Back Card Games

Let’s just play cards
Children “play” with the CRC cards and familiarise themselves with their rights. Note: The cards for printing or copying can be found in the pdf.

Type of activity

Simple games using cards from the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

Objectives

  • To develop empathy with opposing sides to a conflict
  • To develop skills of co-operation
  • To raise awareness of emotions present in a conflict
  • To foster strategic thinking and planning

Preparation

  • If the game is played outside, examine the area and mark clear boundaries for the activity. Identify any potentially dangerous areas and point them out to the children and group leaders.
  • Cut three pieces of orange paper into 10 equal strips each (30 pieces in total) and do the same for the three pieces of blue paper. These represent three ‘Action Plans’ for the Orange group (in 30 pieces) and three for the Blue group (in 30 pieces).

Materials

Materials and Preparation for the Memory Game

  • 1 set of CRC cards with articles only for each group of players
  • 1 set of CRC cards with images only for each group of players

Materials and Preparation for Human Rights pairs

  • 1 set of CRC cards with articles only
  • 1 set of CRC cards with images only

Materials and Preparation for Pictionary

  • Print out a set of CRC cards with just the articles. Shuffle them.
  • Paper and markers for each group

 

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4-30 children 30 minutes 5-13 years
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