Ibda l-Bidla Modules
Module 1: Migration and Sustainable Development (Session 1)
Migration and Sustainable Development: Implications on Schools and Teachers (Session 1 of 2) Course Description Migration is not a new phenomenon. However, it has become a pressing issue due to the seemingly large number of people who are leaving their native land to seek a better life elsewhere. These [...]
Module 1: Migration and Sustainable Development (Session 2)
Migration and Sustainable Development: Implications on Schools and Teachers (Session 2 of 2) Course Description Migration is not a new phenomenon. However, it has become a pressing issue due to the seemingly large number of people who are leaving their native land to seek a better life elsewhere. These [...]
Module 2: Hate Speech
Hate Speech Course Description According to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), hate speech spreads, incites, promotes or justifies hatred, violence and discrimination against a person or group of persons. Hate speech takes various forms and is an extreme form of intolerance which if unchecked may lead [...]
Module 3: Islamophobia
Islamophobia Course Description A very topical issue, Islamophobia, the fear or hatred of Muslims, takes all sort of forms. This session is divided into three parts. The first part provides the theoretical input about Islamophobia, the second part will give participants the opportunity to think about and reflect on [...]
Module 4: Multiculturalism
Islamophobia Course Description This session explores different forms of multiculturalism. There are various approaches to a multicultural society/school, from exclusion to politics of difference. How do schools respond to their multicultural community? The last part of the session will encourage participants to reflect on their practices and answer questions [...]
Module 5: Prejudice and Stereotypes
Prejudice and Stereotypes Course Description In our own ways, we are all prejudiced. What is important is that we are aware of these prejudices so that we can act on them. This session will provide a theoretical part to serve as a background to the practical activities in which [...]
Module 6: Privilege and disadvantage
Privilege and disadvantage Course Description Migrant students’ backgrounds vary, but it is safe to say that all of them share the experience of uprootedness, especially when they leave their home country when they are already old enough to have had their own circle of friends, and they have participated [...]
Module 7: Racism
Racism Course Description Racism is very present in our daily lives. Sometimes we might be racist without even meaning to be: a comment we pass, a non-verbal message we express. It is important for us as educators to be self aware first and foremost, and alert to the different [...]
Ibda l-Bidla Activities
Activity 1: Discrimination
Discrimination Short Description This session will introduce discrimination to students. The students will be given roles, and they have to put themselves in another person’s shoes and will move on in a board game as if in life. A discussion will follow after the exercise. Estimated Activity Duration: [...]
Activity 10: Inclusion
Inclusion Short Description This session will start a discussion about different social groups and their treatment in society. The session will start with an activity where someone is left out and a discussion will follow on inclusion, exclusion and different ways in which people and groups can be included [...]
Activity 2: Prejudice, Stereotypes, Discrimination and Inclusion
Activity 2: Prejudice, Stereotypes, Discrimination and Inclusion Short Description This session will introduce prejudice, stereotypes and discrimination through a game where participants will select a candidate for a job, without knowing much information about them. The students will also get to think about what it feels like to be [...]
Activity 3: Fair Trade
Fair Trade Short Description This session will introduce to students the power that consumers have and equip them with basic information about supply chains (specifically chocolate but can be adapted). The students will brainstorm how cacao becomes a chocolate bar and the importance of fair trade will be explored. [...]
Activity 4: Food, Culture and Multiculturalism
Food, Culture and Multiculturalism Short Description This session will explore the importance of multiculturalism through food. Students will explore the difference between facts and opinions through statements about food. This will lead to a video followed by a discussion on food around the world. The class then will try [...]
Activity 5: Is this my home?
Is this my home? Short Description This session will introduce sustainable development and to a lesser extent migration through the use of storytelling. The free eBook ‘Is this my home?’ will be used. After the story, a discussion on some story points will follow, then the Sustainable Development Goals [...]
Activity 6: Sustainable Development: Mission Earth Intervention
Sustainable Development: Mission Earth Intervention Short Description This session will introduce the Sustainable Development Goals to the class by involving the students to attain a definition of Sustainable Development. A PowerPoint will further introduce the SDGs. An activity will then follow to make students realize that the SDGs are [...]
Activity 7: SDGs – Limited Resources and Taking Action
Sustainable Development Goals: Limited Resources and Taking Action Short Description This session will introduce what can practically happen to common resources if not carefully managed and will introduce the SDGs. An individual fishing/crop taking game is first played by the students. Then a definition of sustainable development is sought [...]
Activity 8: Freedom of Movement and Passport Power
Freedom of Movement and Passport Power Short Description This session will introduce the fact that not all passports are equal and will explain briefly why some people have no option but to travel irregularly. Freedom of Movement is introduced to the class. The concept of passport power is then [...]
Activity 9: Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals
Activity 9: Migration and the Sustainable Development Goals Short Description This session will explore the interrelation between migration and the SDGs. It will first introduce push and pull factors and a list is created. The SDGs are then introduced to the students who have to decide if that SDG [...]