TL;DR:
“Cultural Diversity Bingo” is an interactive icebreaker designed to reveal the range of backgrounds and experiences within a group, especially in a college classroom. As players mingle to find classmates who match each description on the board, they uncover shared experiences and appreciate the group’s cultural variety.
Each individual may sign a maximum of two spaces.
| Who has
attended a potlatch (a ceremonial gathering practiced by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest)? |
Who has traveled
outside the U.S.A. at least twice? |
Who speaks and
understands two or more languages? |
Who has recently
hosted or met someone from another country? |
Who is wearing
something purchased outside the U.S.A.? |
| Who has
relatives living in another country? |
Who has attended
a Juneteenth celebration? [ more info ] |
Who knows
dances from three different cultures? |
Who has lived on
a farm? |
Who has been to
both Canada and Mexico? |
| Who knows
how to prepare a Mexican dish? |
Who has a
Spanish surname? |
PUT YOUR NAME HERE | Who can name three Motown hits? [ more info
] |
Who commonly goes
by two given names, such as Mary Ann or Billy Ray? |
| Who can
name three prominent current female politicians? |
Who has
participated in a Passover Seder? |
Who is a first- or
second-generation immigrant to the U.S.? |
Who grew up in
a family with six or more children? |
Who has attended
a Cinco de Mayo celebration? |
| Who can
name ten Native American tribes? |
Who has played
in a bone game (a traditional Indigenous guessing game using marked and unmarked bones)? |
Who has read a
book by Maya Angelou? |
Whose work
supervisor spoke English as a second language? |
Who has lived in
at least five states? |
When used in a classroom or another group setting, this game helps participants discover the cultural diversity present within the group.
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| Those learned patterns we call culture have very deep roots in what we think and believe. [ more ] |
— Howard Culbertson, hculbert@snu.edu
