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Activity two
View from Here –
Young People and Disability
(Equal Relationships and Respect)
(1 class period required)
Resources
The video The View from Here
The teachers notes
Copies of the worksheets for each student.
These are accessible at http://www.iwa.ie/
dvd/youth/ View-From-Here.aspx and http://
www.iwa.ie/Docs/youth/view-fromherebooklet.pdf
The video The View from Here was made by
the Irish Wheelchair Association to increase
awareness of the inequality experienced by
people with disabilities. The idea for the video
came from Claire and Marie Kenny, two 14
year old twins, one of whom has a disability
and is a wheelchair user. They wanted to help
other young people understand how people
with disabilities can be treated unfairly.
The video is 12 minutes long and includes
a number of sections with a place to pause
at the end of each section for discussion.
The accompanying teachers’ notes and
worksheets takes you through each section
and provides background information and
activities for the students.
Stopping Homophobic Bullying
in Schools
(I class period required)
Resources
Activity three
The two Stand Up campaign videos on the
accompanying DVD or accessible at http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrJxqvalFxM&fe
ature=player_embedded and at http://www.
youtube.com/watch?v=uzKUIXWop6c&feat
ure=BFa&list=UUP4wa86yJiN_-3uBR1gqH-Q
aspx?video=yes&videoid=6295
Homophobic bullying is the most prevalent
form of bullying in schools. Belong To is an
organisation which supports LGBT (gay, lesbian,
bisexual and transgender) young people
throughout Ireland, and combats homophobia
through its campaign Stand Up (www.belongto.
org). Begin by asking the students, in pairs, to
think about why young people are bullied in
school and in their communities.
Ask for some feedback and list some of the
forms of bullying on the board. If homophobic
bullying has not featured in the list, ask them
are they aware of people being bullied because
of their sexual orientation. Then tell them
that this is one of the most prevalent forms of
bullying in schools and introduce them to the
Stand Up campaign being run by Belong To.
This campaign is being supported by many
celebrities, including Colin Farrell, whose brother
Éamonn was bullied in school because he was
gay. Show the students the first Stand Up video.
You could follow this with the second video, a
short clip of actors who from the TV series Raw,
who support the campaign.
Then in groups of 3 to 4, ask the students to
discuss what needs to happen in schools to
stop LGBT students from being bullied, using
the following questions:
What could the school management do?
What could the Student Council do?
What could individual students do?
Activity four
I came here for…
Migrant Workers in Northern Ireland
(Equal Opportunities) (1 class period required)
Resources
The video I came here for...
The project booklet with activities
and information
Both of these can be downloaded from https://
vimeo.com/22129680# and http://www.ictu.ie/
download/pdf/i_came_here_for_layout_1.pdf
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