Of course, Family Feud is a well known game. Family Feud in the Classroom puts a new twist on the Family Feud we watch at home. It's is easy to play and costs nothing but a bit of time. This game is best played when you can involve another classroom. In this way, a class can receive a variety of answers and teach the children cooperation among unrelated groups.
This game can be modified to fit the needs of the classroom in consideration of group size and timing. To describe this game I am going to base it on two classes of fifteen working together. Feel free to modify it as you see fit. Also, this version involves family members. To create the game, both classrooms will need to do the following:
- Break the students up into two groups. These will be the "families".
- Have the students come up with "survey questions". Organize the questions so that you have a list of twenty questions.
- Have the students take the questions home and ask 1-2 people in their family answers to the questions. Sample questions are listed later in this article.
- When the questions come back, have the children group like answers. Tally up the top three to five answers. At this point, each of the twenty questions should have three to five top answers.
- Trade questions with the other class to use to play the game.
As you can see, this activity is one to be done over a week's time. Begin on Monday and actually play the game on Friday. To play the game, play it almost as you see it on the television show. Have the groups separate. For each question, ask a different student. He or she must consult with "family" for the answer. Points are tallied based upon the number of answers that were given when surveyed. For example, if answer number one had that answer from thirty parents, then that answer would be worth thirty points.
Here are some sample questions:
- Name three vegetables kids hate to eat.
- Name something you make out of flour.
The questions should be designed to provoke more than one answer. The students can have fun with these questions, and will be using several types of skills to work on this project. Mathematical skills, deductive reasoning and responsibility are a few.