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Classroom activity: Interpreting different viewpoints
From Iraq: war and peace online
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Age group: 8 to 16 year olds
Aims:
To enable pupils to express their ideas, feelings
and opinions about the Iraq war For pupils to consider issues with which they
disagree, and to defend their viewpoint and argue and persuade
in a calm, rational manner To enable teachers to assess pupils’ knowledge of the
crisis and to establish where further information may be needed
and where misconceptions and prejudices may lie
What to do:
You will need multiple copies of the ‘for and against’
statements in the worksheet below and large sheets of paper on which
to stick the cards.
Arrange pupils in groups and pre-select a responsible pupil to
facilitate each group. Each group should then agree ground rules
for discussion, e.g. only one person speaks at once. Give each facilitator
a copy of each of the statements, and a large sheet of paper marked
up in three columns: agree, not sure, disagree
The facilitator keeps the statement cards and lets each member
of the group draw one in turn. As they draw a card, the group member
reads it out and decides which column to put it in, explaining why
they are making that decision. The statement is then open for discussion,
following the agreed rules. The person who placed the statement
can move it to another column if persuaded. Keep going round till
all the cards are placed. The group can then decide on any additional
statements they wish to contribute.
Finally, groups present their findings to the rest of the class.
This could prompt class discussion and lead on to specific media
interpretation work.
From Iraq: war and peace online
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