Gameschooling Human Rights
“Young people need to understand equality and know their rights, to understand both how they should be treated, and how they should treat others.” -Equality and Human Rights Commission
Why should we be Gameschooling human rights?
It’s crucial that we learn the true meaning of privilege, individuality, and the power we each carry.
Critical thinking should be the spine of any education, these games will help in your journey.
Games About Human Rights
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“A rising wave of fascism is sweeping across the galaxy, threatening to throw the Interspecies Galactic Alliance under autocRATic rule. To help grow its power, the regime known as The Rate Pack has convinced the powers that be that all cats must be tightly controlled…or forced into feline exile. But everyone knows cats don’t like to be collared, and they don’t like to be caged.
And so the feline rebellion begins, led by Ophelia (the freedom fighter), Rocket (the medic), Sky (the pouncer), and Pepper (the smuggler). Together they can stop these fascist forced from seizing power – while building a new galaxy where all species are free together.”
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“Tell Her Story. You’re an acclaimed author, writing a book to tell the stories of remarkable women in history. Discover iconic women as you do research, draft chapters, and complete the highest scoring book to win!
Features 120 women, form Joan of Arc to Malala, HerStory contains historical legends and modern favorites.
All purchases include donations to The Malala Fund, which helps educate girls all over the world.”
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“SPENT is an online game about poverty and the challenges it brings forth for each and every person. Throughout the game, players make series of decision which impacts their income. Each decision is connected to different dilemma and problem tied to the health, the level of education and providing the basic needs for your family members. Often there is no “good” solution to issue at hand, which for some, might raise the level of frustration. At the same time, thanks to such model of the game, everyone can gain the better understanding of the everyday struggles of people struck with poverty and homelessness.
The game ends when players either run out of money before the end of the month or make it through with money left over.”
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“The Socially Conscious Board Game provides an easy way to have the hard conversations around race & privilege in America and how they impact society in systemically dominant (SD) and systemically non-dominant (SND) ways. The game play is like many of its kind, where your individual goal is to accrue as much wealth as possible. But where it differs is that you can have a team goal as well where you work with your fellow players to dismantle the Disparity Traps seeking to keep everyone in poverty.”
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“Rise Up is a board game about building people power and winning together to create social justice—even when the cards are stacked against us. All players are on the same team, collaborating to build a movement and fight an opponent that is trying to crush your efforts. You’ll have to strategize creatively about the actions your movement takes to win. Get inspired about the social change possible to make the world you want to live in, and learn tactical skills for how we can get there.”
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“Rights Arcade is designed to strengthen the human rights movement through action-oriented education. The games will boost players’ knowledge about human rights and encourage people to take action on human rights issues.
The players take a human rights journey through the experiences of three real-life people: Ahmed Kabir Kishor, a cartoonist unjustly charged under the Digital Security Act in Bangladesh; Zhang Zhan, a citizen journalist sentenced to four years in prison for reporting about Covid-19 in China; and Panusaya Sithijirawattanakul, a student activist facing more than 25 charges for protesting in Thailand.”
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“Sometimes people have to move country to escape from persecution or war. We call these people refugees. Here are some challenges that you might face if you have had to escape from your country:
- Language barriers
- Effects from the trauma of leaving your home
- Separation from loved ones and family
- Culture shock
- Difficulty finding employment
- Difficulty finding a home
- Racism and discrimination
- Money worries
- Difficulties with changing school systems
What other challenges might refugees face?
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FAIR is an online game developed by the Council of Europe. This interactive game aims for kids to learn about and explore universal human rights. The council of Europe is an international organization founded in the wake of World War II to uphold human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe.
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