This is a Disaster! (15 minutes)
Form table groups of between eight and ten
individuals. Explain that in the activity they will have the
chance to decide together what they might take with them from
their homes in the case of an imminent forest fire. Because
this activity moves quickly, young children may want to
partner with older children, youth or adults.
Distribute paper and pens/pencils to all participants. Ask
participants to quickly list all the possessions they would
take with them to a safe place if a forest fire was coming.
Ask them to put no more than 10 items on their lists. One
note: because they will be traveling to safety with other
folks, evacuation space will be limited. So each partner will
need some help in deciding what to take. After about two
minutes, move through the rounds of this experience quickly.
Round One: Ask participants to
trade their list with a partner. Directions: “Partners, take
off the list two things that are not essential for survival.”
Round Two: Partners exchange the
lists back. Directions: “We just found out that the evacuation
must begin within the next few minutes. Cross off two more
items that you will leave behind because the forest fire is
threatening our town.”
Round Three: Partners trade
papers one more time. Directions: “Cross off three more things
because they won’t be helpful to others.”
Round Four: Direct table groups to reform around
their tables, with partners still holding on to each other’s
list. Ask the partners to share with the group the three
things that are left on the list they are holding. Now comes
the hard question: Ask the table group to decide quickly
whether the participant who first formed that list would
survive the natural disaster.
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