The Melting Pot
A game which makes
participants think
about social inclusion
and multiculturalism
AIMS OF THE TOOL
- to express yourself
- to know each other better
- finding differences and similarities
- memorizing
- being more sensitive yourself and
towards others
DESCRIPTION OF THE TOOL
The Melting Pot
A game which makes participants think about social inclusion and multiculturalism.
5’ Everybody has the same piece of paper
to write 4 words or short sentences on it
secretly answering 4 questions:
1. What is your quality you mainly like
in yourself?
2. What
is the
you mainly dislike
AIMS
OF quality
THE TOOL
in yourself?
- to express yourself
3. What
do you
mainly
like
in other
- to know
each
other
better
people?
- finding differences and similarities
4. What
do you mainly dislike in other
- memorising
people?
- being more sensitive yourself and towards others
You can adapt these questions to a lower
level ofDESCRIPTION
students for example
about
OF THE TOOL
favorite5’colors,
animals…,
and the kind
Warming
up activity:
of food you dislike…
All people stay in a circle and the con15’ When
thesays:
music
starts,
ductor
broke
thismove
circleand
and make
changeanother
your paper
again and
one around
thatagain.
people who….
When the
- hasmusic
blondstops,
hair sit down in a
circle, and
one person
looks at her/his
- is wearing
glasses
paper and
who
the qualities
- wasask
born
inhas
summertime
written,- wears
for example,
standing up
sport shoes
questions
these:
- haslike
blue
eyes
- its own first name begins with letter A/N
etc
- and other possible differences
Each time the participants have to break
the previous circle and make a new one,
until the conductor stops the game.
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