Taller in Tolerance
Myrtis Mixon – Belgrade, Serbia – 15 April, 2016
Lie To Me
Tell your partner three things about yourself
One must be a lie
What does TT&L say about stereotyping?
Are stereotypes always negative
Why do stereotypes often lead to prejudice?
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Expectations
What are your expectations for our conference?
Write on a post-it note
“I would like . . . “
Post It!
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Life in Lemonland
Each group chooses one lemon
Name your lemon
Poem/Short Song/Motto that celebrates your lemon
Celebrate your lemon
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The Debut
Sing your song/poem or motto to the entire group
All-call, All lemons front and Center!
Admire all the lemons together
Very good, Very good, Yaay!
Send your representative to retrieve your lemon
Tell us how you know this is your lemon
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CHANGE
Things are changing in Lemonland
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Something New
The Supreme Council meets
How does your group respond to New?
Discuss whether to accept/reject New into Lemonland
Chart all reasons for and against accepting New
Make your final decision
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The Verdict
Each group reads the reasons for and against
acceptance with the final decision
Handout 2.3
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Risk Factors
In Intercultural Learning
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Risk Factors – page 4
Self Disclosure
Being Marginalized
Self-Awareness
Embarrassment and Humiliation
Failure
Personal Change and Growth
Identity Loss
Emotional Stress
Alienation
Ambiguity
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Risk Factors – page 4
Discuss with your group:
Which are the highest risk factors in your school
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Break
20 minutes
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Needs Inventory
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Needs Inventory
People often act in response to their own needs
Needs are neutral;
the way in which we fulfill them are not
Translate For/Against chart into a needs inventory
Report to the entire group at least one translation of for and
one translation of against
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Conflict of Needs
Open up AND preservation of our identity
Write in your notebook
What you learned during this simulation
How it relates to what you already know
Your thoughts/feelings - anything you want
Could you use this in your classes?
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Change Gears
My name
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My Name
In class reading methods
Group
Choral
Shadow
Talk about your name with a partner
Write for 5
Write for 5 minutes about your name
And your partners name
Lunch
Lessons in Kindness
Long Journey
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Think Back In Time
A time you felt discrimination or embarrassment, for
being different
Or – when you saw discrimination
Or - when you discriminated against someone else
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An Example from My Life
At the market story
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NON-STOP writing
Prepare the paper to write
Fold in ½, rotate 90, fold ½ again
Rules:
5 minutes
Pen cannot leave the page –
Must not pause to think
If stuck, just write anything “I can’t think, I can’t think”
Read Your Writing
Underline anything significant
Write again with more details/feelings - 3 minutes
Spider Gram
Build a spider gram
Write againif possible, find a conclusion
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Wrap it Up
Write your reflections on the day
Very good, Very good, Yaay!
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Myrtis Mixon
[email protected]
Riomediagroup.com/blanche35now
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