Date: 10/5/99 Class: 7/8 Resources: Photo/music
Area/Scheme of Work : Refugees with an emphasis on Kosovo
Objectives: By the end of the lesson the pupils will be able to:
| Task / Time | Instructions / Questions |
| Introduction | Short warm up. |
| Know/Guess about a picture. | Handout picture to pupils. What do they know, what can they guess by looking at the picture?What has happened? |
| Go back a week in time. Create ÔstreetÕ and spontaneous impro. | Teacher to start and others join in. Pupils must think of who their character is. Freeze and spotlight some of the pupils. |
| Develop a street celebration. | Teach simple dance steps to whole class. Select some to be dancers, some eating, drinking, clapping etc. |
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Freeze as TIR enters as military police. Reaction to news. |
Tell villagers they are not welcome to stay, they must leave at 5pm Friday. |
| Discuss options. | How seriously do they take the news? Will they try and stay? What might frighten them into going? Intro idea of snipers. |
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Re run above scene with sniper firing. Debrief reactions. |
Choose one pupil to be ÔshotÕ. Run for 5 seconds of immediate reaction. |
| TIR as military police. | Emphasise seriousness of instructions. |
| (Families to role play parents telling children they must leave) | What questions would they ask? Where would they go? |
| Families to pack belongings in mime and create whole class F.P. of them waiting to leave. | Set to music. Maybe thought track. |