Diversity and Culture

Goals of Diversity!

· To enable people to test their knowledge of some aspects

of diversity in an engaging way

· To learn about diversity and its wide-ranging subject matter

Time Required

A single round (board) of Diversity! can be completed in a 50-minute class session, while a 60- or 75-minute session will accommodate more discussion or two rounds (both boards) of the game.

Materials

The Diversity PowerPoint game attached to your class.

Pre-game Preparation

Open the PowerPoint and select Slideshow>>Start from Beginning. Practice moving back and forth between the questions, the main board, and the Double Diversity board.

1. Once you are ready to play, have the “board” displayed and click one of the cells to reveal a question.

For best results, do not click directly on top of the point designator. Click again and the answer is revealed.

2. To return to the main board, click on the icon in the lower right corner of the screen.

3. To advance to the second board click the small DIVERSITY logo in the top-right of the screen. This should take you to the Extreme Diversity! board (Board 2).

4. You will likely want to familiarize yourself with all of the questions and answers that appear in the Appendix at the end of these instructions.

Prizes

You may wish to hand out low monetary value prizes, like candy or pencils, to

Your contestants either as they answer or at the conclusion of the game. (Your commitment to diversity may be established by providing “diverse” prizes such as chopsticks, or Turkish delight). Prizes of any sort add to the spirit of fun in the classroom.

Game Play:

Read these instructions to the players:

· One team will randomly be selected to choose the first question category and level. Once a question is read aloud, all teams will debate the answer. One team will raise a hand or use his or her assigned team noisemaker when the team is ready to answer.

· I will call on the first team to respond. If they answer correctly, they will receive the number of points indicated, and they will choose the next question category and level. If their answer is incorrect, I will call upon the second quickest team that responded, and so on.

· In the event that no team answers the question correctly, I will give the correct response. The team that chose last still has control of the board and should choose the next question.

· Scores will be recorded and the winner announced at the end of the round. There will be one round of 25 questions (or two rounds of 25 questions each).

· Randomly select a team to choose the first category and level. Display and read

the question they select and call on the first team indicating readiness. You are the judge of whether they answer correctly. If they are correct, have them choose another category and level.

· If no team answers correctly, you should give the correct response and allow the last team that chose to select the next question. For longer classes, move on to the second screen of questions once they have completed the first. The game can be stopped at any point.

NOTES:

If the game is close, use the Double Diversity board. To advance to the Double Diversity board, click the logo in the top-right (above "The Amazing Race") of the main game board. This will take you to the Double Diversity! board (Board 2).

After playing the game, award prizes and discuss with the contestants why they believe they missed some of the questions.