An engaging and collaborative way for students to meet influential philosophers
I created this game for my 10th-grade World History students. It was a large class of 35 students, with high attendance. The majority of the boys were regularly restless and could get out of hand quickly if they weren't engaged enough. Thankfully my school went phone-free at the start of my student teaching so I was able to captivate them with just a bit of healthy competition.
The game was played in groups of 5-6, and each student was given a booklet that had profiles on all of the philosophers featured and each team had an image of each philosopher.. To begin a round, I would display a quote and then set a timer. Teams would use the time to scour through the booklets, reading the various, brief Chat Gpt produced, student-friendly breakdowns of their philosophies. When time ran out, groups would raise the image of who they guessed the quote was from. I kept track of which teams got it correct for the numerous rounds and declared an overall winner at the end.
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