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?

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?

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 imagine that you are actually part of the scenario – wearing that person’s shoes.scenario – wearing that person’s shoes.

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

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?

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 shopping and one of her bags break. her bags break. Someone starts Someone starts laughing and picks up laughing and picks up her cabbage and starts her cabbage and starts throwing it about.throwing it about.

• What do you do?What do you do?

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

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

• What would you do?What would you do?

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

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

• What would you do?What would you do?

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.

• What do you do?What do you do?

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.

• What do you do?What do you do?

Scenario 7Scenario 7 • A boy in your class called A boy in your class called David is a sporty 12 year David is a sporty 12 year old, who has always been old, who has always been involved in team games involved in team games inside and out of school. He inside and out of school. He has confided in Huw, one of has confided in Huw, one of your school friends, that he your school friends, that he feels uncomfortable as a feels uncomfortable as a boy. Unfortunately, Huw’s boy. Unfortunately, Huw’s friend told a number of friend told a number of other boys how David is other boys how David is feeling. As a result, David is feeling. As a result, David is regularly left out by a large regularly left out by a large number of boys and girls number of boys and girls and is often ignored, and is often ignored, particularly during PE particularly during PE lessons.lessons.

• What do you do?What do you do?

Scenario 8Scenario 8• Your friend Kate is a 16 year Your friend Kate is a 16 year

old girl and has been with her old girl and has been with her boyfriend Jason for two years. boyfriend Jason for two years. He has recently confided in He has recently confided in you that Kate is becoming you that Kate is becoming more and more distant. When more and more distant. When he confronted Kate she told he confronted Kate she told him that she is uncomfortable him that she is uncomfortable as a girl and would like to live as a girl and would like to live the life of a man. Jason then the life of a man. Jason then told her parents, who are told her parents, who are unable to accept the situation unable to accept the situation and family life has become and family life has become extremely difficult. Despite extremely difficult. Despite Kate trying to talk to her Kate trying to talk to her parents, they have suggested parents, they have suggested taking her to the doctor which taking her to the doctor which they think will cure the they think will cure the situation. They refuse to even situation. They refuse to even discuss Kate’s feelings with discuss Kate’s feelings with her.her.

• What do you do?What do you do?

Back In Your Own Shoes…Back In Your Own Shoes…• After you have shown your role After you have shown your role

plays to the rest of the class, plays to the rest of the class, discuss how the problems were discuss how the problems were dealt with and give each other dealt with and give each other suggestions for other ways to suggestions for other ways to solve them.solve them.