STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
NSW Commerce
Snakes and ladders
You are to collaboratively work in
groups of 4 to develop a series of
questions (and answers) to play
snakes and ladders.
Before playing the game, group members display
their questions and answers on the table for
other group members to read and study. Lay the
questions and answers in a column on the desk
– there should be 4 columns of questions and
answers – one for each topic.
Use the results from your group and class
brainstorming session to develop a list of questions
beginning with the stem:
Cut out all questions and answers, shuffle them and
place them face down on the desk.
What is this? The answer can include one or more
of the following options:
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good or service provided by governments
■
good or service produced by the free-market
with social benefits
■
good or service with social costs
■
cash benefit provided by government.
Examples include:
You are now ready to play the game.
Game rules
Throughout this game, any player can read the
questions except for the player whose turn it is.
Each player must answer the question correctly
before they roll the dice. If they cannot answer the
question, they skip a turn.
If the question was answered correctly, the player
rolls the dice and moves the equivalent number of
spaces on the board.
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What is this? Healthcare. Answer – Service
provided by government and good with social
benefits.
This process continues for each player until all
questions have been asked.
■
What is this? Cigarettes. Answer – Good with
social costs.
Reshuffle the questions and continue the process
until one player reaches or exceeds 100.
■
What is this? Child-care – Service with social
benefits produced by the free-market
Throughout the game:
Some questions may have more than one answer.
■
If you land on a ladder, you can move up the
board on the ladder.
Each group member must develop at least 12
questions and answers.
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If you land on a snake, you move down the
board on the snake.
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The winner is the first person to reach or exceed
100.