Fishing Boats

The teacher explains to the class that they will play a game that will simulate an important part of real life.

“Imagine that you are members of one of the four village communities living on the shore of the lake. There is plenty of fish in the lake, so you need not worry what to live on. Fishing is the only branch of the economy; you have no other source of income.”

The teacher may illustrate this introduction by a simple drawing on the board or flipchart, showing the lake, some fish, and the four fishing villages, each with a boat setting out from the shore.