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Board games as a tool for Active Citizenship
Board Games
Innovative games for educators
Sensus
Board Game about Mental Health
Welcome to Sensus, a game about feelings and thoughts. It is about how our brain struggles with mental health issues and it offers information about certain disorders.
Theme:
The theme is about mental health and how we can be of support to our own wellbeing and to others in our community.
Main aim:
The players will learn about ways of how to support themselves and others by discussions on scenarios on different mental health issues. There is also information on mental health disorders.
Players:
2 to 5 players including a youth worker/leader
Players should be 13+ years
Link to further resources:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FM4RVYOhzBJa5Ec3U9xmlxTLHzR_a5sn
Sensus by Maria Vella, Bernice Mercieca, Andrea Pavia and Tanja Mravlincic
Toleranzia
Board Game about Tolerance
Welcome to the land of Toleranzia! This game wants to bring notice on issues of intolerance and racism and is played like a regular board game with dice.
Theme:
The themes of the game are intolerance and racism
Players:
The players will learn how to act tolerant and to prevent racism
Number of players: 2 to 4
Age of players: any but more suitable to ages 10-14
Link for resources:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1mGlPj_q5IpSKWiaSEwGeT1Dfy3XzTMRL
Toleranzia developed by
Andreea Andries, Sara Tvarog, Angela Castellanos, Kinga Szewczyk, Dorota Konior, Miruna Dumitru, Leonardo Orlandi
Powwow
Board Game about Communication
Welcome to Powwow! POWWOW is a game about communication. You have to do the teamwork in order to win this game. The first part of the game is about communication where you are not allowed to talk and in the other part you have to discuss different questions altogether.
Number of players: 2-6
Age of the players: 10+
The theme of the game: communication, teamwork What will the learner learn through it: The person who plays this game, learns to communicate more effectively silently and by talking. It also improves your teamwork and listening skills.
Link to resources:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IDTaR4CqYvOmkDgg-PKAUzkwbbKtP_I1
Game created by:
Karolin Aariste, Madli Must, Giovanni Ciccimarra
Sexcitment
Board Game about Sexual Consent
Welcome to Sexcitement!! The players will learn through the game about sexual health, what to do/not to do, how to respect someone else boundaries, to seek help and to talk about things; NO means NO!
The main aim of the game: To win by achieving your secret agenda.
Players:
Number of players: 2-5
Age of the players: 13+
Debriefing questions at the end: about sexual health, boundaries, STD, how to act when facing sexual violence
Link with resources:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1O3ZvhAnEpE3l_OqThBVkpj92m9V2SFim?usp=sharing
Game developed by:
Matija Kelemenič, Kerttu Lehto, Maja Fede, Marina Gonzalez Varga, Mihaela Spiljak
Evadera
Board Game about Youth Motivation
Have you ever been to an Escape Room? This is an innovative way how to play this on a board game, where you need to carry out different tasks and solve puzzles in order to reach the goal. There’s a storyline, that links all the tasks together. You move from one section on the board to another and complete tasks on each section.
Theme:
Active citizenship, media, law enforcement, corruption, inclusion, teamwork, critical thinking, problem-solving.
What will the learner learn through it?
How they can make a change by being an active citizen. About media and fake news. How to cooperate as a team. How to solve conflicts and different tasks.
Players:
Number of players- 3-6
Age of the players- 7+
Any information to be presented before- You need a phone with internet access, a piece of paper and a pen, a timer.
Link with resources:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1eWuY5vKisGJa7JqYckXNKeaSZnlm-vMZ
Game created by:
Marko Oskoruš, Daniela Dimech, Inga Sahlberg, Liia Ots, Diana Balasoiu, Eva Suomalainen
