Democracy education at school75 years of the Basic Law: Democracy training station for pupils
The teaching unit "Your constitution" from our #fitfordemocracy material makes pupils aware that our constitution is also there for them and takes their concerns into account. For values to actually be lived, they must be filled with meaning by the pupils themselves. School is a place where values must be taught and lived. Values education at school is primarily derived from the educational goals. Human dignity, freedom, equality, equal rights between men and women, justice, solidarity and inner and outer peace are particularly worthy of mention here. These values should therefore also be given great importance in lessons and school life.
The training station "Your constitution" can be found on page 17. The station is designed to take 25 minutes and requires a smartphone, tablet or PC as well as the internet, pen and paper to complete .
What can pupils expect in the lesson?
The students test their knowledge of the basic laws using a digital learning module in individual work. However, the exercise can also be carried out frontally on the projector. The task is to put the correct pairs together: Which picture goes with which basic law? Students can see whether the pairs belong together by clicking on the tick at the bottom right. They can separate the pairs again by clicking on the adhesive strip. Only when station 1 has been solved correctly do the pupils move on to station 2. They then discuss in the group which articles of the Basic Law are important to them. They also discuss the importance of Article 1 of the Basic Law.
klicksafe at the Festival of Democracy in Berlin
From May 24 to 26, the Federal Chancellery in Berlin will host the Festival of Democracy to mark the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law. For the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the participations of the RLP media authority, Medien und Bildung RLP and the EU initiative klicksafe will jointly present the "Democracy Gym". In the style of a political fitness studio, the Democracy Gym combines media-based methods at interactive training stations. These cover current topics such as discrimination, the Basic Law and its relevance in everyday life as well as political participation. Further information can be found in the press release from the Rhineland-Palatinate Media Authority.
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