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The Emotion Relay

Aim of the Game: To be the first group to pass on a specific expression from the first person through the last person in line.

Learning Objectives:
• To observe different facial expressions and assume the appropriate emotion.
• To accurately convey messages through expressions.

Structure: Two or three groups in a line (depending on the number of persons)

Time: 15-30 minutes

Materials: Ten numbered small strips of paper with the following words written on them:

1.Happy
2.Frustrated
3.Sad
4.Furious
5.Shocked
6.Shy
7.Calculating
8.Boastful
9.Irritated
10.Fearful

Method:
• Lay down the strips of paper on the floor or put them on the board and explain to the Scouts that these are ten different emotions.
• Explain how the game will work: it is a relay game and everyone else in the line turns their back from the board except the first person in line.
• The first persons in each line come forward and you will show them a number. Then they read the corresponding emotion and try to simulate a facial expression that best represents the emotion.
• As soon as you give the signal, they run back to their respective lines (groups) and tap the back of the next person and shows his/her the facial expression.
• This person then taps the back of the next person who then receives the same facial expression until the last person gets it.
• The last person runs to the front, and chooses an emotion from the board or floor that he/she thinks corresponds to the facial expression he/she received.
• The first line or group that gets the correct emotion wins a point.
• Repeat the game for five or more rounds and then ask the Scouts to form a big circle before discussing the experience.

Evaluation:
• What can you say about the game?
• How did you guess the emotion?
• What do we need to see in another person to be able to discern what he or she is feeling?
• How important is it for you to be able to know how someone else feels? Why?

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