Simulations Waiting to be Evaluated
This is a list of simulations I have collected over the last few years. I have not evaluated these in a long time. I will be evaluating them over the next few weeks and cleanup this list. If you have additional simulations feel free to contact me.
| Title | Subject/Unit | Type | Brief Explanation | Links |
| Tough Choices | Government, US History, World History | In Class | Use ethical problems faced by adults working in small groups to engage your students with real world problems (past and present) | http://www.classroomtools.com/tough.htm |
| Alliance Simulation | World History/ WWI | In Class | students learn about how alliances can be a disadvantage and lead to war – plan for 2 hours | https://asn.am/fof/fof.php This looks like the updated version: http://www.warmuseum.ca/overthetop/ |
| Economics in Action: 14 Greatest Hits in Teaching Economics | Economics | Contains some excellent, simple, and often quick simulations regarding basic economic theories. | https://www.amazon.com/Economics-Action-Greatest-Teaching-School/dp/1561830860 | |
| 1920 Stock Market Crash | U.S.History | 2 day lesson -excellent | https://notimetosleep.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/stockmarketsimulation.pdf | |
| iCivics.org | US Government | Great simulations on branches of gov’t., citizenship, elections, civil rights, etc. Great graphics. Good for various grades, but especially jr high and HS. Backed by Sandra Day O’Connor. | icivics.org | |
| Mission US | 18th Century US History | Students get to be an apprentice at the Boston Gazette in the days before the American Revolution or a slave trying to escape to freedom. | http://www.mission-us.org/ | |
| Spent | Sociology/Economics | Students go through several scenarios where they have to choose how to spend minimum wage paycheck. They loved it! Makes current economy very real to them. | http://playspent.org/ | |
| Head to Head | Historical Figures | This is the free one, Dr. Fox, but version of Hitler and Stalin are the best. They allow you to ask historical figures any questions you want, and it is incredibly realistic and accurate | http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/head2head/ | |
| History Animated | US History, 20th Century World History | Simulations of key battles of the US Revolutionary and Civil War, and WWII | http://www.historyanimated.com (Site is current down, i have contacted the creator) | |
| We Choose the Moon | US History | Simulation of the mission of Apollo 11, first manned flight to the moon. | http://www.historyanimated.com (Site is current down, i have contacted the creator) | |
| Trenches are | World History/ WWI | Re-enact trench warfare | http://mrsgannon.wordpress.com/2010/01/30/fighting-in-the-trenches-a-history-lab/ follow up withhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/trenchwarfare.shtml | |
| Trenches | World History / WWI | Re-enact Trench Warfare | Game: How many soldiers survived the trenches? https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1umI5PHNcVl2jNqSv9-PuLK4qPzAzj0goSyuuITP8z-k/edit#slide=id.g67cafffd0_0_437 Visual Set Up: https://www.instagram.com/p/76F_1qPyMr/?taken-by=mrsg_room1019 Reading Interactive Game: http://www.warmuseum.ca/overthetop/ | |
| Dropping the Atomic Bomb | World History / WWII | Simulation of “Trial of Harry Truman” in response to the question: “Was America justified in their decision to drop the Atomic Bomb?” Students are assigned roles. They research and write their own script for the trial. Students from other grades serve as jury members. | Trial Script/ Assign Student Roles https://docsgoogle.com/document/d/1xl2qbDTJoUnWi2eC2a90akmyEdiXD5si6xDF0KVplPU/edit Visual Set.Up: https://www.instagram.com/p/-SEYXkPyDM/?taken-by=mrsg_room1019 Explanation: http://patch.com/illinois/oaklawn/one-americas-longest-historical-debates | |
| Pearl Harbor Attack Map | US/World History | Simulation of Attack on Pearl Harbor | http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/multimedia/interactive/pearl-harbor/fm/?ar_a=3&force_AR=Truenot working | |
| Planetary Size Comparison | Geography | Planetary Size and Distance Comparison | http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/planetary-size-and-distance-comparison/?ar_a=1&ar_r=999 | |
| Stock Market Game | Economics | Virtually invest $100,000 into the stock market- Monitor your portfolio, compete with other students | www.smg2000.org[not working] another option:http://www.stockmarketgame.org/ | |
