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29 produkter
Threshold of Democracy
Athens in 403 B.C.E.
Av Josiah Ober, Naomi J. Norman m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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The Threshold of Democracy re-creates the intellectual dynamics of one of the most formative periods in Western history. In the wake of Athenian military defeat and rebellion, advocates of democracy have reopened the Assembly, but stability remains elusive. As members of the Assembly, players must …
Henry VIII and the Reformation of Parliament
Av John Patrick (Smith College) Coby
Häftad, 2014
317 kr
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Part of the Reacting to the Past series, Henry VIII and the Reformation Parliament transforms students into lords and commoners and members of the English Parliament during the tumultuous years 1529-36.
Crisis of Catiline
Rome, 63 BCE
Häftad, 2023
341 kr
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The Crisis of Catiline situates students in Rome in 63 BCE during a time of urban and rural tumult, economic instability, sensational trials, and electoral misconduct. Lucius Sergius Catilina (or "Catiline"), a charismatic and scandal-plagued noble, has proposed radical reforms that are favored by …
Democracy in Crisis
Weimar Germany, 1929-1932
Häftad, 2023
370 kr
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Democracies do not die; they are killed. Democracy in Crisis explores how a democracy, grounded in fair elections, parliamentary institutions, and a liberal constitution, nonetheless can fall prey to extreme partisanship, ideological radicalism, procedural manipulation, and external …
Red Clay, 1835
Cherokee Removal and the Meaning of Sovereignty
Av Jace Weaver, Laura Adams Weaver
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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Red Clay, 1835 envelops students in the treaty negotiations between the Cherokee National Council and representatives of the United States at Red Clay, Tennessee. As pressure mounts on the Cherokee to accept treaty terms, students must confront issues such as nationhood, westward expansion, and …
Japan, 1941
Between Pan-Asianism and the West
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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Set in Japan during the early years of World War II, this game helps students understand the political and strategic reasons behind Japan's decision to enter the war. Taking on the roles of leading figures in Tokyo&8213;army or navy officers, bureaucrats, and members of the Imperial Courtstudents …
Changing the Game
Title IX, Gender, and College Athletics
Av Kelly McFall, Abigail Perkiss
Häftad, 2022
359 kr
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Changing the Game is set at a fictional university in the mid-1990s. A debate over the role of athletics quickly expands to encompass demands that women's sports and athletes receive more resources and opportunities. The result is a firestorm of controversy on and off campus. Drawing on …
Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775-1776
Av Bill Offutt
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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Patriots, Loyalists, and Revolution in New York City, 1775–1776 draws students into the chaos of a revolutionary New York City, where Patriot and Loyalist forces fight for advantage among a divided populace. Confronted with issues like bribery, the loss of privacy, and collapsing economic …
Needs of Others
Human Rights, International Organizations, and Intervention in Rwanda, 1994
Av Kelly McFall
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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The Needs of Others is set at the UN in 1994, where diplomats learn of violence in Rwanda. Representing UN ambassadors, human rights organizations, journalists, and public opinion leaders, students wrestle with difficult questions based on an unsteady trickle of information: Should the UN …
Chicago, 1968
Policy and Protest at the Democratic National Convention
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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In August 1968, Democrats gather at their National Convention in Chicago to debate a platform for a deeply divided party. Factions are split over issues such as civil rights, infrastructure, and the war on poverty—not to mention the war in Vietnam. Meanwhile, crowds of protesters descend upon the …
Kentucky, 1861
Loyalty, State, and Nation
Av Nicolas W. Proctor, Margaret Storey
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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Kentucky, 1861 pulls students into the secession crisis following Lincoln's 1860 election. During a special session of the Kentucky legislature, set against the looming threat of violence, students grapple with questions about the future of slavery and the constitutionality of secession.
