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Going Ga Ga For Global Games Teaching 21st Century Diversity Skills Using Games From Around The World 2011 Booster Conference Saturday April 30th. 2011 Palm Springs, California Rich Keegan Simsbury Public Schools Simsbury, CT. USA 06070 [email protected] 860-658-0451 ext. 279 Going GA GA for Global Games Goals of Diversity Keeping an open mind to differing points of view and opinions and be willing to include non-traditional people in all aspects of a class, group, or organization. Diversity Characteristics 1. Ethnicity 6. Sexual orientation 2. Age 7. Religious Beliefs 3. Gender 8. Marital Status 4. Physical Ability 9. Grade 5. Family income 10. Activity/Social/Sport/Academics Diversity Skills 1. Accepting people the way they are. 2. Listening to someone else’s perspective. 3. Challenging your own beliefs. 4. Confronting someone who has made an inappropriate comment. 5. Talking to someone not like you. 6. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. 7. Come to a compromise with someone else. 8. Treat everyone the same. 9. Find something you have in common with someone else 10. Make it fun for someone different than you. Diversity Games List 2011 Team Games Hurling-Ireland (Tennis Polo)* Touch Rugby (Europe/Austriala/New Zealand)* Gaelic football (Ireland)* French Capture the Flag (Canada) Olympic Team Handball (Speed Ball)* Bokwele Africa (Zaire) Catch Your Tail/Dragons Tail(Nigeria/China) Fisherman (Africa/Ghana) Da Ga (Bo Constrictor) (Africa-Ghana) Chinese ball (China) Ga Ga (Israel)* Cat and Mouse (Philippines) Buka Ball (Thailand)^ Monkey Ball (UK) Gilla Danda (Yemen/Northern India) Chinese Rock, Paper, Scissors Tag Games Pakistan (Up and Down-oonch neech) Kabaddi (Asia-India/Bangladesh)* Wolf Chase ( North American Plains Indians) Two Person games Matkot/ paddle ball (Israel)* Ball badminton (India)* Fun Birds/Shuttlecock Hackie (Jianzi-china)* Afghan Kite Fighting (Afghanistan) Water/Cup/Rock Olympics (Singapore) Chinese Fingers (China) Down, Down, Down (New Zealand)^ Tillikum ( Chinook First Nation) Diversity Activities Poker face/ 21 (Michele Cummings-Playing with a full deck) Country Pink lemonade (Mark Collard-No Props) * These games can be viewed on www.Youtube.com ^ These games can be viewed on www.passport2play.com Resource List Books Acuff, Frank. How to Negotiate Anything with Anyone Anywhere Around the World. 3rd ed. American Management Association, New York, NY. 2008 Bucher, Richard. Diversity Consciousness. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 3rd edition, 2010 Cain, Jim & Jolliff, Barry. Teamwork & Team Play. Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa. 1998. Cavert, Chris, Evans, Faith, Sikes, Sam. The More The Merrier. 351 County Road, Liberty Hill, Texas. 2007 Chappelle, Sharon & Bigman, Lisa. Diversity In Action. Project Adventure Inc. 1998. Collard, Mark. No Props. Project Adventure Inc. 2005. Cummings, Michelle, Playing With A Full Deck. Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa. 2007. Eichinger, Robert & Lombardo, Michael. FYI For Your Improvement. A guide for Development and Coaching. Lominger International 4th edition, 2006 Gessford, Mike & McGlamery, Justin. Focus Your Locus. Wood & Barnes, 1st edition, 2010 Hopson, Darlene & Hopson, Derek & Clavin, Thomas. Juba This & Juba That, Fireside, New York, NY. 1996 Horowitz,Gayle. International Games, Building Skills Through Multicultural Play. Human Kinetics, 2009 Macfarlan, Allen & Paulette. Handbook of American Indian Games. Dover Publications, 1958 Shoemaker, Fred. Extraordinary Golf- The Art of the Possible. Berkley Publishing Group, New York, NY. 1996 Other Resources AMA Seminars, American Management Association, Saranca Lake, NY. June 2008. HR Magazine, Society for Human Resources Management. Sept.2007, Nov. 2008, Jan. 2008 CIA World Fact Book. www.cia.gov. www.youtube.com and www.passport2play.com Simsbury High School Student Make-up Diversity Research Assignments. Going Ga Ga for Global Games Music List Music can be found on ITunes Name of Song Album Artist Allaalik One World Mo’Rockin Alwan Arabic One World Mo’Rockin Better man Songs around world Playing for change Chanda Mama Songs around world playing for change A change is gonna come Songs around the world Playing for change Chinese Music lava Continent faultage Distance Realize Karsh kale Do your Best Femi Kuti Definitive Collect Femi Kuti&Mos Def Don’t Worry Songs around the world Playing for change Habib Daharabic One World Mo’Rockin King without a crown youth Matisyahu Learn to live Learn to live Darius Rucker Mina Arabic One World Mo’rockin One Day Light Matisyahu One Love Songs around the world playing for Change One tribe The E.N.D Blacked Eyed Peas Stand bye me Songs around the World Playing for change Talking bout a revolution Songs around the World playing for change Olympic Theme Fredrick Fennel Olympic fanfare Boston Pops Poker face lady Ga GA Just Dance Lady Ga ga Flag Wavin Knaan Ghetto Indai Arie Wild World of sports theme Traditional Afghan Kite Runner soundtrack rubabAfghan Kite runner sound track Africa fela Kuti Jewish Hip Hop Jewda Maccaabi War/no more trouble songs around the world playing for change Welcome to the future American Saturday night Brad Paisley .