This activity allows people to learn about each other, and fosters imaginative thinking and story-telling.

The group forms a circle around a volunteer who is standing in the center. Each person, minus the one in the middle, stands at a floor marker. The person in the middle tells the group something about himself or herself, which may or may not be true.  The people forming the circle vote on the truth of the statement with thumbs up or thumbs down.

While having a great time scrambling for a spot and listening to each other's wild and many times truthful stories, the participants will learn about each other and find common ground among their peers. Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction!

In the following module you will learn how to properly set-up and facilitate the activity and then if you wish, move students through an academic and/or social skills development reflection experience.

*This activity has been adapted from the Ice Breakers & Openers CD-ROM of The Inspire! Youth Series from LearningChange, LLC.

Ages
This activity is great for any age!

Group Size
This activity may be facilitated with any size group.

Setting
Any open space indoors or outdoors.

Duration
This activity should take about 10-15 minutes to complete with your group. Budget more time if you wish to go into depth by using any of the extension activities or questions.

General
In this activity, some of the things you will inevitably notice include:

1. Students will have fun getting to know each other.
2. Students will be more comfortable revealing interesting things about themselves under the rules of the game.
3. Students will be active and moving for 5-10 minutes.
   

Academic Standards & Asset Development

For specific academic and social development lessons for this activity, see the Academic Extensions and Social Extensions sections in this module.

This course will walk you step-by-step through the process of setting up and leading this activity, as well as facilitating the conversations and specific academic & social lessons after the experience.

Begin here and move from section to section, and be sure to download and print the activity's PDF Quick Reference Guide and any handouts as you prepare for your event.

Budget about 5-10 minutes to walk through all sections and view all video and written instruction for this course.