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Description

Taken from The Scouts website - idea for helping complete Race Around the World fundraiser

Resources

You will need:

International flags and facts sheets
International snacks
Access to a printer
Access to a laminator
Bowls, enough for one for each person

Instructions

Before you begin
1. Make sure you’ve risk assessed your meeting.
2. Colour code the facts – you could print them onto different coloured paper, or use a sticky dot (or pens) to mark coloured spots.
3. Put the resources into old plastic wallets to make them easy to clean.
4. Cut up the sheets and hide the facts and the flags around the space (depending on where you’re meeting, this could be your meeting place or outside).
5. Gather and hide your snacks. As an example, France could be chestnut spread, India kashmiri mix, Spain chorizo, Iceland Skyr yoghurt, and Egypt falafel (to represent ta’meye). Make sure they’re separated into individual bowls so everyone has their own.

Safety checklist
Use the Safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity.
1. Place the food into individual bowls to reduce the risk of cross-contamination.

Play the game
1. Everyone should split into five teams. Each team should stay distanced and the person leading the game should tell each team which colour they’re looking for.
If anyone has any dietary requirements, try to make sure they’re given a colour for a country they can eat the snack for.
2. The person leading the game should count to three in a language of their choice, then each team should try to find the four facts in their colour.
3. Remind everyone to stay a safe distance apart from each other as they look for the facts, flag, and snacks.
4. Once a team’s found four facts, they should decide what country their facts are about. Once they’ve decided, they should hunt for their flag and snack.

Share facts
1. Once everyone’s found their flags and snacks, they should sit in a socially distanced circle to enjoy their snacks and talk about what they’ve learned.
2. Each team should share some of the facts from their country.
3. Everyone should try saying the greetings in the different languages. If they want to, anyone who speaks other languages at home could share some greetings with everyone else.

Reflection
This activity reminded everyone that they’re local, national, and international citizens. What was the most interesting thing they learned? People could share their ideas if they haven’t already. Why do people think it’s important to learn about other countries and cultures? As well as being fun, it makes it easier to be friends with people from those countries and cultures, and people from different backgrounds can teach people new things too.

Tags

• international

Badge Links

• International - Flags
• International - Food
• International - Greeting