lessons

Take a step Forward 
My involvement in European and other programmes, which mainly took place while serving in the Public Secondary school sector, was a revelation for me: projects make you more action plan-oriented and creative.  Being involved in the European Parliament Ambassador School Programme led to workshop based lessons or game, play oriented lesson  named Take a Step Forward.  There is so much quality material produced via the Council of Europe that I, as a teacher, strongly feel that it is my responsibility to provide students with material and learning processes that will enable them to adopt positive attitudes towards otherness and  acquire skills and competences.  This game, on the theme of citizenship and related topics Discrimination, Xenophobia, Poverty, Human Rights, got my students to take the role of a member of a different person (social group) and think about his/her rights and feelings. They would discuss their feelings about taking the role of another person and issues that come out such as social inequalities.  At the very end of the lesson, students completed an exit card.  It is interesting to see what students learned, what they want to learn more about and difficulties they had.

Three(3) things I learned	Two (2) things I want to learn more about	One (1) difficulty I had
Collaborate with my classmates (4) -Take the lesson activity seriously -Place myself in someone else’s position(8) -To become this kind of person I learned values I learned my rights How to behave towards my classmates To respect more the people who came as migrants in my country To care more about them Not to judge people by how they act(if they take many steps) There are many social groups (7) I learned new social status Their freedom How to get into someone else’s shoes There are people with difficulties(4) The farmers are happy and rich Some people don’t have the same rights The meaning of refugees People with no financial problems can go further Every people have different human rights Everyone will judge others Money is important in life Life is difficult Appaently I might have committed suicide if I was disabled Farmers are poor Vocabulary Not to discriminate people About other groups of people More English words About other types of people New English words The good and the bad things in life Learning about other groups of people Thinking about other social classes The good and bad in life The way of life that people have The things that rich and poor people can do The problems that poor peoplehave	Financial problems Human problems Financial problems Racism (2) I want to play this game again Immigrants rights in other countries How to connect with any character More details More new words Help people with difficulties (2) Ways to help other social classes who are in need Feelings of other people in other social classes About other cultures Countries which have problems How to fight against racism Why racist people react like this How people can get a better life Learn how to control difficult situations Feelings of people who come from lower social groups Ways to  help these people Poor people People with special needs Other people in other countries and how they live About their life Fact that they have financial difficulties I want to learn how the poor people survive and how they feed their children	I haven’t had any difficulty (5) Some difficult words Difficulty if we stay back or go forward Feel that I am free Understanding some difficulties other people have To understand when to step forward I don’t have the chance to do anything I want Reality problems Considering the life of a disabled person Be able of feel like them Recognize the difficulties of some people English words Recognize the different types of people Recognise different types of people To understand what other people are

Step Forward