Human Rights Game Incursion

The importance of Human Rights education in today’s world is far reaching. After a year of research and development The Brainary has published the ground-breaking Human Rights Game and can now offer schools and public libraries the opportunity to host a Human Rights Incursion for a class-sized workshop. In this incursion we come to you and teach a class, using The Human Rights Game. The workshop also includes 4 games to keep at the end.

\n \nThe Human Rights Game can be utilised with the curriculum areas; Intercultural Capability, Ethical Capability, Personal and Social, Humanities Civics Citizenship, Humanities History, and Physical Education. \n \nDownload the PDF Connecting the Human Rights Game© to the Victorian Curriculum \n \nThese are the areas covered: \n \n1. Intercultural Capability (Pages 2-3) \n2. Ethical Capability (Pages 4-5) \n3. Personal & Social Capability (Pages 6-8) \n4. Humanities: Civics & Citizenship (Pages 9-10) \n5. Humanities: History (Pages 11-13) \n6. Health & Physical Education (Pages 14-15) \n \n

Our educational game is underpinned with the United Nations 30 Articles and its three pillars (Freedom, Equity, and Dignity), so that it has contemporary relevance and authenticity. It is also endorsed by the United Nations and addresses the following curriculum criteria:

Foundation Skills: Basic skills, Thinking skills, Personal Qualities

Workplace Competencies: Interpersonal, Information, Systems

Game Features

Human Rights affects everyone all over the world. However, there are far too many alarming press reports citing ongoing human rights abuses in all walks of life. Furthermore, there are too many reports of students experiencing record levels of anxiety.

The first aim of The Human Rights Game is to make a positive difference by teaching children and teens about their rights, freedoms and responsibilities as individuals and groups of individuals in educational settings. We underpinned our educational game with the United Nations 30 Articles and its three pillars (Freedom, Equity, and Dignity), so that it has contemporary relevance and authenticity.

The second aim of our game is to help students learn right from wrong in a rapidly changing world whereby mores, customs, ethics, and values are learnt from non-traditional sources often with materialistic and prejudice underpinnings. Much of the learning takes place though discussion, short storytelling and problem-solving.

The Human Rights Game is an entertaining and highly engaging educational game that addresses the following learning objectives:

1. Learn about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, its 30 Articles and its three underpinning pillars of freedom, equality, and dignity. \n2. Learn how the 30 Articles and pillars of the Universal Declaration of Humans Rights relate to everyday life. \n3. Develop an understanding of right from wrong in a variety of everyday situations based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. \n4. Develop an understanding that more than one solution may be acceptable in a variety of everyday situations involving the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. \n5. Learn the importance and relevance of problem-solving when more than one solution is acceptable in a variety of situations involving the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. \n6. Develop an understanding that freedom and rights also come with responsibilities \n7. Learn the importance and relevance of healthy rules and regulations in life.

SCAN Skills Addressed \nFoundation Skills: Basic skills, Thinking skills, Personal Qualities \nWorkplace Competencies: Interpersonal, Information, Systems

Playing Time: Flexible 40-60 minutes \nPlayers: 2-6

Ages: 10-14 and 15 plus \nGrades: 5-12 (cards for 5-8 & 9-12) \nContents: Instruction booklet, 6 pawns, 1 dice, 1 one-minute timer, 60 Article Cards, 60 FED Cards, 10 Chance Cards, 10 Bounce Back Cards, and playing board.

About the session* \n1 hour in duration \nFull class size workshop with game-play \nIncludes 4 Human Rights Games to keep

We come to you**

*Workshops can be purchased for $825 + GST and travel costs. This offer is limited. \n**Due to distances and travel costs it is not always possible for us to visit rural or remote areas.

Read Education Today's article on The Human Rights Game!

"My co-author Andrea Chorney and I at the United Nations in New York with our educational board game. All going to plan, our game will be available from the UN June 2019 onwards."

Hugh Kingsley, The Brainary