Back Board Games

How well do you know your rights?
In this activity children test their understanding of children’s rights by moving backwards and forwards across a board, and picking up ‘rights cards’ when they land on coloured squares. The game tests their understanding of children’s rights.

Type of activity

Simulation, discussion

Objectives

  • To introduce human rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
  • To help children relate human rights to everyday life
  • To raise awareness of human rights issues

Preparation

  • Check the answers on the cards before the lesson, to be sure you are familiar with and understand the issues.
  • Make copies of the board provided as a handout. You will need one board for each small group
  • Copy the and cut out the game cards in Handout 1 and Handout 2. Each small group needs both these handouts.
  • Shuffle all the game cards together and place them in one pile with the title of the cards facing up.
  • Optional: copy the child-friendly CRC for each child.

Materials

  • One game board per small group, ideally copied onto A3 paper.
  • Counters or playing pieces, and dice
  • Two sets of game cards per small group: Rights cards, and Penalty / Neutralising Rights cards
  • Optional: copies of the child-friendly CRC

 

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2-6 children per board 45 minutes 8-13 years
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