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.

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Action planning

Action planning with the gender integration continuum

Participants work together to complete an action plan template, incorporating gender aware approaches.

  • 2 h 40 min
  • Group exercise
  • Groupwork
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
Context analysis

The forcefield

This exercise introduces the forcefield analysis tool. Groups work together to apply it to a specific FORB problem in their local context.

  • 60 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Brainstorm
Exploring human rights

The clifftop

An intriguing and thought-provoking problem-solving exercise that combines groupwork and plenary discussion with a knowledge input on legal and moral duty bearers.

  • 1 h 5 min
  • Group exercise
  • Draw and discuss
Recognising and analysing violations

Children and FORB – rights and responsibilities

A problem-solving role-play exercise based on a fictional scenario, in which participants work together to recommend a course of action.

  • 1 h 20 min
  • Group exercise
  • Role-play/drama
Exploring human rights

Human rights squares

An interactive exercise where participants ask each other questions on human rights and share their knowledge.

  • 35 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Walk and talk
Exploring human rights

The soup of life – human rights gallery

This exercise uses the imagery of ingredients in a pot of soup to help participants explore the needs that they (and all human beings) have.

  • 60 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Reflect and share
Exploring freedom of religion or belief

The barometer

An interactive game in which participants place themselves along an imaginary line between ‘totally agree’ and ‘totally disagree’ in relation to statements on FORB and discuss their thoughts.

  • 25 min
  • Plenary exercise
  • Game
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

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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.