Goals: To develop students’ knowledge of best practice when it comes to fact-checking. Human-rights related: Protecting access to information. Media: Print, online media. Length: 1 hour Tools: Computer and projector to present slideshow; handouts for class exercise. Preparation: Prepare slides based on information below; choose news article and print copies for students to use in […]

Goals: The method aims to introduce the idea and importance of fact-checking. Human-rights related: Freedom of expression, access to information. Media: Print, online media. Length: 1 hour Tools: Multimedia, internet connection, smartphones with internet. Preparation: Prepare slides based on information below, print handouts, identify 3-4 news article for use in exercise and print copies of […]

Objectives To find out the participants’ attitude to stereotypes and deepen their knowledge. Length About 90 min.Materials Large sheets of paper, markers, tables, chairs. Process Prepare the room: put five tables with a sheet of paper and writing tools on each of them. The sheets should feature the following questions: What are stereotypes?What is the […]

Method Interview Objectives Length Materials To understand how prejudice can influence a conversation with a person. About 90 minutes.Sheets of paper, pens. Process First if all, think of a situation, such as a murder in the station surroundings. Then pick one volunteer as a witness in the situation. The rest of the participants are journalists. […]

Objectives: To develop the understanding that each person can have different, but not necessarily faulty, ideas on the same things. Length: About 90 minutes. Materials: Two chairs, a vessel, pieces of paper, pens. Process: You can do this exercise in order to deepen your knowledge on a certain topic. Also, to strengthen the team’s trust […]

Objectives: To understand the origins of stereotypes. Length: About 60 min. Materials: Sheets of paper, writing tools, means of internet access. Process: Discuss that stereotypes do not come out of nowhere, that they are acquired, rather than innate. Give a task to investigate, where they come from and how. Divide the participants into several groups. […]

Objectives: To show how many things relate us Length: About 15 minutes. Materials: A large room. Process: All participants stand in a group. One of them leaves the group and shares something that they like (It could be movies, books, theatre, some food or deeper things. It also could be certain fears, such as being […]

Objectives: To understand the importance of secrets and find out what happens, when they become known to other people. Length: About 90 minutes. Materials: A4 sheets of paper. If possible, also envelopes. Process: Introduction: everyone has secrets. They often keep them to themselves and don’t share them with many people. And if they do, they […]

Objectives: To understand what is bias and how it works;To understand the connection between bias and manipulation opportunities; Materials: Pre-printed bias cards (20 per group), flip chart page, markers. Process: First of all, the peer educator must explain the basics of the cognitive psychology theory, which explains the relation between human thoughts, emotions and behaviour, […]

Objectives: To discuss the necessity to check information;To understand that support depends on sharing and transparency; To get a personal experience of a situation, when participation and understanding can be limited by certain factors? Materials: Fork, knife, flip chart paper, paper, markers Process: 1. The participants sit in a circle. The moderator says that the […]