Who are you? - Emergency Brake

III
Methods
Description
Sheet
This exercise gives participants
the chance to
understand different
values by ranking different
situations onto a
barometer. This exercise
enforces very much
group discussion.
- to see and understand
different values
B - Values
- to understand where
different values come
from
- to understand that only
the victim has the right
to decide if they are
facing violence or not
Teenagers, young adults
8 - 18
45 minutes
- Situation cards on
A4 paper (if possible
laminated)
- Card with a sign: 0°
- Card with a sign: 100°
- Masking tape
Page 80
UK
The violence barometer
Each participant gets one situation card. They are
asked to put their card onto the position where they
believe it should be (0° means no violence, 100° a lot of
violence). Cards are not allowed to be beside each other.
Participants are allowed to move all cards around until
they are satisfied with the position of the cards.
When they are really agreeing with the result they can
sit down. Facilitator stops the process after 10 min.
- How satisfied are you with the result?
- Is your own card still at the same position?
- Which cards were easy/difficult to place?
- Which cards did you discuss the most?
- If you were asked to create your own barometer
would cards be on the same places? If no, why not?
- Why do people have different opinions?
- Where do the different values come from?
- Who decides then if it is violence or not?
- Discussion about the question who can decide if it is
violence or not
It is important to point out that the victim is the only
person who can decide if he/she is facing violence or
not.
A) If the number of participants is too little, everyone
get 2-3 situation cards as all cards have to be used
in order to run the exercise
B) If the number of participants is too big, two of them
get one card
C) You can use photographs with different situations
instead of written cards. This is especially helpful
if you work with very young people or people with
learning disabilities.
Situation cards:
- Parents take off from its child pocket money,
because it comes home too late
- A peace activist during a ”sit in” doesn´t follow the
police order
- Trafficking
- A football fan, who swears at the fans of the other
team
- A professional boxer
- A career soldier
- A father, who gives its child a slap because of his/
hers bad behaviour
- A boss, who does not grant time to its employee to
take care of the sick child
- An animal-rights activist, who plants a bomb in a
fur shop