In Someone
Else’s Shoes
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© Hawlfraint Heddlu Gwent
Imagine…..
• What would it be
like to wear these
boots?
• Who do you think
they could belong
to?
• Do you think that
you
would
be
unhappy
wearing
these shoes?
Imagine…
• What would it be like
to wear these shoes?
• Who do you think they
belong to?
• Do you think that you
would
be
happy
wearing these shoes?
• If these shoes could
talk what would they
say?
Your task!!
• In groups of 4 or 5 create a role play based on
one of the following scenarios. You have to
imagine that you are actually part of the scenario
– wearing that person’s shoes.
• Think carefully about how you would act and how
you would be feeling.
• Don’t forget to include something about what
happens next in your role play - try to
find a solution to the problem.
Scenario 1
• After school you and
your
friends
are
waiting at the bus
stop to catch the bus
home. In front of you
in the queue is a girl
who is struggling with
her money and having
difficulty
understanding the bus
driver.
Someone
pushes in front of her
and shouts, “Stupid
foreigners!”
• What do you do?
Scenario 2
• It’s Friday night, you
and your friends are
standing outside the
shops. An old lady is
struggling with her
shopping and one of
her
bags
break.
Someone
starts
laughing and picks up
her cabbage and
starts throwing it
about.
• What do you do?
Scenario 3
• You are an asylum
seeker who has
recently arrived in
the UK. Today is
your first day at
school. During
registration the
teacher pronounces
your name
incorrectly. The
whole class finds
this very funny and
laughs. Now, they
keep calling you by
the wrong name and
still find it very
funny.
• What would you do?
Scenario 4
• You are in the school
yard at lunchtime. You
see a group of boys
running up to a Muslim
girl and pulling off her
hijab. The boys laugh
and run off playing
with the head scarf.
• What would you do?
Scenario 5
• Your local youth club
is holding a disco and
the kids who attend
another youth club
have been invited.
One of the boys is in a
wheelchair. A group
of boys start laughing
at him and saying rude
things.
• What do you do?
Scenario 6
• One of you is an
asylum seeker who has
had to leave your
country because it is
unsafe for you to stay
there. On your first
day in school pupils
start saying bad
things about the
people from your
country. You don’t
want to cause trouble,
but what they are
saying makes you feel
angry and sad.
• What do you do?
Scenario 7
• A boy in your class called
David is a sporty 12 year
old, who has always been
involved in team games
inside and out of school. He
has confided in Huw, one of
your school friends, that he
feels uncomfortable as a
boy. Unfortunately, Huw’s
friend told a number of
other boys how David is
feeling. As a result, David is
regularly left out by a large
number of boys and girls
and is often ignored,
particularly during PE
lessons.
• What do you do?
Scenario 8
•
Your friend Kate is a 16 year
old girl and has been with her
boyfriend Jason for two years.
He has recently confided in you
that Kate is becoming more and
more distant. When he
confronted Kate she told him
that she is uncomfortable as a
girl and would like to live the
life of a man. Jason then told
her parents, who are unable to
accept the situation and family
life has become extremely
difficult. Despite Kate trying to
talk to her parents, they have
suggested taking her to the
doctor which they think will
cure the situation. They refuse
to even discuss Kate’s feelings
with her.
•
What do you do?
Back In Your Own Shoes…
• After you have shown your role plays
to the rest of the class, discuss how
the problems were dealt with and
give each other suggestions for other
ways to solve them.