This section collects 42 practical activities for different age groups and at different levels of complexity, related to the 14 themes. These activities can be used sequentially, or in any order you choose, and in general, the children you work with do not need to have special skills or competences.

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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