Simulations Can Change the Course of History . . . Classes | Edutopia - 0 views
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With each unit of study, I made sure to incorporate an active simulation, ranging from mock press conferences and trials to murder mysteries and dinner parties, from spy dilemmas to mock Survivor games.
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When a student adopted that character's thinking and point of view in one of the simulations, passion and purpose soared.
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Even the quietest, most introverted student, given the opportunity to play a personality from history, can step up and into the opportunity to speak from that person's perspective
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Set up the environment so that students will be speaking and debating with each other in the roles of their historical characters and around a framing problem or issue
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Social media is a wonderful connector for these kinds of simulations, with students setting up Edmodo, Schoology, or Facebook pages for their characters in a simulation, figuring out friend groups, posting photos, and speaking from their character's point of view.