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Better Than Bingo · Classroom Edition
Take a Stand
Choose a spot on a harmless opinion spectrum, hear another view, and move if your thinking changes.
15–20 min8–40 peopleWhole group
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Set the room up for success.
Materials
- Open space or response cards
- Prompt slides
Before you begin
- Choose six genuinely low-cost statements
- Set up seated, written, and digital response options
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What to say
“Choose any point on the line or use a response card from your seat. You may pass. Moving after a good reason is the strongest move in this activity, not losing.”
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Keep it comfortable and useful.
Make room for everyone
- Never require physical movement.
- Read and display prompts.
- Keep statements away from politics, religion, trauma, identity, rights, and students’ real disciplinary experiences.
Watch out for
- The teacher should not announce the correct position.
- Stop debate from shifting from the statement to a classmate’s character.
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For students
Here’s what to do.
- 1
Define the continuum and all participation options.
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Read and display one harmless statement.
- 3
Students choose a position or response card.
- 4
Invite two or three volunteers from different areas to explain briefly.
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For students
Keep going.
- 5
Offer a silent chance to move or revise.
- 6
Repeat for four to six statements and debrief one changed mind.
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Prompt 01
A hot dog is a sandwich.
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 02
It is better to be early than to be right.
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 03
Group projects should include individual grades.
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 04
Days should begin later and end later.
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 05
Public like counts make social media worse.
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Prompt 06
Assigned seats are underrated.
Take a moment to think. Passing or writing instead is always okay.
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Wrap it up
One last thought.
- What kind of reason made you reconsider?
- How can disagreement stay curious instead of personal?