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August 23: Learn
August 23: Learn
Step 1: WATCH the video linked below (The Chicken Game Explained).
The Chicken Game
The Volunteer's Dilemma: We will watch the video linked below and discuss the volunteer's dilemma.
Salami Slicing Tactics: We will read this article and discuss salami slicing tactics and brinksmanship in regard to the chicken game.
August 25: Play
August 25: Play
Create your own card game in which the players are forced to encounter a version of the the chicken game.
INSTRUCTIONS
Explain how to play your game: Create a game and explain the instructions on the Card Game Instructions Template doc.
Play your card game: Make any modifications necessary after playing your game with other participants from class.
Make a video in which you play the game, demonstrating how the specific game/theory is represented. In an audio voiceover on the video, do all of the following:
Identify the name of the game.
Explain the rules.
Explain how it is related to the specific type of game/theory.
Reflect on whether your idea worked. Do players encounter the appropriate Game Theory during the game? YOU MUST REFERENCE THE EVENTS FROM THE VIDEO.
Link your Game Instructions and Video on the Game Theory Work doc.
August 27: Discuss
August 27: Discuss
Research: Do some research so that you can answer the following questions.
Focus Question: What is one real life example of the chicken game? How does it represent the chicken game?
Focus Question: What is one example of the the the chicken game from literature or film? How does it represent the chicken game?
Essential Question (Do we behave rationally?): Explain how your two examples help us to answer the essential question.
Discussion: Participate in a discussion (posted in Schoology). You should make three posts. Click here to see the rubric for this assignment.
First post: Answer the questions above (one paragraph for each bullet point). Use quotes from credible sources to support your idea regarding the real life example and at least one quote from the work of literature or the film to support that argument. Post a link to your chicken game card game video at the end of this post.
Second post and third posts: Reply to two other students' posts, agreeing with one and disagreeing with the other.
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