- Year group: 8–9
- Geography
This teaching resource builds on the story of a fictional street child…
- Year group: 8–9
- Geography
This teaching resource builds on the story of a fictional street child and, using the Mystery Method, illustrates how Misereor’s partner organisation ‘Butterflies’ is opening up paths to a better future for street children in Delhi. This double lesson teaches pupils the key differences between meeting basic needs and genuine support for self-reliance (empowerment). The services offered by Butterflies – ranging from education and medical care to participatory programmes – illustrate how development cooperation strengthens potential and places the dignity of every child at the centre.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Pages: 24
- Year group: 8–9
- Geography
This teaching resource builds on the story of a fictional street child and, using the Mystery Method, illustrates how Misereor’s partner organisation ‘Butterflies’ is opening up paths to a better future for street children in Delhi. This double lesson teaches pupils the key differences between meeting basic needs and genuine support for self-reliance (empowerment). The services offered by Butterflies – ranging from education and medical care to participatory programmes – illustrate how development cooperation strengthens potential and places the dignity of every child at the centre.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Pages: 24
- Lower Secondary Level
- Religion, Ethics, Social Sciences
We’ve been seeing chocolate St Nicholas…
- Lower Secondary Level
- Religion, Ethics, Social Sciences
We’ve been seeing chocolate St Nicholas figures everywhere in supermarkets for several weeks now. But the journey they’ve undertaken to get there remains largely unknown: how is cocoa produced? What role does exploitative child labour play in this? What solutions are there to this problem? And what does Fair Trade have to do with Saint Nicholas? The pupils explore these questions in this lesson unit.
By exploring the real Saint Nicholas and his values, the pupils are encouraged to see things from a different perspective. Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, spoke out against social injustices in his day and thus remains – even today, at a time when the rich and poor are drifting further and further apart worldwide – a role model for social justice.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 20
- Year of publication: 2024
- Lower Secondary Level
- Religion, Ethics, Social Sciences
We’ve been seeing chocolate St Nicholas figures everywhere in supermarkets for several weeks now. But the journey they’ve undertaken to get there remains largely unknown: how is cocoa produced? What role does exploitative child labour play in this? What solutions are there to this problem? And what does Fair Trade have to do with Saint Nicholas? The pupils explore these questions in this lesson unit.
By exploring the real Saint Nicholas and his values, the pupils are encouraged to see things from a different perspective. Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, spoke out against social injustices in his day and thus remains – even today, at a time when the rich and poor are drifting further and further apart worldwide – a role model for social justice.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 20
- Year of publication: 2024
- Secondary level I and II
- Ethics, politics, religion
Toolbox for project days and lessons - actively…
- Secondary level I and II
- Ethics, politics, religion
Toolbox for project days and lessons - actively shaping global learning
The toolbox offers a wide range of materials and methods for lessons, project days and activities in lower and upper secondary schools. It contains directly applicable building blocks for the introduction, development, consolidation and action phases - supplemented by creative action impulses.
With clear references to ethics, politics and religion, it supports teachers in teaching global topics such as justice, sustainability and children's rights in a lively and action-orientated way. Thanks to clear navigation, all content can be found quickly.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 238
- Year of publication: 2025
- Secondary level I and II
- Ethics, politics, religion
Toolbox for project days and lessons - actively shaping global learning
The toolbox offers a wide range of materials and methods for lessons, project days and activities in lower and upper secondary schools. It contains directly applicable building blocks for the introduction, development, consolidation and action phases - supplemented by creative action impulses.
With clear references to ethics, politics and religion, it supports teachers in teaching global topics such as justice, sustainability and children's rights in a lively and action-orientated way. Thanks to clear navigation, all content can be found quickly.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 238
- Year of publication: 2025
On the way to the 17 goals. Materials and didactic impulses on the Sustainable Development Goals
- Secondary level I and II
Geography, politics, social sciences
The material provides a practical…
- Secondary level I and II
Geography, politics, social sciences
The material provides a practical introduction to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
There are two clearly laid out pages for each goal. One page provides compact background information and specific questions on the respective topic. The second page provides didactic impulses and methodological suggestions for use in lessons or educational work. Additional materials such as quiz formats, a bingo game and further links to media and teaching materials are available on the learning platform www.lernplattform-nachhaltige-entwicklungsziele.de.- Published by: BtE - Bildung trifft Entwicklung, Brot für die Welt, Don Bosco macht Schule, Kindernothilfe e. V., Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor e. V., Welthaus Bielefeld e. V.
