1. DOTS and NOTS GAME

2. DO NOT TELL ANYONE WHAT YOU HAVE!!!!!
INSTRUCTIONS
All students will draw 1 piece of paper
Most students will have blank pieces of paper, we will call them “NOTS”
Some students will have red dots on their paper, we will call them “DOTS”
DO NOT TELL ANYONE WHAT YOU HAVE!!!!!

3. POINTS The object of the game is to get points.
To get points you must do one of the following:
If you are a “NOT” the only way you can get points is by being in the largest group of people that does not have a “DOT” in it.
Therefore you will want to throw anyone out of your group that seems weird or fishy. They may be lying to you and trying to infiltrate your “NOT” group.
If you are a “DOT” the only way you can get points is by being the only “DOT” in a group of “NOTS”
Therefore you will want to make groups believe you are a “NOT” even though you are really a “DOT”. Basically you have snuck into their group by deceiving them.
NOTE: Make sure you’re the only “DOT” in the group because two “DOTS” in a group does not get any points.

4. HISTORICAL COMPARISON
T-Chart Comparison
DOT GAME
HISTORICAL COMPARISON
Some students
were DOTS
Some Americans during the Cold War were Communist Party members or Soviet spies.
Most students
were NOTS
Most Americans were not Communist members or Soviet spies.
Students accused others of being dots even though they never saw other students’ slips of paper.
HUAC, McCarthy, and others made accusations-often based only on suspicion-against Americans thought to be communists or communist sympathizers. Accusing individuals without evidence became known as McCarthyism.
Anxiety increased as students lost trust in one another.
Anxieties were raised during the Cold War as Americans were concerned about the spread of communism
and the possibility of a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union.