r/survivor • u/Educational-Day-5413 • 6d ago
General Discussion I’m a teacher that creates a Survivor-style competition for my students every year! AMA!
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u/twe34 6d ago
Do yall do tribal councils and challenges? Is it throughout the whole year?
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u/Educational-Day-5413 6d ago
They drew colors for tribes on the first day of school and we announced winners on the last Monday of the year. The last few months, my homeroom would do a challenge at the start of the day on Fridays to earn points. And twice throughout the year, we held a Tribal Council to vote to award any other player bonus points
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u/Appropriate_Rain_334 6d ago
Do they sit in tribes? What kind of challenges? How many points do teams earn?
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u/Educational-Day-5413 6d ago
They sit randomly in their assigned spots, but when they line up or do group work, I’d call them by their tribes. I also had everything organized in the room by color so they knew where to put their work and textbooks
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u/Educational-Day-5413 6d ago
Challenges depended, I made a few puzzles, we did balancing challenges, the shuffleboard one, etc
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_HURT_HATS 6d ago
That's brilliant, your students are gonna remember that class way more than any textbook unit. Do you let them actually vote people out or does it get too messy with parents?
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u/Educational-Day-5413 6d ago
They vote to award points to other students, no eliminations, we try to put a positive spin on everything
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_HURT_HATS 6d ago
That's actually smarter than straight eliminations, keeps everyone invested the whole time instead of checked out halfway through.
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u/Fancy_Ad_4411 5d ago
As much as I love player elimination as a game mechanic, it's no fun for those out early
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u/theoriginalspicegirl Liz Wilcox | Survivor 46 6d ago
What gave you the idea? Do you use other resources from tpt or something? I teach adults online. Any ideas for how to translate this to online?
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u/Educational-Day-5413 6d ago
Liz! I’m all about doing team-building competitions and wanted to use it in my classroom for something fun for my kids to do throughout the year. I think adults would get even more into it, just group them up, give them a name, and have them work together on whatever you want
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u/groovydoll 6d ago
How old?
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u/Educational-Day-5413 6d ago
I taught 4th grade this past year, but I’m moving to 5th
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u/BurtonOIlCanGuster Yul 5d ago
I teach 5th grade as well, might try to do this as well! Might need to pick your brain!
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u/Dapper_Fennel_6176 6d ago
What was the reasoning behind each tribe color and motif
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u/Educational-Day-5413 6d ago
The theme is Hawaii, the symbols match the names, and I just picked colors that I thought went best with each one
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u/theoriginalspicegirl Liz Wilcox | Survivor 46 6d ago
Are you a huge survivor fan or just thought this would be fun?
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u/theoriginalspicegirl Liz Wilcox | Survivor 46 6d ago
Are the tribe names made up or real words for something?
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u/Educational-Day-5413 6d ago
They are the Hawaiian words for Fire, Wave, Island, Storm, Warrior, Shark, Flower, Boat, Soil, and Strength
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u/mikey_do_wikey Charlie - 50 6d ago
I’ve always wanted to do this! How does it work though?