Icebreakers & Community Building Activities
The HUP Activity
The HUP activity can help loosen up and bond a group of students prior to presentations.
Cultural Artifact Introduction Mini-presentations
As a way of getting to know each other and building community, each student will contribute one “cultural artifact introduction slide” to a class slide deck before the first class. This activity offers an opportunity to share some event or object that connects to an aspect of students’ identities, histories, languages, and communities.
Introduce Yourself
This icebreaker activity can be used either in PWR 1 or PWR 2 to help students get to know their classmates and also start to understand how shifting audiences influence communication.
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