment are
also included)
·
Objectives: promote young people to be active citizens, promote
volunteering
·
Method: work in
triplets that I will share using the game called The same Number, every small group will have to make their own plan
with specific actions and deadlines, and then present it to the whole group
- Energizer: Things are not what they
seem to be
- Activity: smaller groups of five members have to do the
same task: What else could you make from one sock beside its usual
purpose. The winner is group that found the most new or innovative solutions
- Objectives: technique that develops creativity
- Methods: brainstorming in two groups, competition and
cooperation, having fun
- This
activity depends on time! (if there is any left)
- Evaluation:
- Methods: Every member will take two post-its and they
have to write down what is the most interesting thing that they learned
today. On the other one post it everyone should write down their feelings
after today workshop. Post its will be
sorted in 2 groups and we will put them on the big paper.
by: Ana Vasiljev, social pedagogue
