Curriculum Level: 3

This activity starts with a quiz on proverbs and wise sayings that reflect different aspects of being at peace, and goes on to let participants reflect on the meaning of peace develop peaceful behaviour. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)

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This high level activity involves small group work, role-play, discussion and consensus building about the sustainable use of marine resources, the rights of indigenous peoples to their culture and development and explores the conflicts between the right to development and cultural life and protection of the environment. (Part of the Compass HRE Handbook Manual)

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Compass manual on human rights education with young people will provide you with ideas, inspiration and practical help for activities to explore human rights with students. Designed by the Council of Europe and thoroughly tested internationally Compass includes various easy adaptable activities for students between upper-primary / intermediate to secondary school.

In this activity, participants draw, contemplate and discuss their hopes and concerns for the future of their generation. They speak about environmental issues affecting future generations, young people and the family, community life and how to make a positive or negative contribution to the world. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)

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Creative activity working with images, which focuses on stereotypes and how each person perceives the world in a unique way. Students deal with how images are used to inform and misinform. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)

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As power is often associated with violence, this activity uses creative group work to address issues of violence in the community, and ways to solve the problems of violence. Students develop knowledge and understanding about violence and its causes and how to take responsibility for seeking creative solutions to violence. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)

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This activity uses role-play and reviewing of a critical incident to provoke participants to review their understanding of cultural difference. It also involves discussion and collective writing to address issues about the difficulties of stepping outside one’s own cultural perspective and racism, stereotypes and cultural differences as well. (Part of the Compass HRE  manual)

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This easy activity is a simple quiz and variation of the game, Bingo!, in which people share their knowledge and experiences of human rights. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)

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In this high-energy activity, participants use their imagination and creativity to design new games. The issues addressed include rules of games, their justification and monitoring, the idea of human rights as rules for living and discrimination in sports. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)

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In this activity, participants experience what it is like to be someone else in their society. While dealing with social inequality as a source of discrimination and exclusion, students foster an understanding of possible personal consequences of belonging to certain social minorities or cultural groups. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)

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