This lesson is meant to stimulate participants’ attitudes of intercultural curiosity. Participants will create crossword puzzles based on prompts that highlight certain aspects of culture, such as religious beliefs, food preferences, and nonverbal communication gestures. Then, they will choose a partner and try to solve each other’s puzzles.

There are several online crossword building resources for facilitators/instructors to choose from in the Links and Downloads sections of this tool. Participants can also exchange and complete crossword puzzles virtually.