Web of Connectedness

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

20 minutes

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

This activity was adapted for use by The Program on Intergroup Relations, University of Michigan (2003).

 

LSA Inclusive Teaching Initiative, University of Michigan. (2017, August 16). Web of connectedness. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching-sandbox/wp-content/uploads/sites/853/2021/02/Web-of-Connectedness-Draft.pdf

Tags:

  1. icebreaker

From the LSA Inclusive Teaching Initiative, University of Michigan:

  • "This activity will only work in smaller classes. Keep in mind the diameter of a circle that would fit all of your students and whether or not the room you are in will be big enough for them to arrange themselves in a circle.
  • This activity requires that participants be able to hold the yarn/twine and throw it. If any students have disabilities that affect their ability to participate in this activity, the instructor could alternatively map the conversation on a board or overhead by writing the student’s names in a circle, arranged how they are seated in class, and drawing lines between them as they speak, showing the same web that the use of string would."