TASKs for democracy

Step 4 (debriefing – 10 minutes)
1. Sum up and write down the key points of how awareness may be raised in the classroom of the significance
of one’s individual behaviour.
2. Discuss how teachers of different subjects may teach these issues in this way (e.g. mathematics, biology,
chemistry, geography).
3. Ask participants to share their feelings about the activity.
4. Ask the participants what attitudes, skills and knowledge were touched upon by the activity.
PLANNING
Preparation
Make sure there is enough space for everyone to stand up and gather in micro-groups.
Choose desks that will be the cash desks.
Resources and equipment
One card per participant with roles on them (Task sheet 1)
Alarm clock (or mobile phone with an alarm function)
Tips and potential difficulties
1. Make sure the activity is not named in the programme of the training session. If the participants see the
name of the activity, there will be no reason to do it, since it would then be very easy to guess what is
expected of them!
2. The cashier desks should be quite far from each other, so that the “purchasers” do not hear the same
question (about the bags) from every cashier.
Further reading
See more on the issue of plastic bags in Marks K. and Howden D. (2008), “The world’s rubbish dump: a tip that
stretches from Hawaii to Japan”, The Independent, Tuesday 5 February 2008, available at www.independent.
co.uk/environment/green-living/the-worlds-rubbish-dump-a-tip-that-stretches-from-hawaii-to-japan-778016.
html. Accessed 16 November 2014
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