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Topic: Civ2 in Schools? |  |
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Shadowstrike
Prince
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2000
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posted August 11, 2000 19:56
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I jsut realized that Civ 2 would be a neat way to teach history. That is, instead of having to learn "by the book" they give you a good scenario in the appropriate era, ask you to play it, then do the books as needed. And thoughts? By the way, I'd wish they'd use this system in schools now, and I can forget about history homework... |
SandMonkey
Prince
Yardley, Pennsylvania, US
Apr 99
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posted August 11, 2000 20:21
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try and get it past a school board.... |
jcarkey
Chieftain
Missouri
Aug 2000
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posted August 11, 2000 21:26
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That would be pretty cool. I agree with SandMonkey about school boards.
It is sort of funny that you brought that up. School was the place that I first palyed Civ.
I guess I know who my favorite teacher is   ------------------
What if the Hokey-Pokey is really what its all about? Contact me at cpoland@mail.win.org |
SandMonkey
Prince
Yardley, Pennsylvania, US
Apr 99
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posted August 11, 2000 22:52
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a teacher got you hooked on civ? or just because you got to play in that class?? |
jcarkey
Chieftain
Missouri
Aug 2000
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posted August 11, 2000 23:31
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Because I played it in class. But I thank the teacher for getting the program.------------------
What if the Hokey-Pokey is really what its all about? Contact me at cpoland@mail.win.org |
BuilderR
Warlord
Israel
Jul 2000
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posted August 12, 2000 08:26
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Cool idea... |
Shadowstrike
Prince
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2000
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posted August 12, 2000 15:53
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Bumping this up so people can see it.  |
MacUser
ACS Civ2 Mac Webmaster
Olathe, KS, USA
Jul 1999
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posted August 19, 2000 21:14
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I've thought that this was a great way to teach historical concepts to kids since I first got the game! Thanks to Civ, my oldest son (now 10) and I have had lots of conversations about how events and discoveries played out in the real world. I think that a game would take too long in a classroom setting, however the poster/tech tree could be useful. There is a video series called the "Ascent of Man" by Jacob Bernowski (I likely misspelled his name) that discusses how one discovery led to another and how history was impacted. The tapes should be available in most great public libraries. ------------------
"And now for something completely different..."
- John Cleese |
finbar
King
Sydney, Australia
Jul 1999
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posted August 19, 2000 21:48
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I can hear it now.Kid: "How come there are chariots in the 17th Century, sir?" Teacher: "You're on detention, boy." ------------------
finbar
Mono Rules!
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Seeker
King
Canada(UWO)
b.02-15-99
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posted August 20, 2000 11:29
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Essays written on 'causes of the Russian Revolution':'obviously, Lenin hoped to use the low corruption and ability to control many cities of Communism to counteract the Republic (of Kerensky) with its poor military and greater unhappiness...' Essays on why Rhodes should've been the most powerful Greek poleis (they had the Collossus, and Collossus vs Oracle? pffft..) |
DarkCloud
Warlord
of the Ring
Jul 2000
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posted August 20, 2000 13:33
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Civ 2 should definitely be in schools. How much it should be used however, varies.The students can learn various things: #1 How hard it is to manage an empire
#2 The names of historical leaders
#3 Historical Civilizations and where they started.
#4 Real wonders of the world
#5 What some things do (city improvements)
#6 Strategy like chess (unit wars)
#7 They can make book reports on the 100 years war or other wars such as putting historical units facing off each other (High School History and art if they design the units)
#8 They can make book reports (Lord of the Flies) with sound, unit, and terrain drawings) Those are just some ideas of many |
Shadowstrike
Prince
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2000
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posted August 20, 2000 16:11
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How about having scenario making instead of projects? You can just see it in this:Parent: Get off the computer, you've been playing for 11 hours. Kid: But it's a school project... Parent: Nonsense, why would they make you try to draw a picture of Napoleon that small for a project? Hehehe...  |
Empress
King
cause markos wont let me be queen
Apr 2000
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posted August 20, 2000 16:36
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Actually I had a dream about civ in schools a couple weeks ago. I dreamed I was back to teaching and I was in this huge classroom with the walls lined with books and in walking around the room I noticed a section of civ and alpha centauri books! 
