SOCIALIST HUMAN STATUES

> AGE: 10 YEARS AND OLDER > TIME: 60-90 MIN OBJECTIVE: TO DISCUSS OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SOCIALIST VALUES AND SOCIALISM AS SUCH.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Ask the group to shout out the values of their group and organisation. Collect the terms on a flipchart. In the end, you should have terms such as equality, friendship, peace, solidarity, justice and sustainability, but it is also okay if the group adds other words that are important to them.

2. Divide the group into smaller groups of 4−5 people. Give each group a different term from those collected and ask them to develop a human statue of this term: with their bodies, they should form an image that portrays this term. Give them 15 minutes to come up with their statue.

3. After 15 minutes, come back together and show the statues to each other. After each, ask the rest of the group to explain what they have seen. How do they interpret the statue? Do they agree on how they have defined the term through the statue?

4. Once everyone has presented their statue, ask the groups to go back into their small groups and now think about a statue that portrays the whole set of these values - socialism - as such. With older participants, you could also skip the first step and start right ahead with statues about socialism.

5. After 15 minutes of preparation, once again present the statues to each other. After each presentation, first ask the others to describe what they see. Then ask the presenting group to explain how they came up with their statue and what it signifies to them.

6. After all groups presented, debrief. The following questions can guide you, but you can also come up with your own depending on the age and experience of your group.

Was it difficult to come up with the statues? Why, or why not?

Have you ever thought about the term socialism before?

How do other people in your school, or family, would describe socialism?

Is there one socialist value that is more important to you than the others? Or less important?

WHAT MAKES MOVEMENTS AND PERSONALITIES SOCIALIST?

> AGE: 12 YEARS + > TIME: 90 min

OBJECTIVE: TO GET TO KNOW SOCIALIST MOVEMENTS AND PERSONALITIES AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS SOCIALIST ABOUT THEM.

MATERIALS: Information about selected movements and personalities from the internet, or internet access and devices.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Ask the group to name social movements and personalities they know from history or today from around the world. Write all of them on a flipchart.

2. Then form small groups of 3−5 people. Depending on the time available, the age and experience of your group, either ask them to each pick one movement or person that they have named themselves, or distribute cards with movements or persons prepared by you. If you let them pick, make sure that you have collected movements from around the world and from different time periods (you can add some yourself in the brainstorming). Possible movements/people to research are:

> BLACK PANTHERS

> FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE

> MOVIMENTO DOS TRABALHADORES SEM

TERRA (MST) - LANDLESS WORKERS

MOVEMENT, BRAZIL

> SUFFRAGETTES

> FLORA TRISTAN

> SALVADOR ALLENDE

> ROSA LUXEMBURG

> ALEXANDRA OCAZIO-CORTEZ

> JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

> SIRIMAWO BANDARANAIKE

3. Now, depending on time available and level of experience, ask the groups to either research freely on the internet, or through material prepared by you, about the movement/person, their political goals and methods. They should prepare a poster with information about their movement/person. They should point out what made these movements socialist, or why they might not be socialist. Give 30 minutes if you provide the information, or 60 minutes if they search on their own.

4. Then, each group presents their movements/individuals. After each, ask first the presenting group and then the others:

What do you think about the movement/person?

Do you agree with their goals? Do you agree with their methods?

Were they successful? Why (not)?