| MadDrMark | 27 Oct 2014 12:28 p.m. PST |
As part of a senior elective course titled "The Crusades," I spent a week doing a tabletop military simulation with my students. Needless to say, they loved it, and they begged for an extra session so we could establish a winner more clearly. The course covers social, religious, political and cultural aspects of the first five Crusades (with side looks at the Albigensian Crusade and the language of conflict in the Modern Middle East). I felt a foray into more purely military aspects of the conflict was worth our time. The first session: link The second session: link the third session: link
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Gunfreak  | 27 Oct 2014 1:08 p.m. PST |
Great stuff! If i do become a teacher, I will steal that idea |
| WarWizard | 27 Oct 2014 1:14 p.m. PST |
Man I would have loved something like that when I was in High School. Well done. |
| MadDrMark | 27 Oct 2014 1:23 p.m. PST |
Steal away! After I set up, I had students describe what they saw on the table, and I asked them how they thought each unit type should fight. For neophyte gamers, they picked the concepts up fairly quickly. |
| Disco Joe | 27 Oct 2014 1:47 p.m. PST |
I commend you for this. If only more teachers would do things this way it would make history more enjoyable. Well done. |
| 45thdiv | 27 Oct 2014 2:04 p.m. PST |
Really nice. And that all the kids enjoyed it is even more nice. Maybe you have planted a seed of gaming in their heads. :-) Matthew |
| kallman | 27 Oct 2014 2:36 p.m. PST |
I doff my helm in your general direction. Well done sir an excellent example of active learning. |
| Gonsalvo | 27 Oct 2014 6:40 p.m. PST |
Wonderful looking game, and involvement by the students. Loved the "Chopped Champions" pose of the two guys in dark shirts above, LOL! |
| 79thPA | 27 Oct 2014 7:24 p.m. PST |
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| Xintao | 29 Oct 2014 8:23 a.m. PST |
I'd have killed for a History teacher like you in High School.
Xin
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| Tekawiz | 31 Oct 2014 12:01 p.m. PST |
This is the kind of stuff that turns kids into history buffs for the rest of their lives. I'm curious to know if you had to go through an approval process for this. I hear from so may teachers that their curriculum is so tight and there is little leeway to freelance. |
| MadDrMark | 31 Oct 2014 6:07 p.m. PST |
This is a senior elective course, and the only requirements on me are that I expose the students to college level reading and writing. Generally, we also try to make fun a component as well. Teachers use these courses to share their passions. In 9th to 11th grade, our courses follow a more conventional curriculum. Gonsalvo, we actually have the youngest Chopped champion in history enrolled in our school! While he enjoyed admiring my 28mm Napoleonics when I set up a diorama for his freshman class, I doubt his tastes will run to things military in his senior year. |
discovers a better way to fill in hollow plastic bases.