Operation War Stories

Murderers and Mad(wo)men

The Civic Art

GAMES MY STUDENTS PLAY

Inspired by 2013 Freshman Read "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Incorporated elements of best-selling Call of Duty video game franchise

Students worked as war correspondents researching and blogging about war-related issues

A multiplayer Role-Playing Game (RPG)

Inspired by popular Call of Cthulhu tabletop RPG

Integrated Steampunk aesthetic

Students took on various investigative roles to solve literary mysteries and crimes, journaling about their cases and theories at Epic Words

A multiplayer RPG set in Classical Greece

Modeled after the institutio rhetorica, schools of rhetoric where Greek youth received preparatory training for speaking in the Senate

Students role-played citizens of a Greek city-state who formed collegia and competed against one another in debates and mock trials