Flip It Forward
The Flip It Forward activity started as a Pay It Forward project. It has now grown and been used within our school with 250 students at a time and has been used with a neighboring school district. The students begin this activity by lining up in the gym. Teachers then ask them to "Cross the line." We do this several times and then break into smaller groups of 8-10 students. They complete another activity called "If you really knew me, you would know...." This continues until the layers are peeled away and the students know each other very well by the end of the activity. Students go back to another "Cross the Line" activity with more intense statements. During the last part of the activity, students get in a circle and have the opportunity to talk to their peers openly and apologize or make statements to one another. Every time this activity is done, the results are amazing. The bond the students make with one another and the judgments that are dropped are impressive.