PEOPLE BINGO
Skills
What is it?
This activity can be used as an icebreaker for new groups, as an introduction to a particular topic or as a means of developing communicative skills. It requires movement and communication with numerous others.
Implications for classroom layout
A large space is needed for ease of movement and interaction.
How does it work?
1. Everyone receives a Bingo sheet divided into squares of nine, twelve or sixteen.
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Each square contains a challenge relevant to the topic or purpose of the activity. For example:
Group Icebreaker:
Find three people who have blue eyes.
Find three people who have visited America.
Find three people who have a pet dog.
Topic: Healthy Living
Find three people who cycle to school.
Find three people who eat organic food.
Find three people who drink more than three litres of water per day.
When pupils find a relevant person for a particular statement, they might ask that person two
further questions of their own about the statement in question. This might be a good opportunity for extended discussion. For example:
Topic: Healthy Living
Find a person who eats organic food.
Possible extension questions:
What organic food do you eat?
Why do you eat organic food?
In a debrief afterwards the teacher might ask pupils what they remembered or an interesting thing they learned from another pupil through the extension questions.
If time does not permit for the creation and photocopying of Bingo sheets, the teacher might write numbered sentences onto a board, overhead projector or flip chart. Pupils could then write the numbers down and put the name of the person they find next to the right one.
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