Put yourself right in the middle of history with games and simulations that can be played in the classroom. These games typically make use of cards, dice and boards. Each game includes links to the files needed to play the game, as well as instructional videos.
In this game, students play as members of a family living in a 14th-century Italian town that will suffer an outbreak of the bubonic plague.
In this simple board game students try and grow their stone-age tribe while answering questions about human pre-history. This game can be used for both introducing and reviewing units on this time period.
In this simple board game students will develop their community from a stone-age tribe of hunter gatherers into an agricultural village. Through this activity, they will learn about how efficient food production allowed for the rise of specialization and technological development.
In this simple game a pair of students take on the role of Julius Caesar and Vercengetorex in the Battle of Alesia. Through this activity, students will learn about this fascinating battle, which involved the Romans building a double circle of walls, and the difficult decisions that had to be made in ancient warfare.
In this resource-management game, students take on the role of a Chinese emperor seeking to build a dynasty that will last. Through this simulation, students will learn about the balance between virtue and fear that Chinese emperors had to utilize to govern successfully, as well as the role of monumental architecture in rule.
In this resource-management game, students take on the role of members of Vikings launching a raid. Through this simulation, students will learn why Vikings might go on a raid and the risks and rewards of raiding.
In this game designed to introduce the second half of world history, students oversee the fates of the Davies family. Through this simulation, students will be see how difficult life was in the seventeenth century, providing a way to introduce the massive changes that the modern world will bring.
In this resource-management and trading game, students take on the role of merchants in the Islamic world around the tenth century. Through this simulation, students will learn about how merchants engaged in trade and made money, as well as the dangers they faced.
In this resource-management game, students take on the role of members of Magellan’s circumambulation of the globe. Through this simulation, students will experience some of the major events of the voyage and see the obstacles Magellan and his men would have faced.