Vol. XII No. 2
January 2000



Editorial

Cooperative? Competivite?
Or Individualistic?


Classroom Building
and Teambuilding
Activites

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Classroom building and teambuilding activities

Source: Abrami, P.C., Chambers, B., Poulsen, C, DeSimon, C, D'Apollonaia, S. & Howden, J. (1995). Classroom Connections. Harcourt Brace & Company.

Ice Breaker Activities

  • Human Treasure Hunt - "find someone who..."- (also known as Human bingo and people search) This activity asks members of a group to find out a bit more about their classmates by finding a person who corresponds to a variety of descriptions (e.g., find someone who… has lived in another country, is afraid of heights, likes to garden, etc.)
  • Name Cards - Students are given name tags on which they indicate their own name in the middle and then words representing a variety of information that they wish to share about themselves (e.g., their birthplace, a favorite activity, a memorable event) in each of the four corners. After the sharing time, students are then grouped and asked to decide on a group name based on things they have in common.
  • Appreciation and Trust Activities

  • Uncommon commonalties - Both an activity for exploring diversity and building team identity, this small group discussion activity pushes a team to determine a tight connection that binds all members together (e.g., we all dislike peas, we all sing in the shower, etc.)

  • Star Discoveries - the objective of this activity is to find five reasons that a certain group member deserves recognition without asking that person. Each group member is given a person to research and they are permitted to ask everyone in the class questions about that person except the given person!

    Goal and Norm Setting Activities

  • Class contract - brainstorm a list of things that happen in the classroom which make it difficult to learn and from that list come to a consensus on a series of "We will…" statements which becomes the official classroom contract to be posted on the wall.
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