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Web of Connectedness
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
During this discussion activity, participants pass around a ball of yarn, twine, or string every time a person speaks. By the end of the activity, there will a web to physically demonstrate the...
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Walk Apart, Walk Together
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants highlight both the similarities they share and the differences between them.
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Voices from the Past (Name Tags)
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity challenges participants to reflect on themselves and their culture while learning more about each other. Participants are provided with a handout, and they write their name, a...
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Thumb Wars
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity enables participants to understand the differences between individualist and collectivist cultures and identify which cultural behaviors align with this cultural value dimension.
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Surprising Sentence
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants practice fostering openness as part of a team, develop comfort with ambiguity, implement a process-driven rather than product-driven collaboration, and engage...
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Speed Friending
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
Much like the well-known concept of speed dating, participants will move around the room asking each other questions to get to know each other.
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Snowball
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
Through this activity, participants develop greater awareness of others' backgrounds and learn to describe their own background in an inclusive manner.
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Ritual
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants experience and discuss feelings of inclusion and exclusion and practice watching and assessing the behavior of others.
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Pick-a-Postcard
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
Participants use this activity to develop goal-setting skills, resolve conflict or establish group norms, and reflect using metaphor and figurative language.
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Personal Identity Wheel, Social Identity Wheel, and Spectrum Activity
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
Personal Identity Wheel challenges participants to reflect on their identities beyond social groups and get to know others in the group. They brainstorm words that describe their personal...
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One Will Get You Ten
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
For this activity, participants generate and share ideas for solving a specific problem or exploring a topic.
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Newton
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants practice negotiating a win-win solution while learning how to manage conflict and competition.
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Miniature Metaphors
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants reflect on goal-setting, create group norm agreements, learn to resolve conflict in effective ways, and appreciate the individual strengths and positive attributes of...
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Meet the Trainer
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants assess how a person's personal appearance and culture influence our assumptions or biases.
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Mapping My Cultural Values
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity can be used as a discussion starter between two participants, where they use their cultural value maps to identify the similarities and differences between their cultures.
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Magic Spelling
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
The facilitator will perform a mathematical card trick and then encourage participants to dig beneath the surface of the trick through asking questions. Then, participants will connect their...
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Lemons
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity challenges participants to interrogate stereotypes and recognize how individuals are unique. Each participant will be given a lemon and asked to closely examine it and note its unique...
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Intercultural People Bingo
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
This activity enables participants to share information about themselves, learn about others in the group, and actively move around the room and engage with others. It's a classic icebreaker...
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Icebreaker Grab Bag
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
University of Michigan LSA Inclusive Teaching Initiative offers a variety of icebreakers that can be used to build community in a classroom setting.
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I Am Poems
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22 Feb 2021 |
Posted by Annette Benson
In this activity, participants write short poems where each line begins with “I Am,” which will allow them to describe what’s most important to the formation of their identities.
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