I opened a civ book and it was a story based on a game played by the author. |
MacUser
ACS Civ2 Mac Webmaster
Olathe, KS, USA
Jul 1999
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posted August 20, 2000 17:06
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Fin - It would be more useful here in the "Colonies" as we don't have surly youth!  ------------------
"And now for something completely different..."
- John Cleese |
tonic
Prince
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jun 2000
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posted August 20, 2000 20:24
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I'd like to see more emphasis on the 'perfectionist' approach to encourage the values espoused by a true civilization. While the initial concepts would be a useful introduction to history, I think the level of AI performance (broached in the Civ3 forum) would need to be improved before some realism can be imparted. Besides the 17th C chariot, the bright kids will no doubt be able to soon produce 18th C armor not to mention finding the Cure for Cancer in 1600 AD. |
finbar
King
Sydney, Australia
Jul 1999
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posted August 20, 2000 20:52
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The first kid who builds the Eiffel Tower in an all-human MP game should be put on yard clean-up duty for 110 years.------------------
finbar
Mono Rules!
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Fiji
Settler
Antwerp,Belgium
Dec 1999
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posted August 21, 2000 06:46
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CIV (I and II) could help to explain some key moments in historyCortez with 1 (veteran) musketeer unit conquers south amerika defended by warriors Native amerikans in small villages get overrun by riflemen the USSR has trouble getting it's army forward because of bad roads and absent railroads in WW2 |
Simpson II
Warlord
varies
Jul 2000
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posted August 21, 2000 18:35
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When I was at university, the library computers would have CivII installed for about a month per year. Apparently this was because the management course included a module in CivII! You actually had to write a 5000 word paper on the game. |
Shadowstrike
Prince
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2000
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posted August 21, 2000 20:37
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I doubt that 5000 word essay would have been a real problem to any devout Civer... |
jcarkey
Chieftain
Missouri
Aug 2000
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posted August 21, 2000 22:48
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Well actually, besides being used for the historical aproach, you could use it for probability.
A Vet. Musketeer has a defense value of 5,(The value is rounded up if it it is odd, correct?) and a Hitpoint value of 20. What are the chances of it surviving a cruiser?It could also be used to teach logic and strategy. That would be good at Military Academys! ------------------
What if the Hokey-Pokey is really what its all about? Contact me at cpoland@mail.win.org |
SCG
Warlord
Jun 2000
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posted August 22, 2000 00:23
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quote:
Originally posted by Shadowstrike on 08-21-2000 08:37 PM
I doubt that 5000 word essay would have been a real problem to any devout Civer...
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heh, just look at some of the OCC log overviews I bet some of those come close to that ------------------
April Cantor: Sire, in order to expand further we must first gain favor of the King SCG: darn, I've never really got the hang of that tribute thing, guess it will be a long time until i make prince *goes off and starts gifting gold and techs* |
Shadowstrike
Prince
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2000
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posted August 22, 2000 13:55
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If you come to think about it, Civ2 can be used for a lot of things... Math, History, Geography, Common Sense, Computer Skills, etc.It would probably work well in schools, if you could get it past the nearly insurmountable obstacle of school boards. |
Tom DeMille
Prince
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Jan 2000
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posted August 22, 2000 14:01
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Come on people, school isn't supposed to be fun! |
Julius Brenzaida
Settler
Prince
Aug 2000
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posted August 22, 2000 19:14
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Well,I am a teacher in history somewhere in Europe. Sorry, I would not use CIVII for my classes.
It's a great game, but just a game.
