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BULLS AND GORILLAS

Preparation:
Write the rules on a flip chart. Make a score table in three columns.

Explanation:
Divide the participants into three equal groups. Give each group a letter: A, B, and C.
Explain the exercise:
The idea is that with your group gets points as soon as possible. You do this by depicting an
animal with your group. You can choose between a gorilla or a bull.
You depict a gorilla as follows: slightly bend your legs, beat on your chest, pull an aggressive
monkey face and cry out Whaaaaa! The participants imitate the gorilla.
You depict a bull as follows: make two horns with your fingers, scrape one foot backwards like a
bull does and loudly shout Bhooooo! The participants imitate the bull.
Explain the game further:
Every twenty seconds I count to three. Depict one of the two animals with your group. The group
that depicts an animal that is different from the other groups gains a point. The group discuss. After
twenty seconds the first round starts. You count down to three, the participants depict their animal.

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Give points according to the following rules. There are five different possibilities:
Two groups depict gorillas, one group depicts bulls: the group with the bulls gets one point, the
others gets nothing.
Two groups depict bulls, one group depicts gorillas: the group with the gorillas gets one point, the
others gets nothing.
The three groups the same animal, nobody gets the point.
One group depicts gorillas, the other depicts bulls, the third group depicts both animals or doesnt
make its own choice known: the first two groups get one point.
If only one group reacts, this group gets one point, the others get nothing. Every twenty seconds
you count to three. After each round you give the winning group a point on the score table. The
exercise is completed when one of the groups gets ten points.

Processing:
What strategy has worked for the winning group?
What do you learn from this exercise?

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