Globingo

AUDIENCE

a class of pupils from 14 to 18

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

To become aware of local and global ties

To be able to observe different contexts and different points of view

TIME

15 minutes

NECESSARY MATERIALS

Globingo sheets for each participant

Pens

STEP-BY-STEP DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY

  1. Ask the students to find one person for each theme. The objective is to have the highest number of different countries. When one person has completed the names, he/she can say “Globingo!”

 

  1. Debriefing:

 

Was it hard to find somebody in each theme?

Did you learn something you didn’t know about your friends?

What do you know about these countries: where they are, how they are, those who live there, what people do there?

RECOMMENDATIONS / TIPS

As an introduction to globalization and multicultural approach, you can use this short and dynamic activity.

 

To continue further, you can use the activity « The map is not the territory ».

REFERENCES

www.geography.org.uk/download/GA_1119TopTenGlobingo.pdf

APPENDIX

Globingo handout