The Silly & The Serious: A Satirical Look at Fairness

10. Reduced Inequalities
Drama
Grades 5-8
30-60 Minutes

Materials Needed

  • • Classroom or performance space
  • • Simple staging elements (chairs, tables, risers)
  • • Simple costumes and props (Optional)
  • • Whiteboard or projector
  • • Markers, pens
  • • Notebooks or paper

Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

You can find an introduction to Goal 10, as well as the Targets & Indicators, Objectives, and Action Planning Resources on the Goal overview page.

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Introduce Global Goal 10 and satire as humor/exaggeration to make serious points about problems, helping people notice and want change.

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Exaggeration Exercises Warm Up

Students practice exaggerating movements and voices for different scenarios to understand satirical technique.
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Unfairness Fable Cards

Groups receive cards with Character, Unfair Rule, and Silly Solution prompts, brainstorm satirical scene ideas.
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Explore Satirical Techniques

Review exaggeration, humor with point, and clear message for using satire to highlight unfairness while proposing solutions.
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Create Satirical Scenes

Groups create short satirical scenes showing unfair rule, using exaggeration/humor to make point about Global Goal 10.
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Share and Discuss

Groups perform satirical scenes, audience discusses humor, exaggeration, serious messages, and effectiveness.
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How did satire help you understand inequality issues?
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How can humor be a powerful tool for social commentary?
  • Participation
  • Understanding
  • Effective satire use (exaggeration, humor with point)
  • Reflection on comedy's role in justice

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