In the spirit of sharing - here are a couple video games that I have my juniors play. First they get a lecture on the Battle of Hastings and that whole deal - then for a fun homework assignment I have them play these two games and answer some open ended questions about them.
The first is a simple game that can be played in a few minutes. The second is very complex and takes hours to actually complete.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/hastings/index_embed.shtml
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/0-9/1066/game/index.html
If anyone else teaches Brit Lit, perhaps you'll find this fun.
After 1066 we discuss the French impact on English which leads to Thomas Becket, Magna Carta and then Chaucer...
Maybe you're already familiar with this: www.gamesforchange.org
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Wow Dave - now this is an amazing site!!!
ReplyDeleteDave - I just played a sadistic game called 3rd world farmer. It's great/ terrible in that you don't win - you just loose, loose, loose - like a real 3rd world farmer, until you are so starved that you make weird deals like allowing a western nation to deposit nuclear waste on your farm for a few bucks so that you can buy corn that will be destroyed by drought - if the militia doesn't just kill you outright..
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