Social Studies

Social Studies Games




Process
Game Possibilities
Installed; Turnkey ($$)
www.slitherine.com/games
Command armies in real-time tactical battles punctuated by excerpts from History Channel documents.
Great Invasions
nation building; and military strategy
www.ageod.com


Total War series
www.totalwar.com
www.creative-assembly.co.uk/

BROWSER BASED
Battlefield Academy - BBC
www.bbc.co.uk/history/interacive/games/

Emperor of Rome Game
Scripted decision-making;
www.pbs.org/empires/romans/special/emperor_game.html

PeaceMaker -
http://www.peacemakergame.com/

Political Machine
www.stardock.com/

Capitalism
www.enlight.com/capitalism2

Democracy
www.positech.co.uk/decemocracy2

Budget Hero
Creating the federal budget - allocating tax $$$ to specific areas, education, defense etc. - Use in MoPro at WHS, Sr. SS class
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/budget-hero