Purpose: To review a lot of material, reward individual initiative, and at the same time allow each person to participate on a team.

 Time Required: 15 minutes.

 Size of Group: Unlimited.

 Materials Required: Flipchart paper and markers.

 The Exercise in Action: Taking your class “to the races” is a fun and inexpensive way to review material. Here’s how it works:

Tape two pieces of flipchart paper end-to-end with the short ends touching. Then draw a racetrack and divide it into 10 sections, one for each review question. You can have as few as two teams, or as many as five, comfortably.

The action begins as you ask questions to advance the “horses.” If the question is answered correctly by the individual whose turn it is to answer for the team, the team’s horse moves forward one square. If the question is answered incorrectly, the horse moves back one square. If the individual doesn’t think he or she can answer correctly, that person has the option of making it a group question. If the group then answers correctly, the horse stays in its place. If the group answers incorrectly, the horse moves back two squares.

To create a “racetrack” review, tape two pieces of flipchart paper end-toend with the short ends touching. Then draw a racetrack and divide it into 10 sections, one for each review question.