| Worst Jobs in History: Medieval | Medieval | Sort of like Dirty Jobs Medieval style, students rank desired occupation based on physical exertion, gruesomeness etc.. | http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/free_stuff/worst_jobs_in_history/frameset.htm?yr7 | |
| Worst Jobs in History | US/World History | Choose job during Victorian Age | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cdO_6ueaucMpWHY-XLXRVxTEfCjZMI6H1DhsQ4m0vk0/edit | |
| Psychology Simulations/Demos | Psychology (could be tweaked for Sociology?) | http://douglasbernstein.com/downloads/index.html | ||
| Science/Geography Simulations | Geography | Topographical Map | http://www.teachersmonthly.rcom/08/free-web-baseindex.php/2011/d-science-biology-geography-simulations/ | |
| Maya Rise & Fall | World History | Interactives about Maya civilization | http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/08/maya-rise-fall/gugliotta-text | |
| Geography of a pencil | Geography | Track a pencil from origin, trade, and transport | http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/activity/geography-of-a-pencil/?ar_a=1&ar_r=999 | |
| Hurricane Name | Geography/current events | Find if your name has been used! All names since 1950 | http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903703604576584503299280390.html?mod=e2tw | |
| Paperclip game | Capitalism/communism | Students play Rock, Paper, Scissors to model capitalism | http://kulowiectech.blogspot.com/2011/03/no-technologygood-old-rock-paper.html | |
| Singing Strike in Lawrence, MA | Industrialism/Labor | Students role play and try to solve real problem faced by striking IWW members 100 years ago. | http://zinnedproject.org/posts/703 | |
| Mercantilism | World Studies | Students learn how mercantilism leads to powerful countries dominating weak to imperialism. | https://sites.google.com/a/caldwellschools.com/cechs-big-ideas/home/9th-grade/explorer/world-history-world-geography/mercantilism-simulation | |
| Treaty of Versailles | World Studies | students model the treaty and results | sons/ushistory/treaty_of_versailles_simulation.htmhttp://www.cyberlearning-world.com/les | |
| Budget Puzzle | USGov/current events | You fix the budget: being in charge of nation’s finances | http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html | |
| stock market portfolios | economics | students can compare companies by sectors. Strong educational component | www.weseed.com(not working as of 1/24/16) | |
| Confiscate student laptops | Imperialism | I took away student laptops to simulate losing personal property | http://concretekax.blogspot.com/2011/10/imperialism-in-my-classroom-today.html | |
| Handshake activity | World Studies/Black Plague | Tell students we are going to practice business handshakes. Demonstrate and then have them practice with each other. Have one student secretly put invisible ink on their hands. Check for “deaths” afterwards with a black light. | ||
| OneWorld Classrooms | Geography/world cultures | I used these images and created levels of ?’s as the students learned about the cultures through the images | http://www.oneworldclassrooms.org/travel/china/culturalprofiles/main.htm | |
| You Be the Judge | World History/Government | Make decision to determine punishments in 19th Ct. | http://www.activehistory.co.uk/Miscellaneous/menus/crime_punishment_activity/gcse_crime_and_punishment_frameset.htm | |
| Urbanization Game | Euro/World history | Students go from village to industrial town in 21 stages – town grows as they draw more features | http://www.sonic.net/bantam1/urban.html | |
| Feudal Role Play (Also called Feudal M&Ms) | Middle Ages Medieval | Students take the role of different people within the feudal hierarchy. Students start with an amount of candy and then pay “taxes” to people above them in the feudal pyramid. | http://www.classroomzoom.com/lessons/386/simulation-feudal-candy *Note – there are many links to variations of this activity. Search to find something you like. | |
| Atomic Bomb Trial | US. History, World History, Two World Wars | Students assume the role of witnesses and lawyers and by using primary and secondary source documents, both defend and attack the United States use of the atomic bomb | It’s not web based | |
| Alliances simulation | Two World Wars | Students are assigned a country and using the descriptions of different European nations, decide who would make the perfect ally. Students will also defend their choices. | It’s not web based, | |
