EB's educational value

**King of the dutch** · 01-17-2006, 21:12

As i'm doing a history teacher's ecuacation to teach high school kids history (surprise) i was wondering how y'all think Eb should be implemented in a history curriculum. The educational value pf EB has been mentioned by some of the members and i've thought about it and was wondering if there already was a clear idea about how this would work.

grtz kotd

**RandyKapp** · 01-17-2006, 21:16

What high school teachs classics in such detail! =O

**King of the dutch** · 01-17-2006, 21:20

Well that was my thought as well that's why i'm wondering in what context the game would/could be used

**Zomby_Woof** · 01-17-2006, 21:25

Wait. You're trying to incorporate Europa Barbarorum into a teaching curriculum?

**King of the dutch** · 01-17-2006, 21:27

No i'm not. It was mentioned before on this forum that some of the makers would like it to be used as an educational tool. I'm wondering how theyenvisage that

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 01-17-2006, 21:31

Well, it's educational in and of itself without necessarily being used in a classroom environment.

**PSYCHO V** · 01-18-2006, 08:37

Originally Posted by King of the dutch

No i'm not. It was mentioned before on this forum that some of the makers would like it to be used as an educational tool. I'm wondering how theyenvisage that

Gday KoD, our fearless leaders are probably the ones you need to talk to about this. Unfortunately, they are currently enjoying some R&R.

Originally Posted by King of the dutch

I was wondering how y'all think Eb should be implemented in a history curriculum. The educational value pf EB has been mentioned by some of the members and i've thought about it and was wondering if there already was a clear idea about how this would work.

It may help to get an understanding of exactly what aspect you wish to teach. Is it a generic understanding of the Ancient world? The world between certain dates? Certain cultures, empires, nation states? Commerce? Warfare? Langauge?, etc etc

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**the_handsome_viking** · 01-18-2006, 04:14

I've said many times that video games have amazing educational and training potential.

The military are using video games to train soldiers, I don't see why in a few years you couldn't use video games to train people to perform surgerical operations, and I don't see why video games couldn't be used to teach people of all ages history.

An amazing concept would be a video game that could allow you to play as the role of someone in any rank of Roman society, to show people what the day to day lifestyle would be like.

Video games and simulations really are the future of education and profession training in my opinion, and I think that it would be a good experiment for teachers to see if they could perhaps get children more interested in history by advising them to play video game modifcations like Europa Barbarorum.

Imagine your "home work" consisting of playing a few hours of video games in the future, haha.