At the bus stop

Guidance for: At the bus stop

PDF file: Script

Use with a variety of audiences, e.g. teachers, youth/community workers, trainee teachers, staff training, young people aged 12+.

Learning Points:

• Discriminatory/aggressive behavior can have serious consequences
• Discriminatory/aggressive situations can be avoided

Allow people to explore the scenario and comment on it.

Use the scenario to:

1. Explore what happened to the characters:

• Why did this fight happen? (remarks about colour of uniform)
• What did the character think about the colour of his uniform?
• Why does wearing certain 'colours' attract different attitudes and emotions?
• What kind of feelings would each group have as the situation became more aggressive?

2. Explore consequences of language:

• What kind of language did the older teenagers use?
• Why would the older teenagers be offended by the colour of the school uniforms?

3. Explore how this death could have been avoided.

Purposes of the curriculum 3-18

Using this scenario can contribute toward young people becoming:

• confident individuals able to assess risk and take informed decisions
• responsible citizens able to develop informed, ethical views of complex issues