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Other games you might be interested in ("4 corners" under Ethics-Values, "1-Uninterrupted Minute" under Emotions)

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 * Purpose:** This game is good for giving students a forum to share, reveal, and reflect, but in a very safe and goofy setting.


 * Lesson:** Based on the game show, one person has a "category" they are trying to get the group to say. The rest of the group calls out possible answers as they think of them until someone guesses right. (You may want to show students this example.)

//Example:// If the category is "Things That Embarrass Me," the student might say, "Realizing my fly is unzipped...Wet kisses from my Aunt Bertha...Being called on when I don't know the answer..." and someone might call out, "Things you hate?" The student might continue, "...Being criticized in front of my friends..." "Nightmares you've had?" "No...Being rejected at the dance right in front of my friends..." "Things that embarrass you?" "Yes!"

The attachment below has categories you can use; you can also make up your own.




 * Additional notes:** Understanding the overriding rule that students always, ultimately, have the "right to pass," my rule for this game is "you get the category you get" -- I don't let students cop out and avoid categories they don't like.


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=__Would You Rather?__=


 * Purpose:** To have students make difficult choices ranging from serious to silly.


 * Lesson:** Have students all stand up in the middle of the room. Grab a list of "Would You Rather?"s and read them off to the students one at a time. (You can borrow the book, or make some up yourself, or eventually I'll put up an attachment.) Students will physically move from to one side of the room or the other, depending on how they would answer the question. Take a moment to ask students why they made the choices they did, or discuss any unexpected results.

Examples: ( I took some of these from the Zombondo site)
 * Make a big public idiot out of yourself in one night **//-OR-//** do 50 stupid things all year that only you know about?
 * Have everyone think your spouse is an idiot and a jerk **//-OR-//** that he/she is just really, really ugly?
 * Have 5 bottles stuck on the fingers of one hand for a year **//-OR-//** a bucket stuck on your foot for a year?
 * Be famous for being a genius **//-OR-//** for being good-looking?
 * Have your best friend be attracted to your significant other **//-OR-//** hate them?
 * Be known as a liar **//-OR-//** a snitch?
 * (my favorite with kids) Would you rather be the most attractive, most intelligent, **//-OR-//** most athletic?


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