This activity begins with a role playing: pupils become workers in a toy factory, foreman and child workers. They have to build paper toys. They are unequally paid for their work. They have to cope with unforeseen events. After this role playing, the facilitator organises a debriefing, a discussion to permit each children to express how he felt during the game and debate about situations. The facilitator has to conclude with a discussion to find solutions.
After this activity, it is important to implement concrete actions with kids to talk about and promote human rights, decent work in the school or in the neighbourhood. Concrete actions are explained at the end of the activity’s description.
Author: OXFAM magasin du monde
Year: 2014
Languages: French
Typology of education resource : Educational tool kit
GCE Issues: Human rights
Author: OXFAM magasin du monde
Specific sub-thematic area(s): Working condition, decent work, social and economic justice
Key word(s):
Tags:
decent work , injustice , role game , toy factory , working condition
School subject(s)/field(s) of studies in which the educational resource can be used: Moral and civic education, history
Activity’ objectives:
Raise pupils’ awareness about working conditions in toy factories. Pupils will have information about working conditions mainly in Asian factories.
Pupils’ learning competences (SUBJECT- specific) addressed: Pupils learn to work together and to speak in front of others. Pupils learn information about working conditions in French and Europeans factories in 19th and 20th centuries
Pupils’ learning competences (CGE) addressed: Pupils have information about working conditions of employees who work in toy factories. Pupils can quote concrete examples. Pupils can talk about how they feel about injustice.
Methodology: Problem-based learning, Simulation method
Age range: 10-11, 12-14
Duration: 01:00:00
Link to website: http://www.outilsoxfam.be/produits/1
Relevant notes :
This document (citoyen d’un monde equitable – citizen of a fair world) is composed of a global introduction about GCE, fair-trade, and how to implement an activity proposed in the file. The result of the file is composed of 7 activities about inequalities and fair-trade. The description below is about activity number 3.
This document is available online. To get appendices, you can contact education@mdmoxfam.be and ask those documents. It is possible to get a hard copy. You can ask for it in this website www.outilsoxfam.be. The document will be delivered in “OXFAM magasin du monde” in Belgium.