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Exercise, Ice-breaker, Name Game/Get to know each other
To find out from which countries and towns do the participants come from and at the same time to give them a chance to say their name in front of the whole group
Distribute the little flags to everybody and ask them to write their name on these flags, then facilitator starts with his/her own flag and pronounces clearly the name, country and town he/she comes from. Then you give the floor to other “volunteers” until everybody is finished with this little introduction. Be aware that pronunciations of different names might be a tricky and that they might require a bit of practice.
You can of course ask additional questions (about their trip, the symbol of their country, etc) to break the ice a bit - this will then of course take more time.
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This tool is for
Any size, as long as it is more than two
and addresses
Group Dynamics
Materials needed:
Big map of Europe, stickers or rope for fixing the map, little flags for each person made out of “Post it” papers, pens for writing
Duration:
30 seconds per person
The tool was created by
Unknown.
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The tool was published to the Toolbox by
Bara Stemper-Bauerova (on 3 July 2003)
and last modified
17 December 2008
Comments
You can also ask participants to draw the map of Europe by themselves. It could provoke the discussion and could be good introduction for Intercultural learning.
If you use Polaroid pictures, you can stick them at the wall and make links to the map.
You can also let the youngsters ask the other partner to scribe the national song and to sing them togheter as an activity later at the campfire
Tonie Lassauw
2008-02-20
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