David

Game- "Survivor"

I got the inspiration from a graduate class I am taking on communication in the classroom, my professor played this game to make a point on how we often judge people by their looks.

1. We played the "Survivor" game complete with rainforest music playing in the background.
2. He made a game grid on the wall with paper and tape and the wall was the cloth type you can pin to so you would need to adapt.
3. Down the left side were spaces for the tribe names, across the top were the list of tasks, task 1, task 2 etc.
4. The class was divided into tribes of about 5-6 each, you could make yours smaller if need be.
5. Each team was given an envelope with a list of the tasks and pictures of different types of people, enough for 1 per task.
6. First each tribe made up a name using I believe it was initials from their names or you could make them choose the tribes of israel or one of the disciples or something such as that.
7. Each tribe had the same tasks and it was not a competition but cooperative.
8. They had to read the tasks and pick the picture of the person they felt could best do each job, no one could do 2 jobs and they pinned their pictures next to their name on the grid under the task list on the wall.
9. Then the class discussed why they had chosen the particular people they had and how we often judge people superficially.
10. I immediately thought of the story of the Anointing of David.
11. However the Survivor game could be played in other ways too, matching the correct person to his part of the story or something like that for other bible stories.
12. Some of the tasks were such things as building fire, running for something, weaving etc. Be creative he sure was.

BTW, he is very flattered when you adopt his ideas. His name is Alan South and he teaches at Indiana University Southeast. In the last class I took with him the whole class took on the challenge and came up with about every game show spoofs to teach chapters from our books, so be creative.

SheilaB