English in elementary school teaching materials collection 2013 the jet p rogr amme

Cross-Cultural Teaching Games 
 
The following games played by JET participants when they were children may not have any deep 
“international understanding” itinerary, but provide students with a chance to meet and play with a 
JET participant during their school visit assignments. However, most can be changed slightly to 
include a more “international” angle if desired, and in fact many of the descriptions anticipate these 
adaptations. 
The students and/or teachers will quickly pick up on similarities or differences between these and 
the childhood games played by Japanese; most likely they will be considered “American,” “Irish,” 
“Australian,” “Brazilian” or whatever based on the nationality of the JET participant leading the 
game.