Monday, 11 April 2011

Taking Rights Away

Today 4C had a moving, sometimes emotional learning engagement

To deepen understanding about children’s rights and more specifically child labour, 4th grade students made paper bags  to emulate the daily experiences of child labourers. In the afternoon, students watched a video on students taking action against child labour and reflect on their experiences.
Such learning engagements help children see that human rights are not just understanding the UN declaration on the rights of the child, but also about building palpable empathy for those in other circumstances.
 This evening they will be bringing home one of these bags for reflection and discussion.
With their bag they can decorate it with a logo, words to describe today's feelings, put any ideas inside it.
We look forward to sharing our reflections.
We can...make a difference.

2 comments:

  1. Here are some of the feelings we experienced:
    sadness
    anger
    tiredness
    headache
    stress
    frustration
    backache
    unfairness
    boredom
    repetition

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  2. Some restrictions we experienced:
    no fresh air
    no sport
    no exercise
    no other lessons
    no learning
    no communication
    no respect

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