Description

Participants will play a trivia game based on descriptions and zoomed-in photos of landmarks, food or other distinctive items from around the world.

 

Number of participants 

For any number of participants

 

Space considerations

An indoor space where participants can be seated to do an activity

 

Competencies

  • Team building
  • Communication
  • Research and information gathering
  • Critical thinking
     

Materials

  • Projector/laptop to display the activity
  • Book display on related topics
  • Pencil (optional)

 

Preparation 

  • Prepare a display of books about world landmarks, cultures, etc.
  • If doing activity in teams, you may print the scoreboard slide to tally points.
     

Implementation

  • Play provided trivia presentation from the beginning. 
    • Ten mixed-difficulty trivia questions
      • Present each question, then wait for participants to answer
      • Click to proceed to the answer
      • To extend the challenge, click the video timer to start a one-minute countdown for each question.
    • Two bonus questions
      • Quick recall question
      • Six flag/country matchups
    • Recommended reads
       

Accessibility considerations

  • Describe each image as you present: “I’m looking at an image of a green-yellow ball-shaped item with small spikes on it. What could it be?”
  • Read each slide aloud. The text and images are complementary, but the descriptions will often provide enough information to answer the question.
  • Consider presenting only selected slides to keep the activity shorter.
  • Use a microphone.

 

Book suggestions

  • A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
  • Good Food, Bad Waste: Let’s Eat for the Planet by Erin Silver and Suharu Ogawa
  • Harvest Days: Giving Thanks Around the World by Kate DePalma and Martina Peluso
  • Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World by Judy Campbell-Smith and Lucy Semple
  • If You Were a City by Kyo Maclear and Francesca Sanna
     

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