Agenda
1. Check in students (Highs/Lows, Aha! Moment)
2. What is open-minded?
3. Activity & Discussion.
2. What is open-minded?
3. Activity & Discussion.
What is open-minded?
Read out loud.
Open minded is the willingness to consider new ideas and perspectives, even if they are different from your own. It's an important skill for everyone to have as we interact with one another. One challenge that blocks many people from having an open mind is the labels that we give one another. Labeling can impact our open-mindedness and our perspective of one another. In today’s challenge, I’m going to stick a random label to everyone’s forehead. Then you’ll all walk around and talk to each other. Make sure to speak to and treat other people according to their labels. For example, if somebody has “loyal,” you might thank them for always being your friend, even during hard times.
Open minded is the willingness to consider new ideas and perspectives, even if they are different from your own. It's an important skill for everyone to have as we interact with one another. One challenge that blocks many people from having an open mind is the labels that we give one another. Labeling can impact our open-mindedness and our perspective of one another. In today’s challenge, I’m going to stick a random label to everyone’s forehead. Then you’ll all walk around and talk to each other. Make sure to speak to and treat other people according to their labels. For example, if somebody has “loyal,” you might thank them for always being your friend, even during hard times.
Activity & Discussion
Today your advisory is to create
Needed Materials: Sticky notes, something to write with
Before the activity begins, write one positive label on each sticky note (see list below)
Needed Materials: Sticky notes, something to write with
Before the activity begins, write one positive label on each sticky note (see list below)
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Instructions:
- Stick a random sticky note label to each student’s forehead. Don’t take your label off, and don’t tell other people what label they have!
- Have students spend about 5 minutes circulating the room and talking with each other about a general topic (for example, what they did over the summer or how school is going).
- Make sure each student talks to several different people, and that students treat each other according to their labels. For example, if someone has the label “good at science,” other people should try to work science into the conversation.
- After 5 minutes, have the class stop talking and call on students to guess what their labels were.
- How does it feel when someone labels you with negative words, like “careless,” “mean,” or “lazy”?
- Are the labels people put on each other always fair? Why or why not?
- Why is it important to interact with each other with an open mind?
- Is it easy or hard to be open-minded with people you know? How about people you don't know?
- What kind of changes do you think would happen if more people where open minded?