We often use the analogy of lenses in glasses to help young people consider the way they see the world.

Ask particpants to consider the different influences that affect how they see the world. This could include:

- family, friends, religion/belief system, groups I belong to, things I’ve read, images I’ve seen, things I’ve done, things I’ve studied, people I have spoken with…

Explain the analogy of different coloured lenses and ask how these different influences "colour" the way we see the world and the way we respond to information.

• Ask participants to choose a colour for each of the influence they identified and then explain how that lens colours their understanding of different situations (that they come up with or you suggest)
• Ask them to reflect on (or research) the different lenses different people living in the Middle East will be seeing the whole situation through
• You could actually give out different pairs of glasses

Consider exploring (and perhaps deconstructing) different images, accounts or personal testimonies of the conflict.

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