Hands on History
With winter comes .... Great Battles in History class @ Harbor City School. Here's our first battle .. Battle of Marathon (490bce). All students research the units they command, create a profile of the average soldier of that unit and discuss the historical implications of the battle .. oh and the room starts smelling really bad. Here's turn 1.
Comments
Cool. I never would have imagined a class would do such a project. Is it a home made project or is it based on minatures? There are a number of "wargames" published that cover that and many many other battles.
Posted by: Scribbler | January 7, 2009 04:32 PM
Very cool. I wish the classes I took in school were so creative and hands-on.
Posted by: Lucie | January 7, 2009 04:45 PM
Wood for sheep.
Posted by: adam | January 7, 2009 07:31 PM
That's great! Which one of them gets to run 26 miles at the end?
Posted by: Beverly | January 7, 2009 11:52 PM
Wood for sheep?
Posted by: Scribbler | January 8, 2009 08:14 AM
Adam, I'll accept that trade.
Posted by: mevdev | January 8, 2009 03:42 PM
yes, I am curious what rules system? Have you looked at the junior general website?
http://www.juniorgeneral.org/
Posted by: kokigami | January 8, 2009 04:24 PM
This makes me want to go all 21 Jump Street, and try and enroll in Harbor City at age 36. I may be able to get away with it, I don't look any older than Peter DeLuise anyway.
Posted by: Chris | January 8, 2009 04:54 PM
juniorgeneral! You bet! thats where we're getting the paper soldiers. The kids at HCIS are already massive gamers so they've modified rules. BTW the Persians won the day so there goes eastern Europe. Tomorrow is Agincourt. Students will also watch the 1989 Henry V.
Posted by: baci | January 8, 2009 07:07 PM
Agincourt is French for "Stupid French Knights."
Posted by: Scribbler | January 9, 2009 09:45 AM
I would have eaten this kind of thing up.
I hope they read John Keegan's The Face of Battle in advance of Agincourt. Or really in advance of just about any of this sort of thing.
Posted by: The Big E | January 14, 2009 12:19 AM