School Level: Primary

June 16, 2015

Lesson 4: Our contract of rules

How do we write down common rules? Learning objectives The students develop a common understanding and learn how to identify with a…

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Lesson 3: A list of ideas

Which of the solutions do the majority prefer? Learning objectives The students learn how to form arguments in a debate. They practise…

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Lesson 2: This is how we do it

What solutions do we have to the problems? Learning objectives The students reflect upon their mechanisms of conflict resolution and develop an…

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Lesson 1: Everything’s okay! Really?

What problems/conflicts can we observe in our class? Learning objectives The students develop an understanding of public goods and private goods by…

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June 14, 2015

Exercise 7.3. – Questionnaire on attitudes to change

Educational objectives The students can reflect their personal attitudes and express them freely. The students can listen to other students, regardless of…

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Exercise 7.2. – My feelings about dictatorship

Educational objectives The students can define and judge elements of democracy and dictatorship. The students can make a deliberate choice of values…

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Exercise 7.1. – The wall of silence

Educational objective The students become aware of their concepts of democracy. Resources Pieces of flipchart paper fixed to the wall and markers…

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Chapter 7 – Taking part in politics

Introduction The picture shows a man and a woman, supported by a giri and a boy, advocating their causes in public. The…

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Exercise 6.3. – If I were a magician

Educational objectives The students are encouraged to create meaningful visions. A person without utopian visions is confined to accepting the status quo….

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Exercise 6.1. – Basic concepts of political thought

Educational objectives The students understand the values that implicitly guide political argument and debate and that some of these values support human…

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