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In Someone In Someone Else’s ShoesElse’s Shoes

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Imagine…..Imagine…..

What would it be What would it be like to wear these like to wear these boots?boots?

Who do you think Who do you think they could belong they could belong to?to?

Do you think that Do you think that you would be you would be unhappy wearing unhappy wearing these shoes?these shoes?


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Imagine…Imagine…

What would it be like What would it be like to wear these shoes?to wear these shoes?

Who do you think Who do you think they belong to?they belong to?

Do you think that you Do you think that you would be happy would be happy wearing these shoes?wearing these shoes?

If these shoes could If these shoes could talk what would they talk what would they say?say?


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Your task!!Your task!! In groups of 4 or 5 create a role play based on In groups of 4 or 5 create a role play based on

one of the following scenarios. You have to one of the following scenarios. You have to imagine that you are actually part of the scenario imagine that you are actually part of the scenario – wearing that person’s shoes.– wearing that person’s shoes.

Think carefully about how you would act and how Think carefully about how you would act and how you would be feeling.you would be feeling.

Don’t forget to include something about what Don’t forget to include something about what happens next in your role play - try to happens next in your role play - try to find a solution to the problem.find a solution to the problem.


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Scenario 1Scenario 1 After school you and After school you and

your friends are waiting your friends are waiting at the bus stop to catch at the bus stop to catch the bus home. In front the bus home. In front of you in the queue is a of you in the queue is a girl who is struggling girl who is struggling with her money and with her money and having difficulty having difficulty understanding the bus understanding the bus driver. Someone driver. Someone pushes in front of her pushes in front of her and shouts, “Stupid and shouts, “Stupid foreigners!”foreigners!”

What do you do?What do you do?


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Scenario 2Scenario 2 It’s Friday night, you It’s Friday night, you

and your friends are and your friends are standing outside the standing outside the shops. An old lady is shops. An old lady is struggling with her struggling with her shopping and one of her shopping and one of her bags break. Someone bags break. Someone starts laughing and starts laughing and picks up her cabbage picks up her cabbage and starts throwing it and starts throwing it about.about.



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Scenario 3Scenario 3 You are an asylum You are an asylum

seeker who has recently seeker who has recently arrived in the UK. Today arrived in the UK. Today is your first day at is your first day at school. During school. During registration the teacher registration the teacher pronounces your name pronounces your name incorrectly. The whole incorrectly. The whole class finds this very class finds this very funny and laughs. Now, funny and laughs. Now, they keep calling you by they keep calling you by the wrong name and still the wrong name and still find it very funny.find it very funny.

What would you do?What would you do?


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Scenario 4Scenario 4 You are in the school You are in the school

yard at lunchtime. You yard at lunchtime. You see a group of boys see a group of boys running up to a Muslim running up to a Muslim girl and pulling off her girl and pulling off her hijab. The boys laugh hijab. The boys laugh and run off playing and run off playing with the head scarf.with the head scarf.

What would you do?What would you do?


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Scenario 5Scenario 5 Your local youth club is Your local youth club is

holding a disco and the holding a disco and the kids who attend kids who attend another youth club another youth club have been invited. have been invited. One of the boys is in a One of the boys is in a wheelchair. A group of wheelchair. A group of boys start laughing at boys start laughing at him and saying rude him and saying rude things.things.



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Scenario 6Scenario 6 One of you is an asylum One of you is an asylum seeker who has had to seeker who has had to leave your country leave your country because it is unsafe for because it is unsafe for you to stay there. On you to stay there. On your first day in school your first day in school pupils start saying bad pupils start saying bad things about the people things about the people from your country. You from your country. You don’t want to cause don’t want to cause trouble, but what they trouble, but what they are saying makes you are saying makes you feel angry and sad.feel angry and sad.



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Back In Your Own Shoes…Back In Your Own Shoes…

After you have shown your role plays After you have shown your role plays to the rest of the class, discuss how to the rest of the class, discuss how the problems were dealt with and the problems were dealt with and give each other suggestions for other give each other suggestions for other ways to solve them.ways to solve them.


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