- Number of pages: 39
- Year of publication: 2025
- Secondary level I and II
Geography, politics, social sciences
The material provides a practical introduction to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
There are two clearly laid out pages for each goal. One page provides compact background information and specific questions on the respective topic. The second page provides didactic impulses and methodological suggestions for use in lessons or educational work. Additional materials such as quiz formats, a bingo game and further links to media and teaching materials are available on the learning platform www.lernplattform-nachhaltige-entwicklungsziele.de.- Published by: BtE - Bildung trifft Entwicklung, Brot für die Welt, Don Bosco macht Schule, Kindernothilfe e. V., Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor e. V., Welthaus Bielefeld e. V.
- Number of pages: 39
- Year of publication: 2025
In search of a dignified life - a sensitisation game
- Secondary level I and II
- Ethics, politics, religion
The game with a duration of 3-4 hours is…
- Secondary level I and II
- Ethics, politics, religion
The game with a duration of 3-4 hours is suitable as an introduction to project days on the topic of "Flight and migration". Pupils at secondary levels I to II take the perspective of people seeking refuge, learn about the reasons for fleeing and deal with human rights violations on the routes and in the host country.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 14 (extract from the Human Rights Toolbox)
- Year of publication: 2025
- Secondary level I and II
- Ethics, politics, religion
The game with a duration of 3-4 hours is suitable as an introduction to project days on the topic of "Flight and migration". Pupils at secondary levels I to II take the perspective of people seeking refuge, learn about the reasons for fleeing and deal with human rights violations on the routes and in the host country.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 14 (extract from the Human Rights Toolbox)
- Year of publication: 2025
- Secondary level I
- Religion, philosophy, ethics, biology, geography
The relationship between humans…
- Secondary level I
- Religion, philosophy, ethics, biology, geography
The relationship between humans and animals is complicated and raises ethical, anthropological, theological and ecological questions. Conflicting interests clash. These materials are designed to encourage students to engage with this complex topic. They can be used both in subject lessons and in interdisciplinary contexts, for example during a project week. In many countries of the global South, farm animals are an important source of income and the coexistence of humans and animals is culturally deeply rooted. However, especially against the backdrop of climate change, it is important to rethink the consumption and nutritional behaviour of the Global North and discover ways to change this.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 33
- Year of publication: 2024
- Secondary level I
- Religion, philosophy, ethics, biology, geography
The relationship between humans and animals is complicated and raises ethical, anthropological, theological and ecological questions. Conflicting interests clash. These materials are designed to encourage students to engage with this complex topic. They can be used both in subject lessons and in interdisciplinary contexts, for example during a project week. In many countries of the global South, farm animals are an important source of income and the coexistence of humans and animals is culturally deeply rooted. However, especially against the backdrop of climate change, it is important to rethink the consumption and nutritional behaviour of the Global North and discover ways to change this.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 33
- Year of publication: 2024
Urban dreams - The city of tomorrow - ecologically and socially just
- Secondary level I
- Geography
Urban settlements only cover around two per cent of the earth's surface,…
- Secondary level I
- Geography
Urban settlements only cover around two per cent of the earth's surface, yet more than half of the world's population has been living in cities since 2008. By 2050, the United Nations estimates that this figure will rise to two thirds of all people. This rapid growth poses enormous ecological and social challenges for large cities and urban centres, especially in the Global South.
This "Urban dreams" material set addresses the questions "What can the "city of the future" look like?" and "How can urban structures be designed to be socially just, inclusive and sustainable - worldwide?". The set consists of the teaching material "A World of Cities", which takes a closer look at various aspects of the topic, and the suggestions for the project week "Design your city".
Individual materials for lessons or the project week can be downloaded separately: To the ZIP file.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 76
- Year of publication: 2023
- Secondary level I
- Geography
Urban settlements only cover around two per cent of the earth's surface, yet more than half of the world's population has been living in cities since 2008. By 2050, the United Nations estimates that this figure will rise to two thirds of all people. This rapid growth poses enormous ecological and social challenges for large cities and urban centres, especially in the Global South.
This "Urban dreams" material set addresses the questions "What can the "city of the future" look like?" and "How can urban structures be designed to be socially just, inclusive and sustainable - worldwide?". The set consists of the teaching material "A World of Cities", which takes a closer look at various aspects of the topic, and the suggestions for the project week "Design your city".
