Power card game

Post date: Aug 20, 2010 12:24:49 AM

Rules:

• For each round of the game, you will have 2 minutes to trade your chips. All trades, including those in progress, must stop when time is up.
• After trading, the student with the most points will be asked to make a rule for the next round of trading. That rule will apply only to the next round.

Card point values:

clubs = 100 points

hearts = 50

spades = 25

diamonds = 10

POST GAME QUESTIONS:

What happened to YOU in this game?

What happened to the rest of the class?

Based on this experience, how would you define “power”?

How can you relate what happened in our game to American politics and government?