Everyone Can Win Game Directions
Materials: Every group will receive an envelope containing a green and
a pink index card.
Object of the Game: To end the game with any positive number of
points. When a group achieves this, all of its members will receive the
same amount of extra credit.
Procedure:
1. The game has six rounds. During each round, you will have a few
minutes to decide whether you want to play a green card or a pink
card. You may send a representative to talk to other groups about what
color each group should play. Once you decide which card to play,
hide that card under one person’s desk. Hide your other card in the
envelope, and put the envelope in the middle of your group of desks.
2. At the end of each round, all groups will be asked to reveal their cards
by quickly holding them up, at the same time.
• If all groups play green, every group will receive positive points.
• If some groups play green and some play pink, groups that played
green will receive negative points, and groups that played pink will
receive positive points.
• If all groups play pink, every group will receive negative points.
3. After each round, you will receive positive or negative points for that
round. The point values double for each round, as follows:
• Round 1: ±1 point
• Round 2: ±2 points
• Round 3: ±4 points
• Round 4: ±8 points
• Round 5: ±16 points
• Round 6: ±32 points
4. After Round 6, groups that ended with a positive number of points
will earn extra credit.
Everyone Can Win
• What emotions did you experience while playing the
game?
• For those of you who played a green card every time,
why did you do that?
• For those of you who played a pink card even once,
why did you do that?
• Why was (or wasn’t) the class able to play the game
so that everyone won?
• Can you think of something from history or real life
that has a similar
dynamic to this game?
•
Based on your experience in the game and what you read in
Chapter 14,
• Why might it have been difficult for workers to form labor
unions?
• Why might workers have wanted to form labor unions, despite
those difficulties?