Salem dot game

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What comes to your mind when you think about witches?

The Dot Game
You will receive a slip of paper. You areNOTto share your paper with any other person in the class. Take care to note whether your paper has aDOTor isBLANK. There are fewer “dots” than “non-dots” but you do not know the number for each.

The Dot Game
NON-DOT PEOPLE
You will have 5 minutes to form as large a group of “non-dot” participants as possible. The largest group of “non-dots” will win points. The whole group will lose if even one “dot” member is in the group.

The Dot Game
DOT PEOPLE
Do NOT reveal that you have a dot. “Dot” members may win points individually by being able to bluff others that they do not have a dot.

The Dot Game
Since everyone in the class will deny being a “dot”, you must look for people who, by any indication, seem suspicious. If you suspect a person as having a dot, you should say “So-and-so is a dot!”

The Dot Game
GO!

Debrief
Dots: How did it feel when you found out that you would be a dot?
What was your strategy? Was it successful?

Debrief
Non-Dots: How did you try to identify who the dots were?
Were you ever accused of being a dot? How did that feel?

You Just Experienced Colonial Salem in 1692

Let’s compare the game to history with a t-chart.
Dot Game
Historical Connection
Students accused other students of being a dot.
Once accused, a student was marked with a post-it note.
The teacher played a role in some students being accused of being a dot.
There were actually few dots.
Colonists accused others of being witches.
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