| Duration: 30-60 min Number of players: 6-40 player/s Materials/ Tools needed: The text of the story Publisher: – Language: All Links: https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toolbox/tool/abigail-s-tale.1750/ |
Abigail’s Tale is a story that shows how people view the world from different perspectives, have different values and reach different conclusions out of the same information.
Short description/ Goal of the game:
Abigail’s Tale is a story that shows how people view the world from different perspectives, have different values and reach different conclusions out of the same information.
1. Give them a printed version of the story or tell the story (maybe drawing the characters on a flipchart).
2. Give them 3′ to establish the guilty parties from the guiltiest to the less guilty.
3. (Optional) Split them in pairs and give them 5′ to make the list (guiltiest to less guilty).
4. Put them in groups of 5 with the same goal (a common list).
5. Do a group discussion
6. Debrief
Educational value/ Learning Objectives:
- To educate in values
- To develop empathy
- To work on communication
Recommendations for use:
- For a group open to discuss
- Debate and discuss about values
Tips and Tricks for Facilitators
How to adapt game for different groups, topics, occasions/needs
- Modify the story to have unisex names and ask at the end what would happen if that character was a woman (or a man); e.g.: Sinbad could be a woman and Abigail a boy. Or they could be gay.
- Modify the story to say “Abigail loved Tom” (instead of “they were in love”) and ask the question: “what would you say if Abigail was actually a stalker?” <– we don’t always have all the information and just reading some words on paper doesn’t mean we have the whole picture
Feedback questions
- What have you learned about the story?
- What have you learned about yourself?
- How did you feel with other people’s opinion?
Further discussion topics
- What values are more important for you?