Individual materials for lessons or the project week can be downloaded separately: To the ZIP file.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 76
- Year of publication: 2023
- Secondary level I
- Religion, ethics, politics, social sciences
The materials invite you to organise a…
- Secondary level I
- Religion, ethics, politics, social sciences
The materials invite you to organise a project day on "Peace and peace action" in grades 9-10. They motivate students to deal with scenarios of violence and conflict in their immediate social environment, in society and in the globalised world. 3 different modules are designed for 90 minutes each:
- Peace - what is it?
- Conflict situations
- A concrete utopia: Rethinking security
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 96
- Year of publication: 2024 (second expanded and updated edition)
- Secondary level I
- Religion, ethics, politics, social sciences
The materials invite you to organise a project day on "Peace and peace action" in grades 9-10. They motivate students to deal with scenarios of violence and conflict in their immediate social environment, in society and in the globalised world. 3 different modules are designed for 90 minutes each:
- Peace - what is it?
- Conflict situations
- A concrete utopia: Rethinking security
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 96
- Year of publication: 2024 (second expanded and updated edition)
- Secondary level I
- Biology, geography, religion
This material focuses on bees and their key role in…
- Secondary level I
- Biology, geography, religion
This material focuses on bees and their key role in our diet and biodiversity worldwide. It contains various modules that can be used flexibly in lessons as well as for activities, project days and working groups.
PDF files with various materials are available at www.misereor.de/bienen-material are available.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 28
- Year of publication: 2021
- Secondary level I
- Biology, geography, religion
This material focuses on bees and their key role in our diet and biodiversity worldwide. It contains various modules that can be used flexibly in lessons as well as for activities, project days and working groups.
PDF files with various materials are available at www.misereor.de/bienen-material are available.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 28
- Year of publication: 2021
- Secondary level I
- Politics, religion, geography
The learning modules on fair trade focus on the…
- Secondary level I
- Politics, religion, geography
The learning modules on fair trade focus on the banana. The teaching and activity material for secondary level 1 provides modular learning modules for flexible use. Tasks with different levels of difficulty are suitable for use in differentiated lessons. In some cases, pupils can work on the material provided digitally on their own.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 32
- Year of publication: 2020 (updated new edition)
- Secondary level I
- Politics, religion, geography
The learning modules on fair trade focus on the banana. The teaching and activity material for secondary level 1 provides modular learning modules for flexible use. Tasks with different levels of difficulty are suitable for use in differentiated lessons. In some cases, pupils can work on the material provided digitally on their own.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 32
- Year of publication: 2020 (updated new edition)
Primary school up to Year 6
Children have a right to health! This A1-sized educational poster takes…
Primary school up to Year 6
Children have a right to health! This A1-sized educational poster takes children in Years 3 to 6 on a journey to India to visit a Misereor partner organisation and, using the example of twelve-year-old Pratima, illustrates how health, climate, nutrition, clean drinking water and community action are all interconnected. The accompanying teaching guide, available for download, provides background information, discussion prompts, teaching methods and practical ideas for exploring children’s right to health in a variety of ways in your lessons.
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Publisher: Misereor
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Format: DIN A1, teaching guide available for download via QR code
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Year of publication: 2026
Primary school up to Year 6
Children have a right to health! This A1-sized educational poster takes children in Years 3 to 6 on a journey to India to visit a Misereor partner organisation and, using the example of twelve-year-old Pratima, illustrates how health, climate, nutrition, clean drinking water and community action are all interconnected. The accompanying teaching guide, available for download, provides background information, discussion prompts, teaching methods and practical ideas for exploring children’s right to health in a variety of ways in your lessons.
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Publisher: Misereor
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Format: DIN A1, teaching guide available for download via QR code
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Year of publication: 2026
- Primary school up to year 6**
Almost all states of the United Nations have agreed to the…
- Primary school up to year 6**
Almost all states of the United Nations have agreed to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children's rights are human rights. In reality, however, children's rights are often violated. The poster provides an introduction to the topic of children's rights. Together with your pupils, think about how children's rights can be made a reality.
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Published by: Misereor
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Colour poster: DIN A1
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Didactic commentary for teachers included
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Year of publication: 2024**
- Primary school up to year 6**
Almost all states of the United Nations have agreed to the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Children's rights are human rights. In reality, however, children's rights are often violated. The poster provides an introduction to the topic of children's rights. Together with your pupils, think about how children's rights can be made a reality.
