World Travelers

Topics and Competencies

Awareness of Structural Inequality, Knowledge of Identity-General Characteristics of Inequality, Dominant Narratives

Grade Level

Middle Grades, High School, College/Adult

Subject Area Integration

None

Author(s)

Christy Byrd

Source

Adapted from the Program on Intergroup Relations, University of Michigan

Date Created/Most Recently Revised

June 2021

Time

20 minutes

Setting

Type and Level of Engagement

Group Work, Low Engagement

Accessibility

Learning Objectives

• Gain awareness of dominant narratives
• Understand how dominant narratives influence individual choices

Materials

• A room with a large clear space

Instructions

• Ask participants where they would like to travel in the world. Have the participants pretend the floor is a world map and then stand in the locations they would like to visit.
• Have participants say where in the world they are and why they’d like to visit.
• Discuss assumptions about what the world map looks like (which way is North, etc.) and why certain locations are seen as valuable locations.
• Connect assumptions to dominant narratives and how the narratives shape individual choices.

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