THEME 1: BORDERS & BELONGING In this theme, participants reflect on their place in the world by exploring the ways in which borders and the idea of belonging to a particular country shape our identity and our interactions with others. Teaching about statelessness in this context allows participants to critically assess the role that borders and nationality play in defining human relationships and communities, in order to consider how this system can create exclusion and to think about how we could build a world that is more inclusive. 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 1.1 A: Defining our borders allows the learner to reflect on the way borders can define our sense of belonging and how they can cause exclusion when (re)drawn at the level of a community. 1.1 B: The changing world map takes a step further and shows that as borders are constantly changing, they redefine the world map and our place in it. UNIT 2: CREATIVITY AND CRITICAL THINKING 1.2 A: Welcome to earth urges the learner to critically reflect on how borders and belonging are organized at a global level, identify the loopholes and re-imagine the way this system is shaped. 1.2 B: Storytelling statelessness offers learners the opportunity to express their thoughts on the exclusion stateless people face and the fairness of a system that allows that to happen. UNIT 3: RIGHTS AND ACTIVISM 1.3 A: Challenging exclusion aims to encourage activism by urging participants to take action and address a situation of exclusion within a role-play exercise. 1.3 B: A right to belong introduces learners to the UN as a forum to advocate for the right to belong and urges them to critically reflect on existing actions against statelessness. 10