K.
Self-Evaluation Games
K.2.
Draw Body
on Brown Paper
An
experienced moderator should be responsible for running this exercise.
It is initially very private, but also helps people to get to know one
another on a more than superficial level and will develop a group sense.
This game is good for a group who will be spending 3-4 weeks, or longer,
in one place, e.g.., kibbutz, a camp. This game can later be repeated
weekly, before another activity, allowing 30 minutes each time.
Recommended as an evening program activity, with a relaxed atmosphere,
soft music and lighting.
All
participants receive a 2 meter (or longer) sheet of brown packing paper
and are asked to pair up with a friend, so that they can trace each other’s
body outline on a sheet of brown packing paper. (This is done by having
the participant lie down on the floor while his or her partner traces
his or her body outline on the paper.)
Put on soft music and supply crayons. Ask the participants to draw into
the outline their feelings and experiences.
The moderator goes around the room and asks each person explain what s/he
drew (without feedback).
Variation:
Participants draw their outlines and fill them in weekly, but explain
their drawings
only in the first and last session.
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K.3.
Road Map
An
experienced moderator should be responsible for running this exercise,
as there will be private moments and shared ones which might be sensitive.
A large sheet of paper per person and pencil, or felt-tip pen, are required.
Each person is asked to make a road map of
his or her life so far, beginning with birth and extending to the present.
Each map should somehow show the good places (either scenic, or open road)
or the bad places (bumpy spots, etc.), hospital (road works, etc.). Participants
shoud also include barriers, detours, and the general direction of their
present course.
Each participant then compares his or her
life’s past course with an imagined future, i.e., goals, etc.
- What are these goals
- How will they be achieved?
- What has made the good spots?
The moderator goes around the room and asks each person explain what s/he
drew (without feedback).
Variations:
1. Participants may extend the road map into
the future (conjecture, daydreams)
2. They may construct lists of positive and negative problems and events,
for which they will need to decide on points system, to help them evaluate
their life.
3. The group can role play passing detours, etc.
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