Objectives: Students will be able to define teamwork.

Rules:
1. You should always be at volume level 1 when you are talking in your groups.
2. You must always stay with your team.
3. You must respect all other students and raise your hand when you want to talk in your
group.
4. All the other class rules must be followed at all times.
Pre-Activity:
Where have you seen teamwork before?
Cricket Team, Football Team, Teachers working as a team.
What does it mean to be a team?
ESR: To be able to work together to succeed. Teamwork means we have to be able to work together
to share a common goal.
Activity:
PART 1
Set up a 'mine field' using chairs, bags, tables, or any other object that could potentially be an
obstacle and trip someone up. Leave enough space between the objects for someone to walk
through.
Next, get a pair of students. Pay attention to who you match with whom. This is a perfect
opportunity to work on relationships, so you might want to put together people who have trust
issues with each other.
Blindfold one person, the 'mine walker' – this person is not allowed to talk. Ask his or her partner to
stay outside the mine field, and give verbal directions, helping the mine walker avoid the obstacles,
and reach the other side of the area.
The directions has to be in English and it cannot be simple left, right, back or forward. It has to be
something like a secret code. You decide on it and instruct accordingly.
Before you begin, allow partners a few minutes to plan how they'll communicate. Then, make sure
there are consequences when people hit an obstacle. For example, perhaps they have to start again
from the beginning.
(20 min)
I do, We do, You do.
Post-Activity:
Questions to the volunteers:
How did it feel when you could not use your eyes?
What happened during the game?
How did your group work together?
If your group were to do the game again, what would you do differently?
Questions to the rest of the class:
Which team performed better?
What did that team do better than the other?
PART 2
Put students in groups with piece of paper and pen. Each group is to brainstorm 3 to 5 words that
mean teamwork to them. (5 minutes)
Go over some of the words on the front board.
PART 3
Each group is to come up with their own definition of teamwork – in a sentence or two what does
team work mean to them. (5 minutes)
Go around the class ask each group to read their definition.
PART 4
Each group will come up with three guidelines for working in groups which will help all groups
succeed. (5 minutes)
Closing:
Accept the answers that the students give and put them up on a chart on the wall.