This teaching demonstration uses the Personal Identity [5:00] and Social Identity [6:46] Wheel to prepare for the Spectrum Activity [9:50]. The Personal Identity Wheel asks students to consider various aspects of who they are to better know each other as individuals. The Social Identity Wheel poses questions about aspects of their social identity to better understand the importance of the groups that students belong to. Finally, the Spectrum Activity asks students to consider which social identities best answer the prompts that they are given. With an understanding of each other as individuals and as members of groups, students work most effectively together. (13:00)

This teaching demonstration depicts BARNGA, a card game that addresses students’ cultural expectations. Each table has a different set of rules, but students are unaware of the differences. Some students move tables while others stay, but all students must communicate the rules of the game silently. As students adjust to the new rules that they encounter, they simulate cross-cultural interactions. Students’ experiences with BARNGA represent a range of reactions to cultural assimilation. BARNGA teaches students and instructors how to deal with cultural friction and communication breakdowns in the classroom and beyond. (17:53)