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ERIC Number: ED088751
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1972
Pages: 63
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Decision Makers, a Simulation Game about Community Change.
Jitkoff, Julia Armstrong; Doty, Edward
Decision Makers is designed to simulate the problems faced by groups trying to produce peaceful social change in their communities. This version illustrates the problems faced when a community group attempts to introduce a course on the issues of war and peace in the local high school. All participants assume roles as residents of a typical suburban community with half becoming change agents, the other half decision makers. The decision makers control three elements necessary to the project's success: seals for official approval, paper money for funds, and negative and positive letters for public opinion. An initial meeting of the entire group begins the process of gaining the decision makers' support and tokens. Each half caucuses seperately and divides into subgroups. A succession of group, subgroup, and joint meetings are held, culminating in a debriefing to examine the dynamics and problems involved in building community support for social change. An introduction, checklist, and scripts for moderators are provided along with charts noting progress in the change process. A list of resource organizations, ways to adapt the game for other social change issues, sample questions, and a game fact sheet are included. (KSM)
American Friends Service Committee, Metropolitan Region, 15 Rutherford Place, New York, NY 10003 ($5.50 plus $.35 postage; special rates for bulk orders)
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Authoring Institution: American Friends Service Committee, New York, NY. Metropolitan Regional Office.; United Nations Association of the United States of America, New York, NY.
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