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Earthquake (houses and tenants)

Earthquake (houses and tenants)

This dynamic involves “houses” and “tenants.” A house is made with two people facing each other with arms held high and palms touching. Demo this. A tenant is a person who goes into a house, which means, stands under the arch made by the two house-people. Demo this.

Ask everyone to form trios as demonstrated. This exercise works with a group which numbers one more than multiple of three, e.g. 1 plus 18; 1 plus 21. If you call “tenant,” all tenants must move; if call “houses,” all houses, staying together, must move over a new tenant. The leader can be considered a tenant.

“Earthquake” — everyone forms new trios. Role will probably change. You, of course, will be looking for a spot. Variant: someone without a spot calls out the next action.

Once a trio is set they will have time for a short question and answer.

One Source: https://www.deepfun.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/S0-Games-and-Icebreakers.pdf

Source’s source: Alternatives to Violence Project's Manual Basic Course (Revised 2002). For more dynamics and other nonviolence training tools, check out Alternatives to Violence Project http://www.avpusa.org/