Diversity bingo
Duration
30-45min
Age Group
13 - 14
15 - 16
15 - 16
Objectives
Promotion of EU citizenship, EU and democratic values and human rights
Enhancement of empathy outside school (friends, family, strangers
Development of empathic behavior at school
Enhancement of empathy outside school (friends, family, strangers
Development of empathic behavior at school
Needed material
Diversity bingo sheet (https://www.docdroid.net/qD6eZ0h/diversity-bingo-keycode-docx).
Emotional Intelligence Areas
Self-awareness
Social skills
Social skills
Description
Have you ever imagined what the world would be like if people who lives around you, would be exactly the same as you are? Their appearance, age, personality traits, gender…? There is a high possibility we would quickly began to get bored in that kind of world.
In fact, (and fortunately) nature offers us an unimaginable variety and diversity of all kinds living beings, as well as our society is much more diverse than the one we tried to imagine at the beginning. Precisely because of so much variety and diversity our brains begin to simplify and “drain” through a process called stereotyping. Diversity bingo is a quick and easy activity that helps to start a discussion on diversity, stereotyping, prejudices and discrimination.
Activity aims to encourage the perception of diversity in the classroom,
reflection on it and what it can mean to participants themselves and others
around them.
Certain stereotypes and observations or even prejudices may arise during this activity. Address them at the end of the activity during the discussion (debriefing questions may help you). Also pay attention to the emotions of the participants, which could be stigmatized due to certain issues. Use the activity only in groups that you know enough and with which you work continuously or you have enough time to monitor their responses closely even after the implementation of the exercise.
In fact, (and fortunately) nature offers us an unimaginable variety and diversity of all kinds living beings, as well as our society is much more diverse than the one we tried to imagine at the beginning. Precisely because of so much variety and diversity our brains begin to simplify and “drain” through a process called stereotyping. Diversity bingo is a quick and easy activity that helps to start a discussion on diversity, stereotyping, prejudices and discrimination.
Activity aims to encourage the perception of diversity in the classroom,
reflection on it and what it can mean to participants themselves and others
around them.
Certain stereotypes and observations or even prejudices may arise during this activity. Address them at the end of the activity during the discussion (debriefing questions may help you). Also pay attention to the emotions of the participants, which could be stigmatized due to certain issues. Use the activity only in groups that you know enough and with which you work continuously or you have enough time to monitor their responses closely even after the implementation of the exercise.
Lesson Plan
PREPARATION FOR THE ACTIVITY:
Print “diversity bingo” sheets, prepare space/classroom (arrange the chairs in a large circle and move the tables away so you can involve all participants in the discussion). You may also adjust the sheet according to the diversity of the group.
STEP 1
Distribute a sheet “diversity bingo” to all of the participants (see “needed material”).
Tell them they will now be given the task to walk around the class and find as many people as possible correspond to the statements in the boxes, and then put their name in a single box. The names of the persons should be
different in each box - one and the same person
could be used only twice, but s_he could use him_her own example only once.
STEP 2
Set rules for the bingo. You can choose the opportunity for participants to compete. In this case the game ends when someone fills all the boxes in
line horizontally / vertically, while calling
“BINGO!”. Or you let the activity lasts so long that just about everyone fills their own"BINGO".
If you want to make the activity a little harder and at the same time
to make it even more fun, ask them to find people that fit into boxes without talking, using only facial expressions and body language and pantomime to ask and answer questions.
Print “diversity bingo” sheets, prepare space/classroom (arrange the chairs in a large circle and move the tables away so you can involve all participants in the discussion). You may also adjust the sheet according to the diversity of the group.
STEP 1
Distribute a sheet “diversity bingo” to all of the participants (see “needed material”).
Tell them they will now be given the task to walk around the class and find as many people as possible correspond to the statements in the boxes, and then put their name in a single box. The names of the persons should be
different in each box - one and the same person
could be used only twice, but s_he could use him_her own example only once.
STEP 2
Set rules for the bingo. You can choose the opportunity for participants to compete. In this case the game ends when someone fills all the boxes in
line horizontally / vertically, while calling
“BINGO!”. Or you let the activity lasts so long that just about everyone fills their own"BINGO".
If you want to make the activity a little harder and at the same time
to make it even more fun, ask them to find people that fit into boxes without talking, using only facial expressions and body language and pantomime to ask and answer questions.
Assessment
We invite participants to the circle where we adress how they experienced the activity. We help ourselves with the following questions:
- How do you feel after this activity?
- What did you think about this activity? Was it difficult, easy? Why?
- Have you ever thought of a certain person for the specific box, That would fit the description? Why do you think that happened?
- In what way did you then approach this persons?
- Have you ever been (cheated) by a feeling?
- How would you explain the concept of diversity? What are your thoughts and feelings about diversity in your class? What about our society?
- How do people behave in real life? Does it ever happen that we predict how people are even before we know their stories?
- How would you explain what a stereotype is? Which stereotypes about different social groups do you know?
- How can a generally prevalent stereotype about some social group influence ours behavior towards a member of this social groups?
- Is there anything you would/will do different after this activity?
- How do you feel after this activity?
- What did you think about this activity? Was it difficult, easy? Why?
- Have you ever thought of a certain person for the specific box, That would fit the description? Why do you think that happened?
- In what way did you then approach this persons?
- Have you ever been (cheated) by a feeling?
- How would you explain the concept of diversity? What are your thoughts and feelings about diversity in your class? What about our society?
- How do people behave in real life? Does it ever happen that we predict how people are even before we know their stories?
- How would you explain what a stereotype is? Which stereotypes about different social groups do you know?
- How can a generally prevalent stereotype about some social group influence ours behavior towards a member of this social groups?
- Is there anything you would/will do different after this activity?
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TESTING AND ASSESSMENT