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Published by: Misereor
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Colour poster: DIN A1
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Didactic commentary for teachers included
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Year of publication: 2024**
- Primary school up to year 6**
In all countries around the world, children take on a variety of…
- Primary school up to year 6**
In all countries around the world, children take on a variety of jobs, for example in the family or in the family business. But where is the line between normal cooperation and exploitative child labour? Pupils learn about different forms of child labour. Selected criteria for child labour from the ILO (International Labour Organization) are illustrated, among other things, which the children can use to discuss and assess what constitutes exploitative child labour.
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Published by: Misereor
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Colour poster: DIN A1
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Didactic commentary for teachers included
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Year of publication: 2018**
- Primary school up to year 6**
In all countries around the world, children take on a variety of jobs, for example in the family or in the family business. But where is the line between normal cooperation and exploitative child labour? Pupils learn about different forms of child labour. Selected criteria for child labour from the ILO (International Labour Organization) are illustrated, among other things, which the children can use to discuss and assess what constitutes exploitative child labour.
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Published by: Misereor
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Colour poster: DIN A1
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Didactic commentary for teachers included
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Year of publication: 2018**
- Primary school to year 6**
What forms of violence and neglect do children experience both in the…
- Primary school to year 6**
What forms of violence and neglect do children experience both in the Global South and in Germany? The educational poster teaches pupils about the forms of violence that exist in their everyday lives, what they should not put up with and what rights they have. It also illustrates how one of Misereor's partner projects works with children in Nairobi who have suffered violence.
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Published by: Misereor
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Colour poster DIN A1**
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Didactic commentary for teachers included
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Year of publication: 2023**
- Primary school to year 6**
What forms of violence and neglect do children experience both in the Global South and in Germany? The educational poster teaches pupils about the forms of violence that exist in their everyday lives, what they should not put up with and what rights they have. It also illustrates how one of Misereor's partner projects works with children in Nairobi who have suffered violence.
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Published by: Misereor
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Colour poster DIN A1**
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Didactic commentary for teachers included
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Year of publication: 2023**
- Primary school up to year 6**
Around 42 per cent of refugees worldwide are minors. Many German…
- Primary school up to year 6**
Around 42 per cent of refugees worldwide are minors. Many German school classes are attended by children and adolescents who have fled war and destruction - from Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine and other countries. The educational poster conveys some basic facts, but behind the figures are concrete fates. This is made clear by the stories of Anas, Najwa, Maria and Salma, which are vividly told.
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Published by: Misereor
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Colour poster DIN A1**
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Didactic commentary for teachers included
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Year of publication: 2023**
- Primary school up to year 6**
Around 42 per cent of refugees worldwide are minors. Many German school classes are attended by children and adolescents who have fled war and destruction - from Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine and other countries. The educational poster conveys some basic facts, but behind the figures are concrete fates. This is made clear by the stories of Anas, Najwa, Maria and Salma, which are vividly told.
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Published by: Misereor
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Colour poster DIN A1**
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Didactic commentary for teachers included
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Year of publication: 2023**
- Year group: 8–9
- Ethics, Social Studies and Social Sciences
The Edu-Escape uses a game-based approach…
- Year group: 8–9
- Ethics, Social Studies and Social Sciences
The Edu-Escape uses a game-based approach to illustrate the situation of young people in the port city of Douala in Cameroon who are looking for a training place and are supported in this by Misereor’s partner organisation, CODAS Caritas Cameroon.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Number of pages: 18
- Year group: 8–9
- Ethics, Social Studies and Social Sciences
The Edu-Escape uses a game-based approach to illustrate the situation of young people in the port city of Douala in Cameroon who are looking for a training place and are supported in this by Misereor’s partner organisation, CODAS Caritas Cameroon.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Number of pages: 18
- Year group: 8–9
- Religion
The Edu-Escape uses a playful approach to illustrate the situation of young…
- Year group: 8–9
- Religion
