This book contains a collection of 47 exercises and models for Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC) and Human Rights Education (HRE) in schools and also in informal settings of education. These teaching models provide the framework to activate students; they offer examples and inroads into understanding general principles of democracy and human rights (inductive approach, teaching by example).

The user will find that many of these teaching models require few and simple resources (low budget principle).

In a lesson or unit, preferably not more than four lessons, these models need to be embedded within a context, usually following a three-step structure:

1. The lesson or unit begins with an introduction to clarify the topic of the lesson, its purpose and objectives. The students become interested in the topic.
2. The students receive instructions on how to carry out the exercise and the necessary materials. They then become engaged in their activity.
3. This is a phase of careful reflection, discussion and instruction. Common methods are student feedback, classroom discussion, critical thinking and instruction by the teacher to introduce the key concept underlying the model. Without this third phase, the students will gain the impression they are simply playing a game for its own sake.

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To cite this resource: Gollob, R. and Krapf, P. (Eds.) (2008).Teaching Democracy - EDC/HRE Volume VI A collection of models for democratic citizenshipand human rights education. Strasbourg: Council of Europe.