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Handout C: Bridge Group Task Sheets

Handout C: Bridge Group Tasks Sheet

Teacher Directions: Cut the following rectangles and pass them out face down to the various groups.

Political and Economic Freedoms Limited Political and Economic Freedoms
Your team’s goal is to build a bridge over the paper, representing water Your team’s goal is to build a bridge using nothing but marshmallows and toothpicks. To help with organizing the team, read the following instructions.

The tallest member of the team is the absolute dictator. The rest of the team are his/her subjects and must listen to the dictator. If any subject does not listen to the dictator, the dictator will banish that person from the team and that person will receive an “F” grade.

The dictator would like better infrastructure to get the country’s goods to market. Listen to the dictators instructions on how to accomplish making the bridge.
Your team’s goal is to build a bridge over the paper, representing water Your team’s goal is to build a bridge using nothing but marshmallows and toothpicks. To help with organizing the team read the following instructions.

The shortest member of the team is “the government”. The government wants the best and safest bridge. The regulations are

  1. Have no sharp toothpicks poking out of the marshmallows.
  2. The pillars must be right angles (90 degrees) to the foundation (table).
  3. Each pillar base (where the pillar touches the table) must be at least 3 marshmallows.
  4. The bridge must be at least 8 inches high but no higher than 12 inches.

The government will enforce that all of the above regulations are being meet.
Your team’s goal is to build a bridge over  the paper, representing water Your team’s goal is to build a bridge using nothing but marshmallows and toothpicks. To help with organizing the team, read the following instructions.

Decide who the most righteous person of the group is and they will be the leader of the group. The most righteous leader wants a bridge to help bring their goods to market. Other members of the group will listen to the most righteous leader as to how the bridge should be constructed.
Your team’s goal is to build a bridge over the paper, representing water Your team’s goal is to build a bridge using nothing but marshmallows and toothpicks. To help with organizing the team, read the following instructions.

The team member with the longest hair is the absolute dictator. The rest of the team are his/her subjects and must listen to the dictator. If any subject does not listen to the dictator, the dictator will banish that person from the team and that person will receive an “F” grade.

The dictator would like better infrastructure to get the country’s goods to market. Listen to the dictators instructions on how to accomplish making the bridge.