Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Paper and pencils Preparation for Activity Review what your group has done to date with Ethics Play. Description of Activity In this activity, small groups of participants make up new Ethics Play situations. The activity assumes that your group has...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Unitarian Universalist hymnbook, http://www.uuabookstore.org/Singing-the-Living-Tradition-Hymnal-P16918… the Living Tradition Preparation for Activity Find and mark the suggested readings. Description of Activity Introduce your group to hymnal...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Butterfly and Wave Description of Activity Ask your group to create a story that shows how a small personal action can lead to significant results....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Sample of Robert Indiana's LOVE art. Leader Resource 2, Robert Indiana's LOVE Image. Indiana never copyrighted the image, so you can locate many reproductions. One image on the Internet is on the website for Wichita State University's Sculpture...

Activity time: 7 minutes Materials for Activity Story 1, "How Much Does a Snowflake Weigh?" Preparation for Activity Read the story. Photocopy Story 1, "How Much Does a Snowflake Weigh?," one for each participant. Description of Activity Participants hear and discuss a story about small actions...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Two dice (extra large, if possible) of different colors Ethics Play role nametags Ethics Play Scenarios (Session 1, Leader Resources 2-7) Optional: Masks, costumes, and wigs for roles Preparation for Activity If you are or your group is new to Ethi...

Johns Hopkins University's website on Chaos and Fractals has a short explanation of the butterfly effect. Silf, Margaret. https://books.google.com/books?id=TGADe931y6EC&printsec=frontcover&… Hundred Wisdom Stories from around the World (Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2003). Tom Owen-Towle is the...

Meet with your co-leaders after the session to reflect on how it went. How was your mix of discussion and action? Have you successfully found ways to involve all youth fully in your sessions despite any limitations they might have? Are your youth excited by the idea of random acts of kindness? If...

Activity time: 3 minutes Materials for Activity Copies of Taking It Home Preparation for Activity Create a handout from Taking It Home that is specific to the activities used in this session. Description of Activity Briefly summarize what you have done in this session. Hand out any Taking It Home...

Activity time: 15 minutes Description of Activity Ask youth to imagine and perform random acts of kindness. Introduce the activity by asking the group to imagine a scene like this: "You and your family are driving along in a car when you get to a tollbooth on the highway. When you pull up to the...

In the days before you present this session, ask yourself what acts of yours have had consequences larger than you might have predicted. Sometimes, the reality that our actions can have far-reaching consequences can be intimidating. It can lead to inability to act. Have you ever made an important...

ACTIVITY MINUTES Opening 5 Activity 1: Ethics Play 15 Activity 2: Story and Discussion – How Much Does a Snowflake Weigh? 7 Activity 3: Universal Love Art 20 Activity 4: Round-Robin Story 10 Faith in Action: Random Acts of Kindness 15 Closing 3 Alternate Activity 1: Readings from the Hymnbook 10...

If I do not have love, I am nothing. — adapted from 1 Corinthians 13:2 Does it really matter whether we do right or wrong? This session explores the question of how much impact an individual can have....

Activity time: 10 minutes Preparation for Activity Decide whether to do this activity in a full group or in smaller groups. Description of Activity Ask participants to imagine what an ethics GPS would be like and then to demonstrate how it would work. Begin by asking whether participants are...

Activity time: 10 minutes Description of Activity This activity invites youth to burn off some physical steam by silently demonstrating a temper tantrum thrown by a small child. Its purpose is to introduce the topic of emotional outbursts without asking youth to talk about their own most...

Activity time: 10 minutes Preparation for Activity Acquaint yourself with the basic idea that morality has developed through evolution. Description of Activity This activity offers theory and discussion that will appeal to thoughtful youth who are attracted to ideas....

Activity time: 5 minutes Description of Activity Lead a brief discussion based on the meaning of five phrases commonly used to describe a person's character. Introduce and ask about the phrases with questions like these: Critics who write about books, movies, and plays sometimes complain that a...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Modeling or polymer clay Pipe cleaners Sheet of poster board or cardboard for each small group Assorted other craft materials for building obstacle courses Protective tarps or newspapers Preparation for Activity Decide how to set up small groups so...

Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Two dice (extra large, if possible) of different colors Ethics Play role nametags Ethics Play Scenarios (Session 1, Leader Resources 2-7) Optional: Masks, costumes, and wigs for roles Preparation for Activity If you are or your group is new to Ethi...