You Sunk My Constitution: Using a Popular Off-the-Shelf Board Game to Simulate Political Concepts

Autor/in	Bridge, Dave
Titel	You Sunk My Constitution: Using a Popular Off-the-Shelf Board Game to Simulate Political Concepts
Quelle	In: Journal of Political Science Education, 10 (2014) 2, S.186-203 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-2169
DOI	10.1080/15512169.2014.894363
Schlagwörter	Games; Political Issues; Politics; Simulation; Teaching Methods; Role Playing; Social Studies; Government (Administrative Body); Constitutional Law; Comparative Analysis; Grades (Scholastic); Student Surveys; Student Attitudes; College Students; Political Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Game; Spiel; Spiele; Politischer Faktor; Politik; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Rollenspiel; Gemeinschaftskunde; Government; Regierung; Staatsrecht; Notenspiegel; Schülerbefragung; Schülerverhalten; Collegestudent; Staatslehre; Politikwissenschaft; Politische Wissenschaft
Abstract	Using an example, this article demonstrates how instructors can make use of popular off-the-shelf board games to model politics. I show how the rules of the popular board game "Battleship" can be manipulated to simulate centralization of power and, more specifically, the differences between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Off-the-shelf board games like "Battleship" provide a powerful--and virtually unrecognized--tool to help simulate complex institutions and concepts by modifying well-known rules to fit pedagogical needs. Board games therefore constitute an untapped resource waiting to be exploited by creative educators. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10