Shoes and Clues

The class should be divided into 6-10 for this game.

1. Everyone takes off one shoe except for one person who is "it."

2. The group picks a historical figure (e.g., Alexander the Great), and then sends it out of the room.

3. The remaining group members agree on which of them will "be" the historical figure.

4. "It" comes back, goes up to one individual in the group, and states one fact about the agree on character (e.g. Alexander won the battle of Gaugamela).

5. If the person they address is not the designated figure, they state a different fact about the designated figure (e.g., Alexander was tutored by Aristotle), and "it" moves on to the next student with another fact (e.g., Alexander's mother was named Olympias).

6. When it picks the right student, that student announces their historic name (I am Alexander) and everyone runs to the middle to grab a shoe. The person who doesn't get a shoe is the next person to be it.

It is not as complicated as it sounds!

--Tonya Kienow