Exercise bank

Search our collection of over 70 participatory learning exercises to find different types of exercise, for different audiences, focusing on different FORB related topics.

Exploring human rights

Human rights timeline

Participants contribute individually to creating a joint human rights timeline that shows key events on three different levels: national, regional and global.

  • 60 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Brainstorm
Exploring human rights

Human needs – human rights

An exercise that combines groupwork and plenary discussion to help participants connect their human needs and their human rights under international law.

  • 60 min
  • Multi-format exercise
  • Discuss, Reflect
Recognising and analysing violations

A closer look at limitations

A plenary discussion exercise in which participants assess whether four short examples of limitations to FORB are legitimate or not.

  • 30 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Analyse
Ice-breakers and energisers

Emoticons

A physical energiser in which participants create emoticons/sculptures with their faces and bodies to represent how they feel about what they have learnt in a session.

  • 20 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Energiser
FORB other rights and development

Speaking of religion

A think-pair-share exercise in which participants reflect on barriers to freely expressing religion or beliefs in their context.

  • 1 h 20 min
  • Multi-format exercise
  • Think-pair-share
Context analysis

The web of good

A fun game and a good opening exercise for sessions focused on context analysis. Participants stand in a ring and throw a ball of wool to each other.

  • 15 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Game
Exploring freedom of religion or belief

Dimensions of FORB

After watching one or more of the FORB Learning Platform’s explainer films on FORB, small groups discuss the films’ contents.

  • 30-75 min
  • Group exercise
  • Watch and discuss
FORB and gender

FORB and family law

A plenary discussion exercise based on a case study, that is designed to follow a knowledge input on family/personal status laws and violations of FORB.

  • 60 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Case study/scenario
Recognising and analysing violations

Know your rights

An opening exercise in the form of a fast-paced walk and talk quiz that helps the facilitator establish the knowledge level of the group.

  • 1 h 30 min
  • Buzz group exercise
  • Walk and talk

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Illustration Pakistani Christian women holding lit candles at mass.Illustration Pakistani Christian women holding lit candles at mass.

The FORB learning platform’s collection of exercises on FORB is such a treasure trove. There are so many useful exercises – my favourites are One step forwards and Once upon a time.