World Peace Game Stephanie Gerrard
CUR/505
September 17, 2018
Paula Potter
Reality
Letters to parents
Write letters to fictional parents of fictional fallen soldiers
Student Control
Can see trends
Make decisions to ensure game won
All countries must end with more money than started with
All world problems must be solved
Engagement
Problem-Solving
How to take care of the world
Teacher doesn't know how to
Start to see trends
Negotiations
Critical Thinking
Interactive Learning
Hand on
4 Countires
Students Create
1000s of game pieces
Army Men
Clouds
Multi-layer plexiglass
Learning through their bodies
Roles of the Students
Prime Minister
Picked by teacher
Cabinet
Picked by Prime Minister
Secretary of State
Minister of Defense
Comptroller
Weather Goddess
Arms Dealer
World Bank
Saboteur
Undermines process
Crisis Document
13 Pages
50 Interlocking Problems
Must solve all in order to win
If you change one, affects all
Famine, Ethnic/minority tension, Oil spills, etc.