Trouble is a social behaviour game for young people aged 9 – 15 years which can be incorporated into Citizenship and PSHE in schools and other curriculum based studies including English, language and literacy, moral issues and values.
The game itself covers a range of situations, in the wider community, school and in the home. It is designed to address young people’s behaviour in a given situation, e.g., Bullying, Crime, Anti-Social Behaviour and Society.
A class is divided up into teams and asked to response to a series of situations that are written down on different cards. There is a choice of possible actions and a score accompanies each behaviour choice. Choices range from safe/responsible to totally irresponsible/dangerous and the scoring reflects these choices, ranging from +5 to -5. The more responsible the behavioural choice the higher the score obtained.
Each group must discuss the situation and select a response which they believe is best. A student from another group calculates the scoring from each group.