Goals of the exercise: To help participants understand the harmful effects of bullying.
Age of the participants: 10+
Number of participants: any
Duration of the exercise: 15 minutes
Materials: Felt pens, pieces of paper
age: all ages
How do you feel?
Goals of the exercise: To show how easy it is to misunderstand what people are feeling by just looking at their body language and facial expressions, and how easy it can be to hide true feelings.
Age of the participants: 10+
Number of participants: any
Duration of the exercise: 20 minutes
Materials: Large jar or container, felt pens, papers
Take a step
Goals of the exercise: To make participants recognize appropriate and inappropriate behaviors.
Age of the participants: 10+
Number of participants: any
Duration of the exercise: 20 minutes
Materials: A rope or anything that could set a limit or a boundary, sample statements list
The Greatest Hero
Goals of the exercise: To explore the role of the bystander in bullying and how you can help prevent bullying; to understand what it means to be a bystander; to learn ways to prevent bullying when it is experienced by others
Age of the participants: 10+
Number of participants: 16+
Duration of the exercise: 40 minutes
Materials: A variety of arts and craft supplies such as (markers, pens, pencils, crayons, stickers, glitter and glue). 1 or 2 flip charts per group.
Hot wire
Goals of the exercise: To strengthen the capacity for cooperation and communication
Age of the participants: 10+
Number of participants: 10-30
Duration of the exercise: 30 minutes
Materials: Rope (possibly with small bells), can be played both inside and outside
Snap
Goals of the exercise: a small exercise or demonstration of concentration, tension, relaxation and how strong group influence can be
Age of the participants: 10+
Number of participants: 4+
Duration of the exercise: 30 minutes
Materials: bottle and ping-pong ball
Confrontation exercise Duplo
Goals of the exercise: to find out how different the ways of communication are, how differently people listen or react to certain ways of communication
Age of the participants: 10+
Number of participants: 30
Duration of the exercise: 30 minutes
Materials: Duplo chocolate
Goals of the exercise: to raise awareness of gender inequality and its impact on people’s lives.
Age of the participants: from 10 years
Number of participants: 10 to 30 participants
Duration of the exercise: 60 minutes
Materials: a cardboard phone in giant size, A4 sheet with phrases (see below), sticky notes with the symbol: v (right) and sticky notes with the symbol: x (wrong).
The best and the worst
Goals of the exercise: to discuss gender stereotypes and how they affect the lives of boys and girls
Age of the participants: from 10 years old
Number of participants: 12 to 30
Duration of the exercise: 60 to 90 minutes
Materials: markers, several A4 paper sheets cut into 4 pieces, each with one of the following phrases to complete:
The worst thing about being a girl is …
The worst thing about being a boy is …
The best thing about being a girl is …
The best thing about being a boy is …
Chance to Change 