How should we spend $100,000?

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Communication

Preparation: one role card for each student; see below

If you want to save time, you can download the cards in Word for Windows .doc format.

Tell the students to form groups of 5-7.
Give each student a role card, and explain that they are a family who have just won $100,000 on the lottery.
Ask them to study their cards for a minute or two and prepare themselves for the argument.
Make sure everybody knows who's who in the family.
Ask the father to open the family discussion.
The activity ends when they've come to a conclusion how to spend the money.
You can ask the students to read out their cards at the end and compare how much of their goals they were able to reach.

Notes:

Role cards for 'How should we spend $100,000?'
The father<Br>You want to buy a car - and perhaps some new garden tools, because you like gardening. You can't stand travelling, but the house could be renovated, too.	The mother<Br>Here's the chance to travel round the world with the whole family! And, perhaps, to buy some new clothes, too. You are not against gardening. The old family car is in perfect condition - why waste money on a new one?
The 19-year-old daughter<Br>If you built an addition to the house, you could have a separate part of it for yourself, and perhaps for your boyfriend, too.	The 17-year-old son<Br>You've been wanting a drum equipment for years. You also like travelling, and would like to get your hands on the old family car, too. Unfortunately, you hate gardening - your father always makes you help him.
The 14-year-old daughter<Br>Clothes, clothes, clothes! And if you had an addition to the house, you could have your own room at last.	The father's brother<Br>Clearly, they should buy a new printer for their computer - then you too could print your things on it. They surely must not build anything - they will have no money left for the printer.
The neighbour<Br>You like borrowing your neighbour's garden tools - but you hate noise.

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