An engaging and collaborative way for students to meet influential philosophers
Artifact Justification
This activity shows my ability to apply the content in ways that support student development of skill building and perspective-taking. The setup of the game required students to read and analyze text to be able to quickly make a judgment about who said the provided quote. Students got to practice assessing and applying the information in real-time, gaining instant feedback on the process and perspective analysis they used to come up with a solution. They were encouraged to work together and groups employed different tactics to inform their selections.
About the Activity
I created this game for my 10th-grade World History students. It was a large class of 35 students, with high attendance. The majority of the boys were regularly restless and could get out of hand quickly if they weren't engaged enough. Thankfully my school went phone-free at the start of my student teaching so I was able to captivate them with just a bit of healthy competition.
The game was played in groups of 5-6, and each student was given a booklet that had profiles on all of the philosophers featured and each team had an image of each philosopher.. To begin a round, I would display a quote and then set a timer. Teams would use the time to scour through the booklets, reading the various, brief Chat Gpt produced, student-friendly breakdowns of their philosophies. When time ran out, groups would raise the image of who they guessed the quote was from. I kept track of which teams got it correct for the numerous rounds and declared an overall winner at the end.
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