1,2,3,4,5 Poisoned Tea Time

Materials/equipment: a soft ball

Space: everywhere
Number of participants: more than 10
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Task description:
We place students sit in a circle and looking inside. One of our players will be
evil servant who carried in his hands a ball to be poisoned tea. Players who
are in the circle must call out 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Poisoned Tea Time and before the
end of that sentence will have to be our servant placed the ball behind one of
our players, and it must run after our servant with the ball and catch him
touching her. Our servant, may be changed to any of our players who are sitting,
so that he will not prosecute our former player.
Norms/rules:
To catch our player will have to touch the ball, not throw it.
Alternatives:
As in the explanation but if the servant is changed by another player, the roles
of the players and this will be the change that will have to catch the other player
(the ball is left on the floor to catch the other one).
Graphic explanation:

History:
The Tea Time is a tradicional British custom where high society people taking
tea at 4 pm. The tea break is a Little break during the hours of work consisting of
15 minutes; where it often takes the teacup, accompanied by a sndwich,
cookies and crackers.
Before tea was introduced in the UK, the English had two main meals: breakfast
and dinner. The custom of driking tea begin in the eighteenth century, when
people realized dinner later and later and began having a light lunch between
breakfast and dinner. Still, this left some hours between meals. Some members
of the aristocracy were accustomed to have a cup of tea with a snack around
five in the afternoon. This practise gained great popularity spread to other social
clases.
Vocabulary:
-Tea Time: Hora del T
-Poisoned: Envenenado
-Custom: Costumbre
-Meals: Comidas
Questions:
-At what time is the Tea Time in the British Culture?
- Around five in the afternoon.
-Which kind of society take the Tea Time?
-High society.
-What century began the Tea Time?
-Eighteehth century.

Irene Jerez Alba