If I Woke Up Tomorrow

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

1 hour and 15 minutes

External Cost

No

Source

Stringer, D. M., & Cassiday, P. A. (2009). If I woke up tomorrow. In 52 Activities for improving cross-cultural communication (pp. 167-170). Intercultural Press. 

Tags:

  1. COIL
  2. comfort with difference
  3. dialogue
  4. empathy
  5. openness
  6. perspective taking
  7. preparation for study abroad
  8. self-awareness
  9. Stringer and Cassiday

We had interesting conversations with domestic students when they contemplated what it would be like if they woke up as an international student in the US, if they woke up as a liberal arts student rather than a STEM student, and if they changed gender.