Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.

Two teams of two students will be players and the other a timekeeper, scorer.

Objective: Students will recognize how categories are created and the diversity within even those categories.

Activity: Break students into groups of five. Two teams of two students will be players and the other a timekeeper, scorer. Play one minute rounds to see who can guess the most categories correctly from the “examples” that his/her teammate gives. Examples given might be “scratchy fabric, your little brother, telemarketers who call at dinnertime” etc. Have winning teams play each other and losing teams play each other. After the second round, the scorekeepers form teams and play each other while those teams that have lost twice become the new scorekeepers. Continue play in this manner until a “winning” team has been found, then award a “prize” to the winning team. This exercise should lead to an awareness of how we categorize things.

Assessment: The ability to form an awareness of the diverse elements involved within any category. A recognition of the similarities which can be the basis of categories.