Civilization Mods for Teaching History
Want to use Sid Meier’s Civilization video game series for history and social studies in the classroom? Why reinvent the wheel when these two sites provide all you need for successfully incorporating a unit on history through playing Civilization.
The first site is called CivWorld, and is based over at U. Wisconsin. Kurt Squire’s dissertation centered on researching the uses of Civilization within educational environments. The site offers a host of mods for teaching from AD 100 to the Industrial Age, and comes complete with related curriculum.
URL: http://civworld.gameslearningsociety.org/
Our friends north of the border offer the History Canada Game. Here’s a site devoted to Civilization III mods that guide students in Canadian history from 1534 onwards. Players can choose from the British, French, Ojibwe, or Mi’kmaq perspectives. A slew of related resources are also available.
URL: http://www.historycanadagame.com/
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