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Offline lupesengnim

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Idea: Play RISK w/Students?
« on: December 05, 2013, 10:30:55 AM »
So, I was thinking about doing a unit themed on 'The Korean Empire' and lay down the subtext that Korea has enough military might to eventually conquer the world (I know, I know, but it's not like we're teaching Poli-Sci/Geography/History/Math here). I started out taking screenshots of a travel map generator and was going to have the students write headlines. Having played RISK for the first time ever just last night, I got to thinking this could be an interesting way of getting the kids to think and interact.

Thoughts? Ideas?
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Offline TheTromboner

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Re: Idea: Play RISK w/Students?
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2013, 02:17:16 PM »
If your kids are really high level, go for it!  I wouldn't try this with my kids, because explaining the rules of Risk to lower-level students like mine would be a nightmare.
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Offline lupesengnim

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Re: Idea: Play RISK w/Students?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2013, 04:36:34 PM »
That's the thing. I don't want to play an ENTIRE GAME with my students, just figure a way that I could use it to keep my students from trying to invade China (and conquer it) by forcing them to think strategically. If this is too much, feel free to say so.
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Offline philontour

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Re: Idea: Play RISK w/Students?
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2013, 04:47:37 PM »
I play a very, very, simple form of RISK with the afterclass students, split into four teams.

Draw a basic world map on the board and separate into 20-30 countries. Each team chooses 3 countries to start with. Then ask questions, relevant to students' level, using a fastest finger approach. The first team that answers correctly gets the chance to 'invade' a connected country using rock, paper, scissors.

I play it so the answers have to be 100% grammatically correct, this increases the competition, whilst focusing the students to exactly what they're getting wrong.

'I want to be singer' > 'I want to be a singer'

Obviously this depends on the natural enthusiasm and level of your students, but you'll be surprised how well this works.
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