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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795612603321

Autore

Barnhart Michael A. <1951->

Titolo

Can you beat Churchill? : teaching history through simulations / / Michael A. Barnhart [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 2021

ISBN

1-5017-5564-1

1-5017-5565-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Cornell scholarship online

Disciplina

371.397

Soggetti

Simulation games in education

Role playing

History - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Simulation methods

History - Study and teaching (Higher) - Simulation methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2021.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. From Game to Simulation -- 2. Roles -- 3. Rules -- 4. Requirements -- 5. Room -- 6. The A.I. -- 7. Under the Hood -- 8. Simulations for an Afternoon -- 9. Can You Beat Churchill? -- Appendix: Finding Historical Simulations -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

How do you get students to engage in a historical episode or era? How do you bring the immediacy and contingency of history to life? Michael A. Barnhart shares the secret to his award-winning success in the classroom with 'Can You Beat Churchill?', which encourages role-playing for immersive teaching and learning. Combating the declining enrollment in humanities classes, this innovative approach reminds us how critical learning skills are transmitted to students: by reactivating their curiosity and problem-solving abilities. Barnhart provides advice and procedures, both for the use of off-the-shelf commercial simulations and for the instructor who wishes to custom design a simulation from scratch. These reenactments allow students to step into the past, requiring them to think and act in ways historical figures might have.