Line Up (Continuum)
What is it for?
A simple way to inject movement and identify ranges of experience/opinion
Time & People
10-30 minutes
Any number of people – the line might have to curve or spiral depending on the space
Any number of people – the line might have to curve or spiral depending on the space
Materials
None
Source
Sociometry: Measuring individual relationships in a group. Also known as a continuum.
Description
Activity Flow
Have the participants stand up
Describe the line, explaining the two extremes at each
end
Invite people to stand on the line according to their own assessment
Examples and variations
• Length of time working with ‘x’
• How long it took you to travel to this meeting
• Amount of experience or understanding you have of
the topic (can ask people to take one step towards more understanding/experience and describe what they need from the meeting)
• Can ask one end of the line to double-back creating pairs