Cross-cultural Bingo

by Michael L. G. Berney
Source: Kohls, Robert L., & Knight, John M. (1994). Developing intercultural awareness. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.

Directions:

  1. You have 20 minutes to mingle and fill out the squares on the bingo with the names of classmates who fit the descriptions.

  2. You may not use a classmate's name more than once.

  3. The first person to complete the card (or the person with the most squares completed) within the 20-minute period wins.

 

has read Edward T. Hall's The Silent Language

 

 speaks Spanish

 

 knows how many points you get for a soccer goal

 

 knows what nisei means

 

  

 

 
has listened to a non-English-speaking radio station

 

   has eaten Korean food in the past three months

 

 has a close friend from a different culture

 

 has never left his or her home state

 
 

 

 

 comes from an intercultural family

 

 knows who Carlos Salinas de Gortari is/was

 

 has five or more brothers and sisters

 

 knows what country Alex Haley based his book Roots on

 
is wearing something of cultural significance

 

 

 can speak two languages beside English

 

 

   knows who wrote Custer Died for Your Sins

 

 

 has lived one or more years outside the United States

 

 
did not eat breakfast this morning

 

 is left-handed

 

 plays guitar

 

   loves broccoli