Hate crime sessions in the Education resource pack
Through these sessions adults can help children and young people aged 7-14 to develop awareness of:
- what could cause a hate crime
- what they might do to help prevent hate crime happening - through developing respect for others
- what help victims and witnesses of hate crime might need
- how they can help support victims and witnesses of hate crime
- what support is on offer should they become a victim or witness of hate crime
- the services and role of Victim Support.
| Session |
Objectives |
Activities |
Resources |
| Hate crime KS2 (ages 7-11) |
- Learn about how we are different from each other
- Understand and respect our differences
- Understand that some people hate others because they are different
- Learn key words 'racism', 'sexism', 'respect' and 'equality'
|
- Introduce Victim Support
- Establish objectives and shared needs
- Starter: Agree or disagree/Discrimination pairs
- Main: Who's who?/We are different posters
- Plenary: I'm glad you're different/The difference is respect
- Evaluation
|
- Agree/disagree cards
- Flashcards
- Key words and definitions
- Who's who? sheets
- Evaluation questionnaires
|
| Hate crime KS3 (ages 11-14) |
- What is hate crime?
- Who is affected by hate crime?
- Why are hate crimes different to other crimes?
- What we can do if we are a victim or witness of hate crime?
- How we can help victims and witnesses of hate crime?
- What can we do to celebrate people's differences?
|
- Introduce Victim Support
- Establish objectives and shared needs
- Starter: Agree or disagree/Discrimination pairs
- Main: Role plays/Words will never hurt me
- Plenary: Post-it review/The difference is respect
- Evaluation
|
- Agree/disagree cards
- What is hate crime? Worksheet
- Hate crime scenarios
- Hate crime facts
- 'Offensive word' cards
- Evaluation questionnaires
|
Download these sessions.
The sessions link with the aims and objectives of Every Child Matters, Healthy Schools and the National Curriculum.
The sessions are flexible and you can use parts or all of them to fit in with your own work with children and young people. They can also be used in conjunction with other anti-hate crime resources.
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