THEME 2: CITIZENSHIP & RIGHTS In this theme, participants reflect on their position in society and the opportunities that they have as citizens of a country by exploring the concepts of citizenship and rights. Teaching about statelessness in this context helps participants to understand how exclusion can lead to discrimination and the denial of rights, allowing them to develop empathy for people who are ‘stuck’ outside the system and to think about how we could build a world that is more equal. What can be found in this theme? This theme is structured around six activities, divided into three learning units: UNIT 1: THE WORLD AND OUR PLACE IN IT 2.1 A: The passport urges learners to reflect on the role of passports and the benefits of having one as a way of exploring what citizenship is and why is it significant. 2.1 B: Letter to a stateless child invites participants to reflect on the importance of citizenship and understand the situation stateless people find themselves in, by writing a letter. UNIT 2: CREATIVITY AND CRITICAL THINKING 2.2 A: Reflect on a photograph allows learners to discover the power of images to convey information and emotion while deepening their understanding of a life without a nationality. 2.2b: Statelessness in the news offers learners the opportunity to critically reflect on how media portrays stateless people. UNIT 3: RIGHTS AND ACTIVISM 2.3a: Rights for all children invites learners to reflect on the rights that all children should enjoy no matter their nationality status by exploring the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). 2.3b: Stand up for your rights engages participants in human rights activism by designing campaign material to advocate for the rights of stateless children. 28