APPENDIX II: Warm up Activity Can we do it? Duration: 5-10 minutes Objectives: • For participants to think about how our ability to do certain things is challenged from different restrictions. Materials: Slips of paper with the items in #3 of the instructions written on them Instructions: 1. Divide the participants into four groups of around 4-7 people in each group (if you have more than 28 people you can have more than four groups) 2. Assign each group a number between 1-4 and then give them the following rules a. Group 1 can talk and use their hands b. Group 2 can only talk (have them put their hands behind their backs) c. Group 3 can only use their hands d. Group 4 can neither talk nor use their hands (have them put their hands behind their backs) 3. Give each group a sheet of paper that says what they have to do as a group (this way they can’t figure things out based on what other groups are doing) a. Order yourselves by age with the oldest person on the left and the youngest person on the right b. Order yourselves alphabetically by last name from right (A) to left (Z) c. Order yourselves by height from tallest on the right to shortest on the left d. Order yourselves alphabetically by first name from left (Z) to right (A) 4. Set a timer for between 1-2 minutes, once the instructor says start the groups have only that time to attempt their task Alternatives: If you have time, have each group complete each task (so rotate the papers around to each group). To make it more challenging, have the group pick one person as the leader of the group. The leader is the only one who can see the piece of paper on the task their group is to complete. 5. After time is up, have the participants discuss the process of completing the task based upon their restrictions (or lack thereof). Some potential discussion questions include: a. How did you communicate when you couldn’t talk? b. What was the most difficult part of the activity? Why? c. How do you think this activity relates to citizenship and belonging? i. If a person does not have citizenship, then they do not have the same rights as everyone else. This is like not having their hands to complete the activities we just did. It is harder and more difficult to live everyday life if a person does not have citizenship. ii. If a person does not have citizenship, then they can also feel as if they do not belong as they are not recognised as equally as everyone else is. This can be like not being able to have your voice heard as certain groups in the exercise weren’t able to talk. 50