Manifestations of ‘otherness’ have always been present in society – their carriers were messages in literature, art, music. Often this subject had pejorative overtones, causing individuals who identified with this term to have lowered self-esteem – the main reason was lack of social acceptance or even ostracism. The activity will prompt students to reflect on the concept of “otherness” as well as social exclusion. Students will have the opportunity to reflect on their own characteristics, indicative of their “otherness”, it will be shown that everyone has the right to respect.

In the presented scenario, which is an inspiration for one’s own teaching activities, exercises were used to integrate knowledge from various humanities subjects in order to better understand the topic of social exclusion.