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HATE SPEECH:
 A ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION


​By students, for students lesson plan submitted by: 
TEAM SLOVENIA
​for the Thinking Otherwise project
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PLAN 

Our target age range:

13-16 years

We wanted to:

Gather perspectives on hate speech and it's prevalence online.
To have a deeper understanding of hate speech and it's impact.
To critically reflect on why hate speech is so common on social media.

To consider steps that can be taken to protect from hate speech.

We chose to:

Hold discussions in small groups, so everyone got a chance to speak, if they wanted to do so. As our session was online, we had to think about the organisation and timing of the breakout rooms and the size of groups we wanted. The biggest job was agreeing on the questions to ask. We also thought about check in and check out activities for our discussion.

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What do I need?

Ready prepared questions for each group leader

How long does it take?

About 30 minutes

How it works

​Check in -  share ground rules for discussion. 

​Introduce activity and arrange into groups of 6.
Each group has a student leader to help facilitate discussion.
​A note taker and timekeeper can be useful, depending on number of student leaders involved in activity.

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In groups, think about the following questions and discuss them with your classmates:
  1. What is hate speech?
  2. Have you ever encountered hate speech online?
  3. Why do you think people post hate speech?
  4. How does hate speech affect you and all of us?

REVIEW 

How it ends

​Post-discussion check out.
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Write down/draw the first association that pops into your mind when you think about 'hate speech':​
  • How does your response link back to your group discussion?
  • How can hate speech be stopped?
​Always ask your participants for feedback:
  • Did they understand the task?
  • What did they learn? 
  • What did they find easy or difficult, why?
  • What did the student leaders do well?
  • Where can the leaders improve?
  • How could the activity be made even better?

United against hate. Share this to show your support. #HopeUnited https://t.co/rBVEIXTRQp pic.twitter.com/XboW5LiW9q

— Marcus Rashford MBE (@MarcusRashford) June 10, 2021
​This activity can be adapted to explore other issues:
  • scams
  • exploitation
  • mental health
  • misinformation, etc
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The In Others' Shoes and Thinking Otherwise projects are 
co-ordinated by Global Education Derby, a specialist educational charity that works with educators to develop global citizenship.
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