ROLE PLAY. WHO ARE YOU?
RESTRICTING THROUGH PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION
Before handing in one role to each student:
- Explain the game: Push tables and chairs aside, it’s a movement role play. Divide the room in two
using colored adhesive tape on the floor. Each student gets a role. The students should have some
minutes to interiorize the role. The teacher will ask yes/no questions. After every question students
position themselves by the tape on the floor if their answer is YES. If it is NO they stay away from the
tape. The students write down the results so at the end they try to uncover the role that the other
students have been given. They do so using their results sheet. Discussion/debate comes up
naturally.
- Hand in the questions. There are two versions according to the levels of the class. Make sure they
understand these are yes/no questions and that they understand the meaning. Students should
come up with new questions (i.e. can you be elected head of state? Is marriage obligatory in your
country? Can you be open about your sexual orientation? Do you have a regular income? Can you
afford healthy food?....)
- Hand in the roles to the students.
- Start asking.
This is an original role play in German (page28 of the pdf):
http://www.internationale-wochen-gegen-rassismus.de/wpcontent/uploads/Unterrichtsmaterialien_Homepage.pdf