Directions:
- Post a video or picture of the tug-of-war.
- Complete the tug-of-war section on the TCI website.
- THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT: Write a long paragraph explaining what we did and how all of the metaphors worked (Red team, incentive, timing, etc.).
- Answer the following reflection questions:
Summary
The things we did during this activity were Mr.Solarz put us in order from smallest to shortest because in the revolutionary war the had the British soldiers in order from strongest to weakest. Once he did that he separated us into teams. One team got split up, another team had to sit on the stage, the last team was that they all got to stay together. Mr.Solarz had lots of metaphors because the ones he picked were like the ones they had in the war. One was that the red team didn't have to do the blog post if they won. While the reason why that is like the ones in the war is because the continental army had a better intensive to win when the British didn't get anything if they won. After he said all of them we got to do a tug of war game. The kids who got split up went back on the team because the represented the British troops just coming. The kids who didn't get to play joined in the middle to because they represented the French coming to help the continental army.
Reflection Quistons
1. Which team were you a member of? 2. How did you feel at the beginning of the game? 3. Who did you think would win the game at first (RED or BLUE)? Why? 4. How did you feel as the rules changed? Did you get discouraged or more confident? Why? 5. What were the reasons why the BLUE team won? 6. Historically speaking, what happened once America won the Revolutionary War? What changed in America? Why was it important that America won the war? 7. What would have been different if America had lost the war? | 1. I was a member of the Continental army team. 2. I felt that this game would be fun and that it would be cool to see a visual of how the war worked. 3. At first i thought the British team would win because i didn't realize that the French team would come and help us. 4. I felt the the game would become more fun with the rule change. I also became more confident because I thought that we actually didn't have to do the blog post. 5. The reason why the Blue team ended up winning was because they had a better intensive to win and the french helped them. 6. The thing that happened when America won the war was that any body didn't have to listen to the not fair British laws and that they could be free and do whatever they wanted. 7. The things that would be different would be that we would not be able to be free and that we would have to keep listening to unfair British laws. |