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Reacting to the Past
Reacting to the Past
Through immersive role-playing students experience history in a way that transcends traditional classroom learning. Over the course of this year, we will play two of these games, giving you the opportunity to take on the role of one of the founding fathers in the ideological battle over the creation of the US Constitution and the chance to fight for the soul of that nation during the midst of one of its greatest scandals.
Through immersive role-playing students experience history in a way that transcends traditional classroom learning. Over the course of this year, we will play two of these games, giving you the opportunity to take on the role of one of the founding fathers in the ideological battle over the creation of the US Constitution and the chance to fight for the soul of that nation during the midst of one of its greatest scandals.
Brings to life the debates that most profoundly shaped American government. As representatives to the convention, students must investigate the ideological arguments behind possible structures for a new government and create a new constitution.
- Player Game Book
- Faction Sheet: Nationalists
- Faction Sheet: Moderate Nationalists
- Faction Sheet: Moderate Confederalists
- Faction Sheet: Confederalists
- Loan Contract
- Proxy Ballot
Students experience the unfolding of America’s most dramatic constitutional crisis of the 20th century: the investigation of the Watergate burglary and its subsequent cover-up. With the world’s most powerful person barricading himself within the walls of the White House and threatening to take the constitutional order itself hostage to ensure his political survival, how could well-intentioned leaders pursue truth and justice without risking collateral damage to the nation’s foundational principles and institutions?
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