🌉 Discovery & Propagation
🌉 Workshop
⏱ 15-20 minutes
Activity 3 - Building Bridges
A barrier is anything that prevents someone from taking part. But for every barrier we can build a bridge. Today you will be a bridge-builder in your school.
Discover
Build
Commit
A concrete example
Steps
→
Ramp
Every barrier has a possible bridge - that's what we're building today.
Step 1 - Choose a barrier to work on
Step 2 - Choose a bridge for it
Step 3 - Your commitment
A real, achievable gesture
Will you try this bridge this week?
✅ Yes, I'll do this
🤔 I'll think about it
🔄 I'll choose a different one
The class Bridge Map
BRIDGE MAP · A SCHOOL FOR EVERYONE
Lesson complete
"We often think inclusion is someone else's job. Today, you built a bridge yourself - and that's how a school becomes everyone's."
What happens in Activity 3
A 15-20 minute Discovery & Propagation activity. Learners choose one barrier from a fixed bank (physical, sensory, social, cognitive), choose a matching bridge from a short menu, commit to trying it, and see their bridge join a collective class Bridge Map.
🎯 Learning objectives
Identify barriers that prevent someone from participating - physical, sensory or social. Propose a "bridge" (solution or action) that includes those being left out. Make a commitment to a concrete, achievable inclusive action.
♿ Accessibility adaptations
- Low vision: use "Read this page aloud" for a full audio pass; "High contrast" sharpens all borders and text.
- Autism (ASD): concrete, literal barrier → bridge pairs; a closed, predictable bridges menu instead of "invent your own" - avoiding ambiguity.
- Cognitive diversity: barrier-bridge pairs are already modelled; few options at a time; partial participation (choosing a barrier only, without committing) is still valued.
🖨️ No-Tech Format
- Paper barrier and bridge cards, with pictogram and texture, to point to or match
- A materials table for building bridges: thick markers, paper, modelling clay, textures
- An individual commitment card, completed by writing, drawing or pictogram
- A paper "Bridge Map" on the wall, where each bridge is posted with equal visibility