Inner Outer Circle is an activity with opportunities to validate and affirm cultural behaviors like Kinesthetics, Communalism, Spontaneity, Dynamic Attention Spans, Immediacy, and Collaboration Description and How-To-Steps: Students practice answering questions OR share varied responses to an open-ended question.
- Teacher or students prepare questions. One question will be needed for each student, or if the teacher is asking the questions, one question is needed for each rotation.
- Students form two circles, one inside the other. Teacher or student on outside asks their questions to the person on the inside. Persons on the inside answers.
- After 60-90 seconds, the outer circle rotates, and the process is repeated until a full rotation is made.
- If each student has their own question…Repeat the inner circle asking questions and the outer circle responding.
Note: This can also be used for students to share varied responses to an open-ended question.