Stories that Move

Toolbox against discrimination

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Summary:

Stories that Move is a “free online pedagogical toolkit” that contains dynamic and visually appealing materials and resources and is supported by sound pedagogical guidance and aims to teach about diversity and different forms of discrimination, such as now anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsyism, Islamophobia or LGBT-phobia.

The toolkit consists of different Paths that use different stories and personal experiences of young people who have suffered some form of discrimination as a basis, which reinforce not only democratic values but also interpersonal skills and empathy, improving relationships in the classroom and fostering the creation of a learning environment in which complex and sensitive topics can be explored together.

Key points of this teaching tool:

Learning through storytelling
Safe online learning environment
Ready-to-use teaching packages
Developed by the Anne Frank House

What does Stories that Move provide to students?

Stories that Move challenges students to discuss diversity and discrimination, to reflect on their own decisions while learning the personal stories of their peers, and finally to be active in the face of this.

The five learning paths help young people explore the impact of hate speech, exclusion and discrimination. These paths use as material short films by 40 young people who share their experiences.

Learning Paths

1. Seeing and being

This path explores how we see ourselves and others. We reflect on what identity means to individuals, and emphasise the value of diversity.

2. Facing discrimination

Here we seek to understand how prejudices function, and examine examples of antisemitism, racism and other forms of discrimination that young people.

3. Life stories

This path focuses on the personal stories of individuals from various historical periods, helping learners reflect on discrimination past and present.

4. Mastering the media

We look at how prejudices and hate speech are used in advertising and propaganda, online and offline, and invite learners to explore their relationship with the media.

5. Taking action

This path asks learners to reflect on what taking action could look like, and explores some of the youth initiatives under way across Europe.

Teaching materials

Videos: The tool has a total of 40 videos of young people explaining their experiences around the different forms of discrimination.
Worksheets:Complementary material to the tool, very useful in case you do not have the appropriate technological support.
Educator’s guides: A guide for each itinerary, which contains a detailed explanation of how each of the activities should be applied in the classroom: objectives, methodology, grouping of students according to the activity , duration of each activity, etc.
Glossary: Collection of key words from the teaching tool.

More than

22.000

Stories that Move users around the world

The role of universities

The task of the University of Barcelona, the University of Valencia, the Catholic University of Valencia, the University of Granada and the Distance University of Madrid is to get Stories that Move used in the classrooms of schools around the world. In order to achieve this we are carrying out different actions:

Spanish and Catalan translation of all the Toolbox .
Filming of new videos of young people, recounting experiences that show the reality of Spain, with which young people here can feel more identified.
Creation of a MOOC and training courses on Stories that Move aimed at teachers who want to learn how to use the tool to use it in the classroom with their students.