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Direct linkO'Brien, Jason L.; Sears, Christine E. – Social Studies, 2011
Set during the Cold War and space race, this historical role-play focuses on Wernher von Braun's involvement in and culpability for the use of slave laborers to produce V-2 rockets for Nazi Germany. Students will grapple with two central questions. Should von Braun have been allowed to emigrate to the United States given his affiliation with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Role Playing, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Biographies
Alden, Lori – Social Studies, 2005
In this article, the author introduces Birka, a strategic trading game for high school economics students in either regular or advanced placement classes. For the game, students assume the role of Vikings who have returned to the medieval outpost of Birka to trade the loot from villages they have plundered. Playing cards represent the loot:…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Economics Education, Educational Games, Teaching Methods
