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Decision Games
Decision games help students learn what is right and wrong, according to a specific set of morals. Write up questions or decisions that students will have to make, such as a situation in which someone should tell a lie or not. Students play the game by choosing a question and making a decision. If it is the right one, according to the morals you are trying to teach them, they get a point. If not, then the entire class should discuss what the right answer is.
Choose Your Own Adventure
Teachers can write out several different choose-your-own-adventure games. In order to do this, start with a basic premise, like a child going into a candy store and seeing that the cash register is open and unlocked and no one is watching, giving the child access to the money. At this point, the child would have to make a decision: to steal the candy, to do nothing or to look around and see if he can find the worker. With each decision, there are consequences.
Someone Else's Shoes
In this game, children put themselves in the shoes of others. Teachers can set up situations in which one child has done something to another. Let the children get into these roles and then have them switch roles so they can see what the other person feels like. These are play-acting games, without any scoring or winning. They are only intended for students to play to get a good idea of what it feels like to be in someone else's shoes.
Morality Tales
In this game, teachers help a group of students act out a morality tale. This can be one that the teacher has written, or one that is well known. Some fairy tales, like "The Three Bears," have aspects of a morality tale, in that it is not right to break into someone's house and test out their furniture and beds. Put together a play based around something moral or around a moral question, and have students act out that play. Students may have fun acting like Little Red Riding Hood or other characters, but they should also learn the moral or lesson that the story intends.