Activities

Day 1
In Class: students read the text 13 Amazing Coming of Age Traditions from around the
World and answer
1) What group is being celebrated? Is it different/ similar for boys or girls? Is there a
culture, ethnic group or religion involved?
2) Does the birthday person suffer any kind of pain during the celebration?
3) Are behaviors, clothes, manners expected from the birthday person after the
coming of age ceremony?

In Class: in small groups students complete the chart with the text from activity above
Region Age Activities (Values/ Biases)

Day 2
In Class: within the small groups students read a short text connected to the video Why
are 18 year olds considered adults?

Why are 18 year olds considered adults?

Some possible reasons could be:

✔ A physiological explanation;

✔ Long standing traditions;

 ✔ The quality, duration and danger of working conditions in child labor with the
development of the Industrial Revolution;

✔ The spread of education and mandatory education up to certain ages (16 or 18);

✔ The Vietnam War and the lowering of drafting age from 21 to 18.

Exit Ticket Activity

Day 3
a) At Home Activity: Read the short texts below -News Titles and summaries- and
answer as many questions as you can (L1):

What happened?
Where did it happen?
What time?
Who carried out an illegal activity?
Was anyone injured?

Juvenile crime

Juvenile crime

Youth Crime | News, Videos & Articles

Youth Crime | News, Videos & Articles

 Youth Crime | News, Videos & Articles

b) At home: Search local magazines, local newspapers, TV news programs or social

media. Find news on crimes committed by children or adolescents in your
country or province.

c) In class: Complete the ladder

Day 4
a) At Home Activity: Read the article:
Juveniles and the Death Penalty | American Civil Liberties Union
b) At home Activity: Watch the Video: Cómo es el sistema penal para menores
de edad - El Noticiero de la Gente

c) At home Activity: Students complete the Venn Diagram

d) In Class: Look at the two pictures next to the crimes we read about last
class, who do you think committed the crime?
Day 5
a) At Home:
Imagine yourselves as characters in the show When they see us. Describe yourself as one
of the accused characters and complete the chart:

Day 6
At Home Activity:
Read the article ‘Millions of Zambas’ by Amé Canela

Millions of Zambas by Amé Canela

 (Brown Identity section-Sudestada Magazine)

I met Zamba in 2014 when I studied at Visual Art Teacher Training College and
another teacher recommended this cartoon character to me. I was surprised
when I saw this character as it has the same color of my skin. It is cartoon of
State TV series for kids. It was the first time I had the chance to see that
someone resembles me, my friends and my neighbors' children.

Zamba like many other kids in Argentina has brown skin and its native
ascendancy was erased or omitted in many books, it seems his existence was a
distant theme or as if it were rooted in the migration theme.

In Argentina, people have learnt to deny their ancestors painting them with the
European migration as part of its nation-formation. Zamba brings a crack in
symbolic terms, he wears sporty outfit, he doesn’t bother anybody, he’s not
offensive and he belongs to our current
realities since brown kids turros ‘pibitos
marrones turros’ are looking for
opportunities and chances in a better
future. They are the other side of our
society. This meme is iconic, but the gun
was added to the original meme due to the
fact that most society thinks that a browny
teenage kid is a synonym of crime.

This Zamba could be one of the students of

Soldati o el Bajo Flores of Buenos Aires,
they sent me audios telling me that when
they are adults they would like to work to
buy a car, to have a motorbike and help
their families. The gun added to the
cartoon is the societal
prejudice that prescribed
that these kids are
dangerous, noticing that
the society marginalizes
and excludes them.
Politicians use them for
their speeches and they
don’t doubt in poisoning
browny kids who are
visible.

I have a tattoo of this

Zamba who says ‘What
did you say about ‘villa’
(suburban low class
neighborhood). I’m exhausted that people reduce the great effort people of
these areas make to survive against the state apathy we live in COVID stage.
This Zamba on my arm is for my students and friends, this represents a wink
and I feel proud from where I came from. This Zamba doesn’t have a gun, he
doesn’t need it to shoot against the hate that society feels for browny kids.

We dream for the possibility to not have only one Zamba, and all Zambas have
the possibility to live and exist without the stigma of being judged by the color
 of his skin and clothes.

After reading the article, draw and color the following Zambas and write the
name of the urban group it might belong to.

In- Class Activities

After listening and watching the official video of the song ‘Pinta’ by by L- Gante , Bizarrap
ft. Pablo Lescano
The Six Thinking Hats
The team members will learn to think into six clear functions and roles. Each thinking role
will be identified with a thinking hat. By mentally wearing and listening to other switching
hats, students will easily focus or redirect thoughts, perspectives and viewpoints.
 The White Hat calls for information known or
needed. “The facts, just the facts.

What concepts or ideas are described in these

lines?

The Yellow Hat symbolizes brightness and

optimism. Under this hat you explore the positives
and probe for value and benefit.

What positive ideas bring this song lyrics?

Risks, difficulties, Problems – The risk

management Hat, probably the most powerful Hat;
a problem however if overused; spot difficulties
where things might go wrong, why something may
not work, inherently an action hat with the intent to
point out issues of risk with intent to overcome
them

What are the most difficult issues of stigma,

steterotypes and discrimination these lines bring?

The Red Hat signifies feelings, hunches and

intuition. When using this hat you can express
emotions and feelings and share fears, likes,
dislikes, loves, and hates.
How do you feel when your appearance and color
of skin is judged?
How do you think people feel when their
appearance is already prescribed by the society?
The Green Hat focuses on creativity; the
possibilities, alternatives, and new ideas. It’s an
opportunity to express new concepts and new
perceptions.

What solutions or improvement or ideas can you

bring to reduce discrimination based on colour of
skin and clothes styles?

The Blue Hat is used to manage the thinking

process. It’s the control mechanism that ensures
the Six Thinking Hats guidelines are observed.

As a moderator, which ideas and viewpoints

described can be summarized as a conclusion?