CHARACTER EDUCATION

ACTION PLAN FORM 2013-2014

Class
Semester

: S10-12
:1
Month: November

week: 3

Date: 17 November 2014

Pillar of Character : Model Citizenship

Value
: Interdependence
Objective
: Students are able to understand that their actions may have some unanticipated
consequences toward others, and vice versa.
Method
: Interdependency Game
Opening
1. Homeroom teacher greets the students
2. Homeroom teacher asks students to do Character movement
3. Homeroom teacher explains that the topic is Interdependence
Main activity
1. Clear the room from tables and chairs, then divide the class into group A and B.
2. Ask for 2 volunteers. Stand them side-by-side at one end of the room.
3. Explain that they are going to take it in turns to decide whether to take one step
forward, two steps forward or one step back. Remind them to take very small steps.
4. Their aim is to get to the other side of the room, but their actions may have some
unanticipated consequences.
5. DO NOT say that it is a competition. Neither should you say that it is not a competition
simply say that the aim is to get to the other side of the room. If participants ask
directly if its a race, say not necessarily.
6. Person A should go first. In every case, person A should advance the number of steps
they have chosen and person B should move according to the rules detailed below.
These rules should NOT be explained to participants in advance but announced by the
teacher at each stage:

Activiti
es

Two steps forward: causes person B to take 2 steps forward too.

One step forward: causes person B to take 2 steps forward.
One step back: causes person B to take one step forward.

7. Person B should also progress according to the number of steps they have chosen. The
rules of the effect of this on person A are different, however:

Two steps forward: causes person A to take one step back.

One step forward: causes person A to take one step forward too.
One step back: causes person A to take one step forward.

Source
Note

8. It should quickly become clear that person B has all the power in the game. Whatever
person A does, B will also advance. B can choose whether to allow A to take single
steps forward alongside him, or whether to race to the other end regardless of A.
9. If time allows, do this game two or three times to see if theres a difference.
Closing
Homeroom teacher guide the students to draw out the following points:
We live in an interdependent world decisions taken in the West necessarily have
implications in developing countries, especially when it comes to development and
world trade.
Sometimes it almost seems as if it is treated as a competition, with countries racing to
be the most developed, the richest or the most technologically advanced.
If participants have treated it as a competition, point out that you did not say that it
was a competition! They could have worked together and both got to the end of the
room at the same time.
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GPM, November 2014

Character Education Team