Primary School Resources
Learning resources created by our team of expert educators.
Activity 1: What do I see?
This activity helps students explore the concept of assumptions by observing photographs and progressively revealing the identity of key civil rights figures. The aim is to encourage students to reflect on how assumptions can shape their views of others and why it’s important to seek out the bigger picture.
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Activity 2: Seeing and Being – Picture Yourself Bingo
This activity encourages students to explore their identity, group belonging, and how they perceive others. Through a series of movement-based questions, students express their preferences (e.g., cats vs. dogs) and discover similarities and differences with peers. It fosters communication, cooperation, and helps build a sense of community, while encouraging reflection on how they relate to others who share or differ in their preferences.
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Teacher-Led Discussions
These Teacher-led discussions focus on understanding how we group and judge people, which can lead to discrimination. Discrimination can take personal or structural forms, harming individuals or communities. Specifically, antisemitism is a form of discrimination targeting Jewish people based on negative stereotypes or prejudice. The key message is to rethink how we judge others and promote respect and kindness towards everyone, regardless of their background or beliefs.
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Activity 3: Life Stories
This activity helps students understand how discrimination can manifest in social settings, particularly through exclusion. It encourages students to critically observe and reflect on the dynamics of discrimination, recognise its emotional impact, and consider the role of friends and family in challenging and preventing such behaviour. The activity aims to promote empathy, awareness, and a commitment to inclusivity.
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Activity 4: Match the Words to the Definition
This activity helps students understand key concepts related to discrimination, prejudice, and social dynamics by matching terms to their definitions. It aims to clarify important terms like racism, antisemitism, bullying, and prejudice, fostering a deeper understanding of these issues. Through this, students can recognise and reflect on various forms of discriminatory behaviour and the importance of standing up against it, while promoting empathy, awareness, and inclusivity.
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Activity 5: Word Search Puzzle
The purpose of the word search puzzle activity is to reinforce students’ familiarity with key vocabulary related to a specific topic (such as discrimination, prejudice, or inclusivity) in a fun and engaging way. By searching for and identifying words, students improve their focus, attention to detail, and recall of important terms, while indirectly reinforcing their understanding of the concepts these words represent.
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Activity 6: Spot the Lie
This activity encourages students to critically examine images for false, misleading, or antisemitic content. By identifying and marking inaccuracies or harmful messages, students develop media literacy skills and gain a better understanding of how antisemitism and other forms of discrimination can manifest in visual content. It promotes critical thinking and awareness of bias and misinformation.
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Further Activities
- Students collaborate to create a ‘stop antisemitism’ poster / T-shirt
- In pairs, students create a contract / promise to ‘stand up’ if they ever see bullying/discrimination
