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Discovery 3: A Simulation of Early American Colonization.
Wesley, John – 1997
This simulation allows students to experience the mystery of exploration and the hazards and perils of colonial life. Students are divided into 4- to 6-person colonizing groups. After acquiring some background information they then become colonists. They spend the remainder of the simulation making decisions, working, coping, surviving, and…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies
Pioneers: A Simulation of Decision-Making on a Wagon Train.
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Wesley, John – 1974
This simulation allows students to participate in situations and events similar to those experienced by pioneers who headed west in early wagon trains. Students face problems such as floods, droughts, blocked trails, snakes, Indians, and the lack of food. Students must make numerous individual and small-group decisions that provide them with a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies