Discrimination refers to unfair or unequal treatment of a person or group of people, based on certain characteristics. It comes in various forms. Pay attention to this video and write them down:
Intolerance is the refusal to tolerate or respect opinions or beliefs contrary to one's own.
It is as well the refusal to tolerate or respect people of a different social group, especially members of a minority group, who are more vulnerable and have fewer resources for confronting this negative attitude.
EXAMPLES OF INTOLERANCE IN HISTORY
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
Content: Prejudice and discrimination. Women's rights. Violence against children. Death penalty and the rights of immigrants.
Content language: Vocabulary: victims, violence, aggressor, abuse, rape, harassment, protection, kidnapping, to kill, exploitation, sexual merchandise, prison, offense, human trafficking, discrimination, equality before the law, principles, inalienable, deprivation, freedom, to restrict, to prohibit, to guarantee, to respect, to promote
Communication: English language:
the right to + inf.
the right of + noun
the duty to + inf.
to respect the right to + inf.
to break the law
Culture: Knowing about human rights around the world.
Cognition:
Comprehension: explain, summarize, distinguish, give examples, infer, review.
Trying to make students think about the thinking process itself, we have carried out a classroom activity by using De Bono's Six thinking hats theory. The topic was "How to improve the coexistence in the classroom" and each group has been assigned a question so that the members could answer it adopting the viewpoint of their hat.
Group work, empathy, peer learning, collaboration, discussion, responsibility to finished the task on time...The attempt is worth if students can learn in a different way and, why not, if I am able to get a smile out of them.
To reflect on what we can do to improve the school coexistence, detect and solve daily problems, help classmates perform better and contribute to make the school a good place to relate, learn and have fun, we are going to use the 6 thinking hats technique designed by Eduard de Bono.
All the students will be distributed in 6 groups (6x5) and each group will be assigned a color.
According to the instructions of the following video, the students will make a hat to identify themselves with the symbolism of the color assigned. Then, they will complete the questionnaire by participating in a group debate and, eventually, all the groups will interact and take part in a class discussion.
UNIVERSAL: all human beings have got the same human rights.
INALIENABLE: they belong to each person. No one can transfer them or take them away.
NON-NEGOTIABLE: no one can negotiate our rights , under any circunstancesor for any cause.
In general, democratic states recognize, respect, protect and promote human rights. However, this is not true in dictatorships and other types of authoritarian or totalitarian governments.
THE UNITED NATIONS
1- What is the United Nations and where is its headquarters?
2- When was it founded?
3- How many member states does it currently have?
4- Why was it founded?
5- How many countries originally signed the Charter of the United Nations?
6- What are the purposes and principles of the United Nations in accordance with the Charter?
7- Which are the main organs of the United Nations?
8- Who is the current Secretary General of the UN?
9- From the programmes, funds and specialized agencies which are part of the UN system, select five and explain their aims or main purposes.
Content: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). The United Nations.
Content language: vocabulary of human rights.
Communication: English language:
to have the right / the duty to + noun / infinitive
making questions with who/what/which/where/why + to be.
verbs followed by the structure to + inf. (promise, decide, determine, agree, refuse, plan, aim, arrange)
Culture:
In 1948, the United Nations proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The establishment of the United Nations.
Cognition:
Comprehension: Give examples, recognize, explain, summarize, identify, rewrite, infer.
Listening comprehension activity from videos.
Individual activity / pair activity : searching for information on the Internet.
Answering a questionnaire
Rewriting from the answers of a questionnaire.
Guided search on the Internet: Treasure hunt activity.
