Compass - Horoscope of Poverty
This activity combining knowledge and creative composition explores issues about the consequences of poverty and the opportunities in life, which are denied to the poor. Students reflect on both the lack of opportunities poor people have, and the difficulties they face in taking those which are presented. Thus, they understand the cycle of poverty and can promote social justice, human dignity and responsibility.
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Compass - Living in a perfect world
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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Compass - Makah Whaling
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 - Picture Games
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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Compass - Power Station
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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Compass - Responding to Racism
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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Compass - Take a step forward (Year 8-9)
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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Compass - The language barrier
This activity is a simulation of the difficulties that refugees face when applying for asylum: from the frustrations and emotional factors, while overcoming the language barrier to the discrimination during the application procedure. It demonstrates the importance of both language and intercultural education and develops empathy through being aware of the frustrations refugees face when applying for asylum. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)
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Compass - The Scramble for wealth and power
This activity simulates the fight for wealth and power and inequality in the world. Inequality in the distribution of wealth, power imbalance and the consequences are to be critically discussed, as are the causes and consequences of poverty. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)
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Compass - To vote or not to vote
This activity involves a survey of people in the community to explore voting in elections and civic participation. Students develop skills to find out and analyse information critically and learn about the importance of valuing the personal contribution of every citizen in a democracy. (Part of the Compass HRE manual)
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