In this adaptable activity, students add research about other regions and cultures to the traditional role-play. Students are given a character, research the lives of people in the area and the issues affecting them, and then develop their ideas about what that character might think about those issues. Giving them the chance to research and learn about other cultures before asking them to approach a situation from the perspective of a character from that culture helps students develop respect for the differences between other worldviews and their own, and hopefully develop empathy for people with different perspectives on difficult issues.