Hate Crime Awareness – Years 9/10
Lesson Plan.
1-2 hour sessions
Overall purpose of session:
This session is intended to be interactive and lively, to allow pupils to explore the impact of hate
crime/incidents on victims’ lives. It should aim to outline the severity of being offenders in hate
crime/incidents and also encourage reporting should pupils experience or witness such instances
both within school and outside of school. The session can be extended to 2 hours if a poster
campaign, and creating a pin badge, to reinforce the school’s commitment to challenging hate
crime/incidents, are included. This session will complement Citizenship Modules particularly
challenging discrimination as well as helping the school to achieve its commitments towards
community cohesion. It could also be adapted as part of a History curriculum,(discrimination in
contexts), or Human Geography (immigration and discrimination), or Technology (if the use of social
media in discrimination, and causing offence or incitement is highlighted).
Facilitators:
UCLan Provides fact sheets on hate crime, and can provide further advice and videos to support
teachers to deliver this programme within their own schools. Alternatively, the school may wish to
consider facilitation by:
An experienced researcher in Hate Crime
An experienced Race Hate professional and or/assistant Race Hate Officer
An experienced police officer (there may be occasional instances when this is not available)
Requirements:
A maximum group of 30 pupils (ideal classroom size would be 20-25).
The sessions can be repeated throughout the day and as such the session could be delivered to the
entire year group in 1 day.
A suitable room, flipchart papers and visual equipment.
Content of session:
Hate crime quiz –can be provided by UCLan if necessary.
Exploring the impact of victimisation on victims lives through a range of methods including DVDs &
case studies
Production of a hate crime poster and a pin badge.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of the session the pupils will be able to:
Demonstrate an understanding of what hate crime is
Have an understanding of the impact of victimisation on victims lives
Understand the consequences of being an offender of hate crime/incidents
Understand the need to report such occurrences should pupils experience it or witness it both inside
school or outside of school
Contact:
Kmcguire3@uclan.ac.uk or msalter@uclan.ac.uk