| Capitalism/Socialism/Factory Simulation | World History | Students create a product, produce it, pay workers, negotiate wages, operate on incentive and organize for work rules and better conditions. | It’s not web based | |
| Mock Trials: Russian Revolution and Ancient Rome | World History | Students role play to learn about and critically think about history | It’s not web based | |
| Election Simulation | Government | Students participate in an in class election complete with voter registration cards. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8ZF4V9guf8UMjgzYmRiNzYtMDk3ZC00M2ZkLWFkNWUtMThkYzdhZDM5M2Ex/edit http://constitutioncenter.org/media/files/vote.pdf | |
| Scramble for Africa | World History | Late 1800 European Imperialism in Africa. | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxKwj0xy7hrkd2lWRWpXVWdRWGVCaW5SUGJhSE41UQ/edit | |
| Treaty of Versailles Simulation | World History | World War I | http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year9links/wwi/versaillessimulation.pdf | |
| French Revolution | World History | Web Quest on the French Rev. Video clips are used to find several answers. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zo0ABi94jSQc7yAdeN-sBELJ_IQEUBbhTWH0nrehAl4/edit | |
| Nail Polish Experiment | Sociology | Help students investigate the relationship between gender and homophobia. | https://docs.google.com/open?id=0BxKwj0xy7hrkUkpzSzRJRmZRZXFNNkg2cFlCMTE0UQ | |
| Gender Socialization | Sociology | Students go to a store and report on differences between boy & girl items. | ww.sagepub.com/snc/07/snc07al1.pdfhttp://w | |
| Armenian Genocide Debate | US/World History, Government (Lobbying) | Students are assigned to lobbying firms supported by different interest groups and build a presentation to convince the US House of Representatives to vote in favor or opposition to recognizing the Armenian Genocide. | https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B5bEal1JxHPOMldSYV83SXBoUmM/edit?usp=sharing Link is to a Google Docs Folder with all of the mission cards (6 teams) and a Google Drawing with the QR Codes to link to the mission cards. Contact @amakelky with questions | |
| Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition | Variety of Sims | A general list. You still need to find links to sims. | https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cdO_6ueaucMpWHY-XLXRVxTEfCjZMI6H1DhsQ4m0vk0/edi | |
| Albatross | Cultural exercise on gender discrimination | best done in groups of 12 to 15 participants | https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toolbox/tool/visiting-the-albatross-culture.417/ | |
| Redistricting Game | U.S. Government/Civics | Simulation of redistricting (or gerrymandering). Can be done individually (or in pairs with two students working together on one computer. | http://redistrictinggame.org/ | |
| Peakville Needs a Rec Center | Local Government | A role played simulation of a town meeting about building a new recreation center. Students represent local interest groups. | Simulation slides with roles and choices Lesson Plan | |
| River City Wants Water | Local Government | Town meeting about building a reservoir. Interest groups compete to influence leaders choices. | Simulation slides with roles and choices | |
| Partition of Bomon | Geography/Conflict | Simulation of negotiating territories based on ethnicity, resources and forming alliances. Historical context is Berlin Conference, and it turns out that Bomon is actually Nigeria. | Link to Activity | |
| Voter’s Ed | US Election History and Modeling | Interactive Maps of all US Presidential elections going back to 1789 | http://www.secondavenuelearning.com/products/voters-ed Includes election history of all US Presidential elections back to 1789 featuring, interactive maps, significant events, new states and exploratory questions. Poll tracking of most recent/current election featuring state registration data, links to candidate websites and shareable maps for students to make predictions about election outcomes. Lesson Plans available. | |
| Foundation for Teaching Economics | Economics, US History, Civics, Environmental Studies | Simulations related to economics throughout social studies | https://www.fte.org/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/ | |
| Citizens Initiative Review | Government/Citizen Education | Structured group deliberation on ballot initiatives | .https://healthydemocracy.org/cir/ |