"Unfairy tales" is a series of animated videos reflecting the real lives of three children who had to flee their country due to violence and conflict. How could we put a happy ending to these stories?

1. unicef.es/educa • Primary Education activity 1
UNFAIRY TALES
Directions
You can show the videos at the classroom (the three of them or a selection).
As the story is narrated by the protagonist in her or his mother tongue, you
can follow the subtitles or read it aloud by some students, by turns.
Sometimes, popular tales narrate the story of children facing
problems none child should endure: evil antagonists, wild beasts,
poisoned apples, threats to their survival, discrimination,
confinement and isolation, destroyed hometowns… In tales, thanks
to fairies' magic, justice prevails and the protagonists recover their
rights. But, what does it happen when a tale tells a true story where
we can't turn to magic? "Unfairy tales" series by UNICEF, tells the
real stories of three Syrian children, who narrate their experiences
in first person, under the appearance of a fairy tale.To give their
stories a happy ending, the whole class will have to be the fairy.
OBECTIVES
• To identify the fantasy and reality
elements all tales have.
• To be able to see the stories narrated by
media from the point of view of their
protagonists.
• To know that all the children have a
right to protection, whatever their origins
and circumstances may be.
• To learn some clues to empathise with
other children, both from distant places
and from our close environment.
YOU WILL NEED…
• A computer and an overhead proyector
• Video: "Mustafa goes for a walk"
• Video: "Ivine and Pillow"
• Video: "Malak and the boat"
All of them in www.youtube.com
SUPPORTING MATERIAL
• Child Rights Education and Global
Citizenship activities and resources guide
for the course 2016-2017: " Humanity
Passport: The rights of migrant and
refugee children", available at
unicef.es/educa
PRIMARY EDUCATION ACTIVITY

2. unicef.es/educa • Primary Education activity 2
CHILDREN'S DAY CELEBRATION
November the 20th is the day to celebrate the rights of
every child. We can make the most of this date making a collective
passport for the class to reinforce our rights to identity, citizenship
and protection. Besides, this Welcome Passport allows us to
symbolically invite children seeking for refuge and shelter, like
Mustafa, Ivine and Malak.
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While we see the videos, or in the end, we can ask some questions to help to
the understanding of the stories:
• Why do the children start their travel? Could they have choosen not to do so?
• Is the travel dangerous? What would have been the dangers if they had not
travelled?
• What language do they speak? Where are they from?
• What have they left behind? What do they expect to achieve?
• What do they renounce to during their travel?
• How do they feel? How would you feel in their situation?
• Is somebody helping them? Who could help them?
• Can you identify any image in the videos that reminds you of something
seen in the news?
• How would you continue these stories to give them a happy ending? –
Magic is not allowed.
We can close our debate with a reflection on the children's right to protection
and on our duty of care. In fairy tales, problems are solved by magic, but
when a real child has a problem (wherever in distant countries or in our neigh-
bourhood), we have the responsibility to help.
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