Activities for group

In my culture studies unit this semester, my tutor has used some various activities in tutorials for us to engage with the unit. I think these activities can be used for other content too.

1. Jelly Bean Activity 

• Purpose: to experience patterns of behaviours and communication through different cultural lenses. 
• each person is given a role. The tipsheet explains clearly that role's cultural value. 
• Each person is given a jelly bean (different colour)
• Each colour represents a position. 
• Position 1: In my shoes / I statement (I believe / I think / I feel) / a group of P1 people, they can never collaborate, just endless debate
• Position 2: In your shoes
• Position 3: Anchored helicopter / participant observer 

2. Hot Potato

• Distribute students into a few groups. Have a few questions to brainstorm. Each group has a mahjong paper to write down the answers. Each mahjong paper is for one question.
• Time and rotate the paper around among groups for others to write down their ideas too. When the first paper each group started with rotates back, each group will present the ideas to the whole class. 

3. The Four Temperaments (Stronger Smarter)

• Teaching about one topic catering to four different personalities. 
• Wombat - writing
• Dolphin - character feelings
• Eagle - diagnostic test
• Kangaroo - outdoor lessons based on same topic
• if children feel honoured to do what they want and interested in, they help each other learn. For example, during wombat lessons, kangaroo might not sit still but wombat say, "kangaroo you are going to get your chance soon...can you focus first" ; kangaroo learns to respect, wombat teachers kangaroo their strength too.

4. Seeking Love Over Fear

• Love Abundance
• Bullying is because of fear
• TO overcome bullying, principal wants children to come in and say how much they love the school, friends or teachers, but not coming in and say how they were bullied...