Description
Students learn more about each other and their differences.
Supplies
- No supplies needed
How to Play
- Have students stand in a circle.
- Announce a topic. Students find someone who has a different answer than them and link arms with that person.
- The goal is to make a circle with everyone included, having everyone linked to another student with a different answer than them.
- Once the circle is completed, announce your answer to the topic.
- Call on several students to share their answers, making sure that the students they are linked to have different answers.
- Possible topics to use:
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- Favorite TV show
- Favorite season
- Favorite animal
- Favorite candy bar
- Favorite sport
- Favorite color
- Favorite fruit
- Favorite subject
Activity Prompts for Reflection
- What was something new you learned about someone else in the group?
- How difficult was it to find a different answer than someone else?
- What is one thing you had in common with someone else?
- Why is it important to learn more about different people?
Other Ways to Play
- To make it easier, allow students to find a partner who has a different answer than theirs for each of the categories instead of linking the entire group together. After each round, allow a few groups to share what their partner’s answer was to the topic.
- Increase the speed at which you announce the different topics and see how quickly students can link up.
- Make it more challenging by having students link up with someone different for each round. This will only work if you have a large group.
Additional Notes
- Use the SEL Activity Prompts to tie other SEL competencies to this activity.
