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 Migration Journeys -
Who will you take on the journey?

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Title of Lesson
Time Required
Age Range
Resources required
Migratory Journeys - Who will you take on the journey?
30 minutes
10 - 13

Prepared labels or post it notes - one per child
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Lesson Objective
Knowledge and Understanding (Global Theme covered)
Global Skills covered
Global Values and Attitudes covered
Demonstrate the importance of interpreting body language correctly.

Understand the way in which the perceptions of others, particularly first impressions, influence interpersonal relationships.

​Identity and diversity

Critical and creative thinking
​Empathy



Sense of identity and self esteem
Value diversity
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  • Introduction
  • Main Activity
  • Plenary
  • What were the Outcomes?
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The preconceptions that others have of us influences our conception of who we are and what we can be. In the case of racism, stereotypes determine not only intercultural coexistence but the identity of the immigrant. For example, in education and as  Professor Jose Antonio Jordán of Barcelona University  states, "the attitudes of teachers and expectations of school success that they have of students of foreign origin will be decisive for their academic careers."

The attitudes we have towards people we consider different can be very subtle and we may not be aware that we act with prejudice. However, this unconscious bias exists and clearly influences interpersonal relationships being sometimes a factor of exclusion.

This activity helps address the power of words to label people and how this influences social interactions. It can be used as an additional activity to the migratory journey project or with other activities to increase intercultural and self awareness.


Methodology: 
Group.
Time: 1 session.
Material: As many white stickers as there are people in the group, markers.

Process.
  1.  A specific characteristic is written on each sticker, eg: liar, dirty, sympathetic, collaborative, lazy, tired, hardworking, responsible, sick, disobedient, obedient, educated, animated, quick, witty, moody, unfriendly, black, gypsy, smart, little, short, slow, boring, funny, older, brave, sincere, sad, happy ...
  2. The children make a circle facing outwards, so they are unable to make eye contact with each other
  3. The teacher puts a sticker on the forehead of each participant, without them knowing what is written
  4. They are informed that they will have to undertake a very long trip and that they should look for a person to accompany them.

Instructions for the group:
- Scatter around the room when I give the signal.
- You have approx. Ten minutes to choose your "ideal partner" for a trip.
- After ten minutes, all of you must be paired.
- You must sit together holding hands.

After the pairing:
- Which person have you chosen?
- Was she your friend?
- Did the label on your forehead influence your choice?
- Have you rejected any partner for the qualification of the label?
- On the contrary, have you deliberately chosen someone who had a negative characteristic? Why?

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​Questions for reflection:
- How do we feel when people already have a preconceived idea of us?
- Why do we usually attribute certain characteristics to groups?
- Where do these ideas and influences come from?
- How does a person feel when they are confronted with prejudicial behaviour or discrimination?
 - What shapes our body language, is it the same across all cultures?-
- How do you react to other people's responses to you?
- When you feel discriminated against to whom do you go?
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The children developed a greater understanding of how labels can lead to prejudicial behaviour.

They became more aware of how our perceptions of other people  are influenced.

They considered the dangers of stereotyping and how it can lead to misrepresentation and isolation.

The children became aware of the danger of relying on first impressions to make decisions or judgements.

They were helped to understand that identity has many aspects and that everyone has something to offer the wider community.

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Lesson submitted by Aida Lorenzo Perez, Spain

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  • Home
    • About the project & objectives
    • Timeline - IOS project
    • School partners
  • IOS TEACHING RESOURCES
    • What is a journey?
    • Finding Connections
    • A Sweet World
    • Playing with Empathy
    • Multicultural Roman Empire
    • New People New Places
    • Migration Journeys - Why the Journey?
    • Migration Journeys - Who will you take on the Journey?
    • Migration Journeys - How was the Journey?
    • War ... what if it happened here?
    • More Equal Than Different
    • The Path of Hope
    • Shoes Clues
    • Mystery Dinner Guests
    • Mobile Phones, Me and Migration
    • Problems of the World
    • Emma's Story
  • Global Skills Passport and Tracking Charts
  • Blog
  • Thinking Otherwise project