Team Game: Indian Act

Split the class into two teams of relatively equal size (boys/girls, blue/brown eyes). Tell them
that they will have 20 minutes to compose as many words as they can out of the word
ethnocentrism and that the winning team will get a better mark. Have team A select a
captain however they wish. Team B may choose a captain from the two students with the
shortest hair. Give each team captain a dictionary and keep one for yourself and another
teacher. Team A must check all words with their captain and then every 5 words with you
before they may be added to their official list. Team B must check with their captain as well,
but the captain must get approval from the teacher for every two words, before adding to their
list. The 2nd teacher would ideally be located down the hall. The 2nd teacher must look up
every word, keep a copy of the list and occasionally be too busy to look up each word on
demand. Team B should occasionally be given jellybeans to keep them happy. Call time after
20 minutes and have each team read their list of words from their official lists. Award the
winning team with bogus bonus marks. A reflective writing should be done at this time.
(Fairness, different rules etc.) After the writing is collected discuss what happened. Draw a
brief comparison between Natives and non-Natives and the Indian Act of 1876.