Lesson Plan
LEVEL: senior year – Upper Secondary School
Topic: A sociological excursus in the phenomenon of intolerance
Main objective: Students learn about the origins and reasons of intolerance towards minorities
Detailed objectives:
Students learn about:
 Ethnic and linguistic minorities in Europe
 Ethnic minority and Roma women
 The Jewish Diaspora
 Ghettos through history
Teaching methods:
Cooperative approach the students are grouped according to their competences
- lecture;
- debate;
- exercises.
Teaching aids:
- Power Point presentations;
- Textbooks (history, sociology,English literature)
-Internet sources
Procedure:
Part of lesson
Organization of lesson
Introduction 1h
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Teacher’s activity
preparing for class, checking attendance.
Brainstorming
Warm up
writing topic on the blackboard and
talking generally about identities, races,
religions among people
explaining what tolerance means;
asking students what the reason of
intolerance is;
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Students’ activity
preparing for class.
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Taking notes and listening about
some historical events
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giving reasons of intolerance
(fear of unknown, being scared,
stereotypes etc.)
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 asking questions about exercise;
 doing exercise;
 chosen student reading answers;
 checking and correcting own
work;
listening about Roma minority,
origins ; prejudices
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talking about Roma minority, origins ;
prejudices
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talking about ethnical and national
diversity considering the condition of
Sinti women and the Italian legislation ;
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reading authentic test from
newspapers about Gypsies way of
life around of Europe
answer the questionnaire
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talking about causes and origins of
Diaspora;
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Listening about the causes and
origins of Diaspora
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talking about religious implications in
phenomenon of intolerance; religious
fundamentalism
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listening religious implications in
phenomenon of intolerance;
religious fundamentalism
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talking about religious diversity and
location;
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listening about religious diversity
and location;
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explaining what racism means and
talking about apartheid politics ( the
creation of ghettos In Italy: Venice and
Rome) ,consequences;
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listening about what racism
means and talking about
apartheid politics ( the creation
of ghettos In Italy: Venice and
Rome) ,consequences;
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reading activity: William Shakespeare
The merchant of Venice Act 4 scene
1 p 13 …a pound of flesh…
answer the questions
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Listening to the test
asking students to chose one of the four
topics
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giving examples of consequences
of intolerance ( religious
fundamentalism , prejudices
social fight immigration etc.)
choosing a sociological ,
anthropological, historical point
of view
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Write an essay( then
in the form of a
power point)
writing activity : after reading the
diagrams about the distribution of
minority groups complete the
exercise
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listening about ethnical and
national diversity considering the
condition of Sinti women and the
Italian legislation
asking questions about exercise;
doing exercise;
chosen student reading answers;
checking and correcting own
work;
asking questions about exercise;
doing exercise;
chosen student reading answers;
checking and correcting own
work;
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highlighting that we are different , but
we are all human , so all deserve the
same rights