Workshop 7
Goals :
Time : 90 minutes
Workshop 7 Outline :
- To think about potential resolutions of the ME conflict in broader contexts.
- To connect what the students have learned about the ME conflict to their own lives.
- To think about how to transform conflicts in the students' personal lives using the tools provided in previous workshops.
- To think about how to transform conflicts in the students' national/regional reality and how to transform them, using the tools which were explored in previous workshops.
Time : 90 minutes
Workshop 7 Outline :
- Opening Session
- Personal Conflicts
- Regional Conflicts
- Summary Activity
Opening Session
Goals : To revisit possible solutions to the ME conflict.
Materials : The maps from the previous workshop.
Time : 10 minutes
Goals : To revisit possible solutions to the ME conflict.
Materials : The maps from the previous workshop.
Time : 10 minutes
- The teacher presents the class with the maps they have created and reminds them what was suggested in the previous workshop as a possible solution.
Personal Conflicts
Goals : To connect what the students have learned about the ME conflict to their own lives, to reflect upon conflicts in the students' personal reality and how to transform them, using the tools which were explored in previous workshops.
Time : 35 minutes
Activity :
Goals : To connect what the students have learned about the ME conflict to their own lives, to reflect upon conflicts in the students' personal reality and how to transform them, using the tools which were explored in previous workshops.
Time : 35 minutes
Activity :
- The class is divided into pairs.
- Each student shares with his/her partner a conflict they are experiencing or have experienced in his/her own personal life and how they are dealing/have with the conflict. (10 min : 5 min for each student in the pair - teacher indicates when to switch).
- Back to large group, open discussion : Does anyone have any new revelation/thought about their own conflict in light of what we've learned about the ME conflict and its possible transformations ? Or in light of what we discussed about Feelings-Needs-Values ? (15min).
Regional Conflicts
Goals : From the personal to the regional : reflecting on conflicts in the students' national/regional reality and how to transform them, using the tools which were explored in previous workshops.
Time : 40 minutes
Activity :
- How were they resolved ?
- How are they being dealt with presently ?
- Does what we learnt about the ME conflict shed any light on our own conflicts ?
- Can we apply the feelings-needs-values tool in order to resolve our own conflict ?
- Taking a look at Gandhi's* philosophy of nonviolent resistance. Discussion on nonviolence versus violent intervention : Are there times when an intervention is necessary/justifiable ? Are there times when war is unavoidable ?
- Political sanction and intervention (UN, USA, EU) : When do they occur ? Why are there cases where the global community intervenes while in other cases it doesn't ? What are some of the interests on hand ?
- Media coverage : Who determines what will be covered by the media and what are their interests ?
- Refugees : the difference between asylum seekers and refugee situation ? Who is accountable for the situation ? What is the international law on these issues ?
Or you may talk about any other topic that is important in your opinion to be discussed about your country's situation.
* An interesting discussion can be on the question : What impact Gandhi's movement had on Great Britain decision to leave India. What were the other reasons for its decision to leave ?
Goals : From the personal to the regional : reflecting on conflicts in the students' national/regional reality and how to transform them, using the tools which were explored in previous workshops.
Time : 40 minutes
Activity :
- The teacher asks : (20 minutes).
- How were they resolved ?
- How are they being dealt with presently ?
- Does what we learnt about the ME conflict shed any light on our own conflicts ?
- Can we apply the feelings-needs-values tool in order to resolve our own conflict ?
- In the second part of this activity, we have deliberately left it open to your school's particular circumstances and current events. An open discussion can be conducted, drawing upon the history of your state/region and the current situation. Topics may include :
- Taking a look at Gandhi's* philosophy of nonviolent resistance. Discussion on nonviolence versus violent intervention : Are there times when an intervention is necessary/justifiable ? Are there times when war is unavoidable ?
- Political sanction and intervention (UN, USA, EU) : When do they occur ? Why are there cases where the global community intervenes while in other cases it doesn't ? What are some of the interests on hand ?
- Media coverage : Who determines what will be covered by the media and what are their interests ?
- Refugees : the difference between asylum seekers and refugee situation ? Who is accountable for the situation ? What is the international law on these issues ?
Or you may talk about any other topic that is important in your opinion to be discussed about your country's situation.
* An interesting discussion can be on the question : What impact Gandhi's movement had on Great Britain decision to leave India. What were the other reasons for its decision to leave ?
Summary Activity
- The teacher should allow 5-10 minutes at the end of each workshop for a brief summary of the activity, plus time for questions. Questions which don't have short answer will be written on one of the flipcharts, to be addressed later on.
- The teacher reminds the students that they are invited to write their ideas, questions and new information they learn about the ME on the sheets that will remain hanging in the classroom until the next workshop.