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    Lesson Three: Stalking the Drum: A Traditional Game

Teacher Information:

The following game is considered an awareness game.  It helps students develop their senses.  Ideally this game should be played outdoors in a field.  It can however be modified to played in an indoor facility.

Materials needed:

• Blindfolds (enough for all class members minus one)
• A drum or other instrument that can simulate the beating/banging of a drum

Main Lesson:

One student is selected to be the drummer.  All other students must choose an area in the field and sit down.  Once they are seated they must put on their blindfold.  The drummer will then find an area in the field and sit down.  The drummer will beat the drum every so often. The students who are blindfolded must listen for the drumbeat and move in that direction each time they hear the drum beat.  They should stop moving when the drum stops beating.  The first student to reach the drummer wins. However, you can choose to keep the game going until all students reach the drummer.  Rotate students so that they can all have an opportunity to be the drummer. 

This game could also be modified to be a contest, where the teacher times the students to see how long it takes them to reach the drummer. The object then would become to reach the drummer in the quickest possible time.