13-18 years

2021 Peace Prize Lesson - Freedom of expression

Themes: Nobel Peace Prize, Freedom of expression

Duration: 45 min
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This is a step-by-step timetable for the Nobel Prize lesson – a ready-to-use lesson on the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.

The overall teams are freedom of expression, journalism, and the two brave journalists, Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov.

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Task duration: (5 min)

Ask your students the following questions:

1. What is the Nobel Prize?

2. Why is it called the Nobel Prize?

3. Are you familiar with any Nobel Prize laureate?

Task duration: 6 min

Task duration: 4. min

Show the interview with Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee:

Task duration: 10-25 min

Let the students explore the digital Peace Prize exhibition 2021:

https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/digital-exhibition/the-peace-prize-exhibition-2021

Aske your students some of those questions:

  • Tell me about Dmitry Muratov
  • What are "Novaya Gazeta"?
  • How do you think it is to work as a journalist in Russia?
  • What does it mean to be a "foreign agent" in Russia?
  • Tell me about Maria Ressa
  • What are Rappler?
  • Why is human rights under pressure in the Philippines?
  • Who is Rodrigo Duterte?
Task duration: 10-15 min

Let your students work individually with the questions and then discuss their answers with a classmate.

Task duration:

Summarise what you and the class have understood, and what you have not understood. You can work with the latter on another occasion.