Twenty Questions

• Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 5-13 / Collaboration / Critical Thinking

A great game in so many ways! Have one player think of an object. The other players will need to ask yes/no questions in an effort to guess what the…

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Try It On

• Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Age 5-13 / Collaboration / Compassion / Conflict Resolution / Connection / Courage / Critical Thinking

n exploring conflict, commit to trying on different perspectives in the conflict. Draw out of a bowl a particular role with an attached explanation. Play that role in teams of…

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Treasure Hunts

• Post category:Age 5-13 / Collaboration / Critical Thinking

Take youth on team treasure hunts. Ask critical questions along the way to solve a problem. With each treasure is a clue to solving the problem. You can have youth…

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Wagonload of Compassion

• Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Compassion / Connection / Critical Thinking

Share individual stories of people in need. Identify what everyone can contribute. Where could we find the needed materials? Together as a group, deliver the donated items to a nearby…

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Think Tac Toe

• Post category:Age 13-18 / Collaboration / Courage

An alternative assessment method that can be used with all grades and subject areas. In the tic-tac-toe 9-square grid, list a variety of activities and projects (simple, more difficult, and…

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What Should We Do?

• Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Compassion / Conflict Resolution / Connection / Courage / Critical Thinking

Show pictures and/or video of certain situations at school and in the surrounding neighborhood. Examples include: seeing garbage on the floor, an elderly person dropping their cane, a person not…

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Thankenstein

• Post category:Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Courage

Adult writes at the top of a blank paper, “I’m so grateful that if I were a monster created by a mad scientist, my name would be Thankenstein.” Give each…

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Technology Blackouts

• Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Commitment / Conflict Resolution

Set aside times during the day when no one in the family touches technology. Turn off all cell phones, televisions, computers, etc. Youth who are always engaged in technology are…

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Where in the World?

• Post category:Age 5-13 / Birth to Age 5 / Collaboration / Compassion / Connection / Critical Thinking

Show youth a variety of pictures of celebrations involving young people from around the world. Place cut-outs of known children/students into the celebration picture (make sure to rotate the pictures).…

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Structured Academic Controversy

• Post category:Age 13-18 / Age 19+ / Collaboration / Compassion / Conflict Resolution / Connection / Courage / Critical Thinking

An opportunity to explore controversial issues and divergent positions and work to reach consensus on what may have happened– highlighting the complexities of particular perspectives, opinions and events. Have youth…

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