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Resources Kicking Out: lesson plan The theme of Kicking Out is racism. The play explores racist attitudes in sport and everyday life. Activities a. Examples Get the students to provide examples of racism from real life (news stories, personal accounts), books, songs or films. b. Words What words are associated with racism? Write RACISM on the board and get the students to suggest words or phrases they associate with it. Possible words include: aggression, anger, attack, diversity, ethnic group, fear, hate, oppose, race, riot, tension, violence. Get them to make sentences using each of these words. c. Definition Get the students to write a definition of racism using their own words. Compare their definitions to dictionary ones. d. Examples Ask them to think of the situations described in a. above. Ask them to imagine how the people (the victim, the racist and anyone else involved) in each situation were affected by the incident. How did each person feel? e. Why Now ask them why people have racist attitudes. If necessary explore each of the situations above in order to find the reason behind it. Possible answers could be: - fear - ignorance - mistrust - prejudice - anger - sense of injustice or unfair treatment of one group over their one - jealousy Now ask the following questions: 1. Does society treat all people in the same way? If not, why not? 2. How does your society view people of different races? f. Mechanism Most racist confrontations can be broken into 3 phases: Tension There is a build-up of tension because of racist attitudes. The tension may be caused by any of the feelings in d. above. Trigger An event causes these tensions to be expressed. Temper People lose their tempers and become angry as a result of the event. g. Resolution Understanding and respect can help avoid racism. Ask the class how they would foster greater understanding and respect in the situations in a. above. How can people from different ethnic groups learn more about each other? h. Follow-up Are there laws against racism in your country? Get the students to find out more about the anti-racism laws in Britain and in their country. Prepare a scene from Kicking Out.  top
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