Bound Together

Materials
A couple of spare belts in case there are too few belts in a group.

Activity
1. Divide the group into 2 or more groups
2. Ask all members in each group to remove their belts.
2. Within each group, the group must then fasten all the belts together so they form a single belt around the group. This may be a tight squeeze!
3. Have relay race or a series of tasks for the group to accomplish while bound together. Some possibilities are:

* Race across the room, pick up a coin from the floor and return it to you.
* Soccer style, kick a ball across the room and then back to you.
* Leave the room through a doorway (tight fit) and then return to the room
* Hop across the room as a group
* Everyone in the group remove their shoes
* Spin around in a circle three times
* Get on their knees
* Sing a song with hand motions. Everyone must sing and do the motions.
* Keep a balloon in the air for 2 minutes, by tapping it up as it starts to fall.
* THINK OF YOUR OWN TASKS

4. Have an observer to tick off the tasks as they are conpleted. Award the group that completes the most tasks in a specific time frame or that is the first to complete all the tasks.

Discussion
* How did you manage to get the belt to fit around the whole group?
* How is this belt like or unlike unity?
* What are some things we must do to create unity?
* In this case the belt serves as a restriction. Is unity restrictive or freeing?
* What are some of the benefits of unity? Some of the restrictions?
* How does unity affect our movement toward a goal and in accomplishing an objective.
* In what ways do the benefits of unity outweigh the restrictions?