Students receive a hand-out and are asked to list the five people they trust most besides their relatives; their “circle of trust”. They fill in the rest of the hand-out by listing each person’s characteristics: gender, age, ethnicity, political views, sexuality, social economic class, etc.
What patterns do they notice? Are they missing perspectives in their circle?
This exercise can also be a good starting point for a conversation about the existence and validity of these categories.
Mixed Classroom phase?
Phase 1: SensitizingMixed Classroom strategies?
Explore values and assumptionsExploring own frame of reference
For which total group size?
Between fifty and one hundredUp to fifty
Up to twenty five
How to execute: Individual or in groups?
IndividualSmall group (2-4 pers)