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MOSAIC - The training kit for Euro-Mediterranean youth work

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Variations<br />

<strong>The</strong> “personal history line”. Religion is something personal, with an important emotional<br />

dimension, and while a timeline is an adequate method <strong>for</strong> learning facts about<br />

historical events and their consequences, it misses other elements. A good way to cover<br />

these missing elements is to make a “personal history line”. <strong>The</strong> purpose is to give<br />

participants (including the non-religious ones) the opportunity to share their relationships<br />

with religion on a personal level and to promote dialogue and mutual understanding.<br />

Ideas <strong>for</strong> action<br />

History is normally learnt in <strong>for</strong>mal education and not always with the emphasis of<br />

promoting religious tolerance. It could be worthwhile dealing with these issues by<br />

organising debates, giving talks or showing films in <strong>youth</strong> clubs and schools.<br />

Suggestions <strong>for</strong> follow-up<br />

If participants are curious to find out more about each other’s cultures, you could<br />

adapt the activity, ”Heroines and heroes” on page 143 of Compass.<br />

If the group is interested in those aspects of religion that relate to values and moral<br />

behaviour, they may also be interested in the role of folk tales: “Tales of the world” in<br />

the All different – All equal education pack deals with this issue.<br />

If you have done the personal history line, you may like to go on to explore other<br />

factors that affect personal development through the activity “My childhood” in the<br />

All different – All equal education pack.<br />

Further in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />

For background knowledge of the history of the countries the participants come from, see also<br />

www.wikipedia.com and www.atlapedia.com, and any maps of war or simplified maps of<br />

religion and history as in, <strong>for</strong> example, www.mapsofwar.com. General references and resources<br />

are given at the end of Chapter 8, “Religion and tolerance”.<br />

Timeline of history

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