I Taught With The Game of Life
I Taught With The Game of Life
I Taught With The Game of Life
February14,2022
By Zack Hartzman
Summary
The content aim for the lesson is "How true to reality is The Game of Life's portrayal of personal finance?" Two of the other essential questions for the unit were: In what ways are the financial consequences of someone's actions & personal choices often in or out of their control? How would you modify the game in order to make it a better representation of real life.
Even while just reading the rules, the students were also noticing factors in the game that don't financially make sense; like receiving $50k at the end of the game for each baby they had. untitled image untitled image untitled image untitled image untitled image untitled image untitled image untitled image I broke my classes up into two or three groups.
Adding spaces on the game's board for medical emergencies and taxes were two other popular changes that students wanted to make.
Everyone pays taxes in real life and most of the students felt that should be incorporated into the game.
So if a student mentioned that they wanted to add taxes into the game, then they needed to figure out how much taxes people in different salary brackets would need to pay.
Most of this evidence came out of the many articles we read over the several weeks before playing the game.
Don't get me wrong, video games are still my thing, but board games clearly have their place in education as well and I hope more teachers will begin to use them.
Reference
Hartzman, Z. (2022, February 14). I taught with the game of life. Retrieved March 4, 2022, from https://www.heylistengames.org/post/i-taught-with-the-game-of-life