Everyman: Morality Play Lesson Plan

The Game of Life

Kind of Activity:

Group Work

Objective:

to understand how games can function as allegories as well

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9.3

Structure:

Working in small groups, students will design a game that's meant to advance a particular point of view and promote a particular behavior.

As a class, generate a list of existing games (all types of games) that promote a behavior or ideology, intentionally or un-. You may want to pre-populate the list with some familiar, low tech examples, like the board games Monopoly (capitalism) or Life (middle class values).

Then, generate a second list of additional values or...