The Edu-Escape uses a playful approach to illustrate the situation of young people in the port city of Douala in Cameroon who are looking for a training place and are supported in this by Misereor’s partner organisation, CODAS Caritas Cameroon.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Number of pages: 18
- Year group: 8–9
- Religion
The Edu-Escape uses a playful approach to illustrate the situation of young people in the port city of Douala in Cameroon who are looking for a training place and are supported in this by Misereor’s partner organisation, CODAS Caritas Cameroon.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Number of pages: 18
- Year groups: 5–6
- Religion
Joining Emma and Leon on a quest: In this EduEscape, pupils in Years 5 and…
- Year groups: 5–6
- Religion
Joining Emma and Leon on a quest: In this EduEscape, pupils in Years 5 and 6 explore the Church’s development cooperation work, using Misereor as an example. Puzzles, exciting stories and insights into projects in Brazil and Cambodia bring global solidarity to life.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Pages: 18
- Year groups: 5–6
- Religion
Joining Emma and Leon on a quest: In this EduEscape, pupils in Years 5 and 6 explore the Church’s development cooperation work, using Misereor as an example. Puzzles, exciting stories and insights into projects in Brazil and Cambodia bring global solidarity to life.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Year of publication: 2026
- Pages: 18
Secondary school politics, social studies
With the EduEscape Game, you can organise your politics /…
Secondary school politics, social studies
With the EduEscape Game, you can organise your politics / social studies lessons or even a substitute lesson in a vivid and interactive way. Pupils discover the example country Sri Lanka and learn about the highland Tamils, the situation on tea plantations and the commitment of women to respect their human dignity through various puzzles.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 17
- Year of publication: 2025
Secondary school politics, social studies
With the EduEscape Game, you can organise your politics / social studies lessons or even a substitute lesson in a vivid and interactive way. Pupils discover the example country Sri Lanka and learn about the highland Tamils, the situation on tea plantations and the commitment of women to respect their human dignity through various puzzles.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 17
- Year of publication: 2025
- Lower Secondary Level
- Religion
An EduEscape for religious education in lower secondary school:…
- Lower Secondary Level
- Religion
An EduEscape for religious education in lower secondary school: through exciting puzzles, pupils discover the living conditions of tea-picking families in Sri Lanka and explore issues of human dignity, justice and self-efficacy. Ideal for Years 7 to 9 and for supply lessons.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 17
- Year of publication: 2025
- Lower Secondary Level
- Religion
An EduEscape for religious education in lower secondary school: through exciting puzzles, pupils discover the living conditions of tea-picking families in Sri Lanka and explore issues of human dignity, justice and self-efficacy. Ideal for Years 7 to 9 and for supply lessons.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Pages: 17
- Year of publication: 2025
- Secondary level I
- Religion
by Margaretha Hermann, Eisenstadt in Burgenland, teacher and member of…
- Secondary level I
- Religion
by Margaretha Hermann, Eisenstadt in Burgenland, teacher and member of the "Feel the Pulse - Religious Education at the Pulse of Time" team
Extract: We can approach the hunger cloth by the Erfurt artist Konstanze Trommer in different ways. Possible topics are: Climate crisis between ignorance, resignation and urgent options for action, borderline experiences and attempts to escape, global) connectedness - with God and the world, tent as a shelter, but permeable and fleeting, for change, hope for miracles, love that connects and sustains.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 6
- Year of publication: 2025
- Secondary level I
- Religion
by Margaretha Hermann, Eisenstadt in Burgenland, teacher and member of the "Feel the Pulse - Religious Education at the Pulse of Time" team
Extract: We can approach the hunger cloth by the Erfurt artist Konstanze Trommer in different ways. Possible topics are: Climate crisis between ignorance, resignation and urgent options for action, borderline experiences and attempts to escape, global) connectedness - with God and the world, tent as a shelter, but permeable and fleeting, for change, hope for miracles, love that connects and sustains.
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 6
- Year of publication: 2025
- Secondary level I
- Religion, philosophy, ethics
by Doris Ziniel, Eisenstadt in Burgenland, teacher…
- Secondary level I
- Religion, philosophy, ethics
by Doris Ziniel, Eisenstadt in Burgenland, teacher and member of the "Feel the Pulse - Religious Education at the Pulse of Time" team
Pantomime and role play: Everyone is given a section of the hunger cloth as an A4 printout. The cut-outs are chosen so that two people/animals are depicted. Two pupils each choose a scene that they would like to act out, either as a pantomime or as a role play. The scene is discussed and rehearsed beforehand and then presented. Everyone else observes attentively. Afterwards, the pupils give feedback on their own and the others' performance: I see, I feel, I sense ...
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 6
- Year of publication: 2025
- Secondary level I
- Religion, philosophy, ethics
by Doris Ziniel, Eisenstadt in Burgenland, teacher and member of the "Feel the Pulse - Religious Education at the Pulse of Time" team
Pantomime and role play: Everyone is given a section of the hunger cloth as an A4 printout. The cut-outs are chosen so that two people/animals are depicted. Two pupils each choose a scene that they would like to act out, either as a pantomime or as a role play. The scene is discussed and rehearsed beforehand and then presented. Everyone else observes attentively. Afterwards, the pupils give feedback on their own and the others' performance: I see, I feel, I sense ...
- Publisher: Misereor
- Number of pages: 6
- Year of publication: 2025
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