7 - Activity Treasure Chest
A range of generic activities to use at various stages of the project planning process.
| ACTIVITY | PURPOSE |
| Balloon Debate | To help Scouts to think about issues and form opinions on them. The issues and the opinions formed are then discussed in a group. |
| Balloon Prayers | To help Scouts develop empathy and write short prayers on behalf of others. |
| Circle Discussion | To help Scouts express their views and opinions and listen to the views and opinions of others. |
| Circle Game | To provide information on a topic and help the Scouts to make decisions and express their views. |
| Diamond Ranking | To help Scouts discuss a topic and the relative importance of different aspects of the topic. |
| Flow Charts | To help Scouts to organise information in a logical way and think of the cause and effects of different actions. |
| Interviews | To help Scouts to obtain information from someone who has experience or expertise in a certain topic. |
| Just a minute | To help Scouts to share views and opinions on a subject and organise their thoughts |
| Who are the lucky ones? | To provide information and help Scouts to develop empathy on a given topic. |
| Newspapers and Magazines | To help Scouts gather information on a topic, consider how the topic is presented in the media (local, national and/or international) and the impact this has on the opinions that will be formed in the public. |
| Opinion Lines | To help Scouts form and express views on a subject. |
| Photo Images | To help Scouts to think about and form views on a subject. |
| Problem letters | To help Scouts to explore difficult issues and develop a response to these issues. |
| Producing Media | To help Scouts to research a topic, form opinions and provide information which will educate others in a lively and informative way. |
| Questionnaires | To help Scouts to obtain information or test opinions from a group of people. This will help the Scouts to think carefully of the information that they want and then write questions to obtain this information. |
| Reading Photos | To help Scouts discuss a subject with their peers and express their opinions or views on it. |
| Run Around Quiz | To test Scouts knowledge and provide information on a given topic |
| True False Game | To help Scouts consider a topic and express an opinion on it. |
| What Happens Next? | To help Scouts consider difficult situations and develop empathy for people who find themselves in the given situation. It can also help Scouts to learn about decision-making as they realise that more than one set of actions is possible in a given situation. |
