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Classroom activity: News Board
From Iraq: war and peace online
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Age group: 8 to 16 year olds
Aims:
To look at the effect the conflict is having
in this country in terms of increased racism, and encourage pupils
to think that they can do something to change this To involve pupils in collecting items of news
from newspapers and other sources To promote critical thinking skills
What to do:
Talk to the class about the fact that one of the effects of the
war, as well as a result of the events of 11 September 2001 has
been a rise in racism towards Muslims and the increasing fear of
‘foreigners’ (xenophobia). If you don’t have any
actual examples of this, you could print out this worksheet with
a newspaper cutting:
Ask the pupils to talk about this. Discuss whether this is fair,
and ask the pupils what we as individuals and as a school could
do about this.
Ideas could include:
Not generalising or making assumptions about
groups or nations of people Realising the links and similarities between
what is happening in our schools and what is happening worldwide Making sure we say people’s names correctly,
even if we are unfamiliar with them Not making unfair comparisons about people
or places Encouraging positive images of different cultures
and countries Understanding that some people come to the UK
as asylum seekers and refugees and need our support
Then introduce the idea of an on-going News Board for the class
to contribute to. (Or this could be done as a whole-school activity.)
Encourage the pupils to bring in press cuttings and/or to print
out short articles or quotes from the web to do with the war. Appoint
a team of editors (these could change weekly) to look after the
board and pin the clippings under various headings, which could
remain the same from week to week or change according to new developments.
FromIraq: war and peace online
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