Fairest of them all together Better 30 mins Jump straight in · for reasons they can’t change. This is called discrimination. People can be treated differently because of their

Fairest of them all Better together

Aim of activity Have you ever been treated differently to others and not known why? Make your unit the fairest place of them all.

What you’ll get out of it •Explorefairnessanddiscrimination.•Createunitfairnesspledges.

What you’ll need •Pencilsandpens•Paper•Craftmaterials(optional)

Note to leader Don’tshowthegirlsthereverseofthiscard.Duringsteptwo,deliberatelymissoneSixout;don’taskthemtoperform.Pretendtomoveonwiththeactivitybysaying,‘That’stheendoftheperformances,let’smoveon’,thengostraighttostepthree.

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Jump straight in

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What to doGetintoSixes.You’vegotfiveminutestocreatea30-second

mimedsceneof‘Adayatthe…’.EachSixshould choose where they want to be. Perhapsthezoo,beach,cinemaor in space? Who would be there? What wouldtheybedoing?Trytomakeyourscene unique.

Ready?YourleaderwillpickeachSixtoshowtheirmimes.Trytoguess

whereeveryone’sspendingtheirday.

Howdidthegroupwhodidn’tperform feel when they were left

out? Did anyone else notice you hadn’t performed? How did it make you feel if othersdid,ordidn’tnotice?Unfairthingshappeneveryday.Sometimesithelpsifpeople speak out to support others.

WasitfairthatoneSixworkedjustashardastheothersbutdidn’tget

toperform?YourleaderpurposelychoseonegroupnottoperformbasedontheSixtheywerein.Practisechallengingyourleadertogetthemtoincludetheothergroup.Makesureyoushowyoursupportfor them too.

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Take it further Putyourideasintoactionoutsideyourunit. What could you do at school or inyourcommunitytomakethingsfairer for yourself and other people?

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Sometimespeoplearetreateddifferentlyforreasonstheycan’tchange.Thisiscalled discrimination.Peoplecanbetreateddifferentlybecauseoftheirage,gender,raceordisability,forexample.Ithappens all over the world.

InyourSixes,thinkofonethingyoucould do to make sure everyone’s

treatedfairlyatBrownies.Couldyoutalk and listen to everyone? What about rememberingtotaketurnsandsharewith everyone in your unit? When you’ve thoughtofanidea,createafairnesspledge.Youcouldusecraftmaterialstodo this.

Now,challengeyourselfandyourfellowSixestokeepyourpledges

whenyoucometoBrownies.Thatwayyou can make sure everyone’s treated equally and fairly.

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