Social science sharing personal experiences practice Longer version

Social science sharing personal experiences bluff longer version

Choose one of the topics below for your partner. They will tell you about related personal experiences, using their imagination if they can’t quickly think of anything true. After maybe asking for details, try to guess if their story is:

  • completely made up
  • completely true
  • a mix of imaginary details and true details
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If it is the final one above, you can also try to guess which details were true and which were made up if you like. Then take turns doing the same with different topics from below.

  1. Addictions
  2. An ageing population
  3. Animal control problems
  4. Body image problems
  5. Bullying
  6. Bureaucracy
  7. Changes in exchange rates
  8. Charities/ NGOs
  9. Companies after being merged or taken over by another company
  10. Conformity
  11. Conglomerates
  12. Consequences of free trade
  13. Consequences of government economic policies
  14. Consequences of terrorism
  15. Corruption
  16. Cost cutting/ Cutting expenditure
  17. Counter cultures
  18. Crime
  19. (High) culture
  20. Data protection
  21. Debt
  22. Deflation/ Inflation
  23. Deindustrialisation
  24. Deregulation
  25. Developing countries/ Newly-industrialised countries
  26. Discounting
  27. E-commerce
  28. Economic bubbles
  29. Economies of scale
  30. Electronic payment
  31. G8 countries
  32. Gender differences
  33. Globalisation
  34. Green products
  35. Health scares
  36. Immigration
  37. Inadequate infrastructure
  38. Industrial action
  39. Inequality
  40. Moore’s Law
  41. Multiculturalism
  42. Multinational companies
  43. Pension problems
  44. Personal investments
  45. Personal taxes
  46. Political extremism
  47. Poverty
  48. Prejudice/ Discrimination
  49. Privatised companies
  50. Problems caused by alcohol
  51. Protests and other activism
  52. Recessions
  53. Religious beliefs/ Superstitions
  54. Single member households
  55. Social class
  56. Social isolation
  57. Social mobility (or a lack of)
  58. Staff turnover
  59. Stress-related illnesses
  60. Strong currencies/ Weak currencies
  61. Subsidies
  62. Tax avoidance
  63. Tax rises
  64. Trade barriers
  65. Undercutting prices
  66. Unemployment/ Underemployment
  67. Vandalism
  68. Welfare benefits

When your teacher stops you, ask about any topics above which you aren’t sure about, sharing true related personal experiences as a class each time.

Brainstorm phrases for sharing both present/ general/ repeated experiences and past experiences, then compare as a class.

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Related pages

Personal experiences page

Social issues page

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