Mexico in Revolution, 1912-1920
Av Jonathan Truitt, Stephany Slaughter
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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The year is 1921, and Francisco Madero is president of Mexico. Just last year he and his top general ousted the long-standing president (some say dictator), Porfirio Diaz, who is now in exile. But the country is far from stable. A basic cultural rift between the elite and the poor portends unrest …
Forest Diplomacy
Cultures in Conflict on the Pennsylvania Frontier, 1757
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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Forest Diplomacy draws students into the colonial frontier, where Pennsylvania settlers and the Delaware Indians, or Lenape, are engaged in a vicious and destructive war. Using sources—including previous treaties, firsthand accounts of the war, Quaker epistles advocating pacifism, and various …
Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791
Av Jennifer J. Popiel, Mark C. Carnes
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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Rousseau, Burke, and Revolution in France, 1791 plunges students into the intellectual and political currents that surged through revolutionary Paris in the summer of 1791. As members of the National Assembly gather to craft a constitution for a new France, students wrestle with the threat of …
Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism, 1861-1864
Av Marsha Driscoll, Elizabeth E. Dunn m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
328 kr
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Since its appearance in 1859, Darwin's long-awaited treatise in "genetic biology" had received reviews both favorable and damning. Thomas Huxley and Samuel Wilberforce presented arguments for and against the theory in a dramatic and widely publicized face-off at the 1860 meeting of the British …
Trial of Anne Hutchinson
Liberty, Law, and Intolerance in Puritan New England
Av Michael Winship, Mark C. Carnes
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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The Trial of Anne Hutchinson re-creates one of the most tumultuous and significant episodes in early American history: the struggle between the followers and allies of John Winthrop, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and those of Anne Hutchinson, a strong-willed and brilliant religious …
Defining a Nation
India on the Eve of Independence, 1945
Av Ainslie T. Embree, Mark C. Carnes
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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Defining a Nation is set at Simla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, where the British viceroy has invited leaders of various religious and political constituencies to work out the future of Britain's largest colony. Will the British transfer power to the Indian National Congress, which claims to …
Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor, 1587
Av Daniel K. Gardner, Mark C. Carnes
Häftad, 2022
359 kr
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Confucianism and the Succession Crisis of the Wanli Emperor, 1587 is set in the Hanlin Academy in Ming dynasty China. Most students are members of the Grand Secretariat of the Hanlin Academy, the body of top-ranking graduates of the civil service examination who serve as advisers to the Wanli …
Trial of Galileo
Aristotelianism, the "New Cosmology", and the Catholic Church, 1616-1633
Av Michael S. Pettersen, Frederick Purnell, Jr. m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
359 kr
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In The Trial of Galileo the new science, as brilliantly propounded by Galileo Galilei, collides with the elegant cosmology of Aristotle, Aquinas, and medieval Scholasticism. The game is set in Rome in the early decades of the seventeenth century. Most of the debates occur within the Holy Office, …
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Constructing the American Republic
Häftad, 2022
370 kr
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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 brings to life the debates that most profoundly shaped American government. As representatives to the convention, students must investigate the ideological arguments behind possible structures for a new government and create a new constitution.
Monuments and Memory-Making
The Debate Over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981-1982
Av M. Rebecca Livingstone, Kelly McFall m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
370 kr
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Monuments and Memory-Making immerses students in the conversations and controversies that emerged as the nation grappled with how best to memorialize what was at the time the longest military conflict in US history. As students engage in the historical process of memory-making, they will work to …
Greenwich Village, 1913
Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman
Häftad, 2023
370 kr
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The second edition of Greenwich Village, 1913: Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman transports students into the bohemian section of New York City known as an epicenter of rebels, artists, and seekers of personal transformation. Assuming roles as residents of "the Village," students gather at Polly's …
Watergate, 1973-1974
Häftad, 2023
341 kr
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Watergate, 1973–1974 explores America's most dramatic constitutional crisis of the twentieth century: the investigation of the Watergate burglary. The scandal brought the nation's political system to the brink of disaster: the US president had defied established norms of democracy, and his enemies …
Wrestling with the Reformation in Augsburg, 1530
Häftad, 2023
341 kr
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In 1530, Holy Roman emperor Charles V called an imperial council in Augsburg, hoping to resolve religious dissention in the empire introduced by Martin Luther, whose 95 Theses, criticized the church's practice of offering promises of forgiveness from sins in exchange for money. Luther's allies in …
Prado Museum Expansion
The Diverse Art of Latin America
Häftad, 2023
341 kr
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From 2001 to 2007, the world-renowned Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain, underwent an ambitious expansion project that reorganized the spatial design of the museum and allowed for additional exhibition space. Coinciding with the completion of this large construction project were a series of …
Bacon's Rebellion, 1676-1677
Race, Class, and Frontier Conflict in Colonial Virginia
Häftad, 2024
341 kr
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In the early seventeenth century, Virginia's Chesapeake region saw the emergence of a multiracial society centered around the profitable tobacco industry. While Native Americans, free and enslaved Africans, and Europeans coexisted and interacted, a hierarchical order formed with a small elite …
Constantine and the Council of Nicaea
Defining Orthodoxy and Heresy in Christianity, 325 CE
Häftad, 2024
331 kr
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Before Constantine rose to power as the Roman emperor, the empire followed polytheistic beliefs. Any deviation from this tradition, particularly embracing Christianity, was met with severe punishment including imprisonment, torture, and execution. Christians were especially targeted as their faith …
Ending the Troubles
Religion, Nationalism, and the Search for Peace and Democracy in Northern Ireland, 1997-1998
Av John M. Burney, Andrew J. Auge
Häftad, 2024
331 kr
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In June 1996, the British government convened multiparty talks trying to establish peace within Northern Ireland, after thirty years of bloody civil war based on religious, cultural, political, and economic tensions, known as ""The Troubles."" The talks included political parties from the two …
Engines of Mischief
Technology, Rebellion, and the Industrial Revolution in England, 1817-1818
Av Louise Blakeney Williams, Brendan Palla m. fl.
Häftad, 2024
341 kr
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Engines of Mischief explores the day-to-day labor, economic, political, and social climate at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in Manchester, England, between 1817 and 1818. Using new economic theories of the time, parliamentary commissions, and news reports, students will engage with crucial …