And as many have already said, it is not meant to be historicaly accurate. On the other hand, CAREFULLY played at home, after homework that is, it could help stir interest in history. And yes, school has never been meant to be fun |
tonic
Prince
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jun 2000
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posted August 22, 2000 21:09
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Ultimately education is about understanding principles, getting some insight into what makes the world tick. Does the simplistic "linear" view of history presented by games such as Civ give an insight into how civilization developed? In other words is an fragmented or skewed view better than no view at all or should we expend more effort into making a game specifically for teaching history where developments and discoveries are very much a function of the forces at work at a particular time in a particular human environment, rather than as a rigidly proscribed sequence of fixed events. My bias is apparent. |
Caesar
Emperor
New York
Apr 99
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posted August 22, 2000 21:14
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Yeah, but it would be a lot of fun. I'll find some teacher, play some serial MP. Small map duel, kick his ass... It won't take more than a few lunch periods Anyway, honestly, its a horrible idea. But I'd love it. |
tonic
Prince
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jun 2000
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posted August 22, 2000 21:35
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It's every "older" person's nightmare, being thrashed in an MP game by someone and then finding out he's only 15! This is in flagrant breach of established historical protocols for the hierarchy of due educational process.Edit: corrected malapropism!
[This message has been edited by tonic (edited August 22, 2000).] |
Shadowstrike
Prince
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Jul 2000
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posted August 23, 2000 09:25
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However, if we can find some scenarios which are historically accurate and entertaining, (i.e. Red Front, Mongols, etc.) children could be learning and having fun at the same time.Now, I'd like to see a kid win Red Front on the first try... |
Hodad
King
m_carreras@hotmail.com (yes, it's my e-mail!)
Sep 1999
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posted August 29, 2000 11:53
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I first played SC2000 at school... we were doing Geography and urban planning in 1994! |
HsFB
Prince
Phobos, Martian System
Jan 2000
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posted August 29, 2000 12:21
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when i was in 4th grade, i was the only one to know the capital city of china thanks civ! |
Christantine The Great
Chieftain
Senate Chamber, Chrisonian Capital Christantinopl
Jun 2000
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posted September 03, 2000 20:39
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I had once sugested it to my Social Studies teacher in 6th grade but my class was pretty bad so I don't think it will happen any time soon. I showed it to him once and he liked it though. ------------------
"Freedom, Trade, Christantine!" |
MrCat
Settler
Jul 2000
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posted September 04, 2000 19:27
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Look what I learned mommy:The destroyer is a very bad ship, riflemen are much better than them. Phalanx can destroy Battleships People live forever Lenin's fear of the corruption in his communist government was fake. Everybody knows that Communism has no corruption.
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johnmcd
Clash of Civilizations
Unit Graphics
Edinburgh
Oct 1999
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posted September 07, 2000 16:00
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I was a games shop quite recently where a kid was making his mum buy him Age of Empires II on the grounds that he 'needed it for homework'. Whether or not it was true I just about fell over at the gall of the lad/ guilability of the mother or the incredible negligence of the teacher. That said, my brother did his degree in history and he can't get enough of Civ. He has weird tactics based on real life though that don't work too well mind you. Also, the first time he played Sim City 2000 he started in 1900 and spent the first fifteen years setting up his town so it would deal with a war economy well...I thought it was quite charming that he couldn't work out why the newspapers never mentioned the Great War. Hey I just thought, why do you never get Zepplins in the early years of Sim City, that'd rock! |
johnmcd
Clash of Civilizations
Unit Graphics
Edinburgh
Oct 1999
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posted September 07, 2000 16:02
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I was a games shop quite recently where a kid was making his mum buy him Age of Empires II on the grounds that he 'needed it for homework'. Whether or not it was true I just about fell over at the gall of the lad/ guilability of the mother or the incredible negligence of the teacher. That said, my brother did his degree in history and he can't get enough of Civ. He has weird tactics based on real life though that don't work too well mind you. Also, the first time he played Sim City 2000 he started in 1900 and spent the first fifteen years setting up his town so it would deal with a war economy well...I thought it was quite charming that he couldn't work out why the newspapers never mentioned the Great War. Hey I just thought, why do you never get Zepplins in the early years of Sim City, that'd rock! |
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