Printer-friendly versionRomeo and Juliet Mix-It-Up
Shakespeare’s classic play is a must-read for all high school students. Might the tragic end of Romeo & Juliet have been different if the Montagues and the Capulets had crossed their social boundaries?
Fact or Fiction (Lunch Day Mixer)
Based on Icebreakers and Introductions
Building Sentences and Stories (Lunch Day Mixer)
Students sit at tables with students they don’t usually sit with.
What Do We Have in Common? (Lunch Day Mixer)
Excerpted from http://adulted.about.com/od/icebreakers/qt/2minutemixer.htm
Human Scavenger Hunt (Lunch Day Mixer)
Based on Mixing It Up with Purpose
Mix It Up With a Deck of Cards (Lunch Day Mixer)
Based on Mixing It Up with Purpose
Lifesavers in the Lunchroom (Lunch Day Mixer)
Distribute Lifesavers in the cafeteria to start Mix Up lunchtime conversations.
Mixing and Mattering
Last year at Seth Johnson Elementary, in Montgomery, Ala., the fourth- and fifth-grade students participated in the National Mix It Up at Lunch Day. In preparation for the day, we challenged fifth-graders to think about how they matter to the people around them – and to write essays titled “We All Matter.”
Boundary Crossing
Have we really learned how to break down barriers?
Stay in the Mix for Valentine's Day
Celebrate Valentine's legacy of love and resistance!
It’s About Me (Lunch Day Mixer)
Loosely based on "What Are You?"
What’s Your Name? (Lunch Day Mixer)
Based on Crossing Borders/Border Crossings and What's In a Name?"
That’s Teamwork (Lunch Day Mixer)
Based on Mix It Up: Score One for Humanity
Getting To Know Each Other (Lunch Day Mixer)
The game centers on a question: "Could you be friends with someone who. . . ?"
Stay in the Mix with Music!
Explore how music divides - and unites.
Stay in the Mix ...With Summer Service!
With summer approaching, it's time to figure out ways to keep mixing it up, even after the school year ends!
Stay in the Mix During National Poetry Month!
How to use the written word to highlight, and counteract, social boundaries.