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- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students critically examine the portrayal of minorities in video games and other forms of entertainment and assess the role of racial stereotyping. They keep a log of media minority portrayals and respond to their findings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students use prior knowledge to develop a survey on their peers' habits and preferences regarding video games and online gaming. They examine the social aspect of online gaming by discussing "Where Warriors and Ogres Lock Arms Instead of Swords. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the portrayal of women in action-adventure video games and in other forms of entertainment to assess whether or not these portrayals perpetuate positive images of women in today's world. They develop new female video game characters. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students study the success of video games by reading an online article. They work in groups to design settings, storylines, characters and technical features for their own fantasy video games. Finally, they write scripts for previews of their games. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 9th
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Students participate in the debate over the merits of video gaming, especially those based on violent scenarios. They get inside the box and take a tour behind the scenes to see what makes these games-and gamers-tick. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students review catalogs of different types of video or computer games. In groups, they write an explanation for each game. They create a screen highlight from a game of their choice and illustrate it on a piece of construction paper. They can use any type of media to present it to the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students brainstorm about video games that are designed to teach. They create and perform in small groups a live action "video game" that teaches a concept covered in class this school year. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 9th
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Students research the solar system and design a storyboard for a video game about the solar system. Then they create an actual video game using Stagecast Creator software. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 11th
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Students analyze the imagery and narratives of video games based on war as well as considering video games as a propaganda tool. They research debates about violent video games and draw the connection between militarism and video games. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students create a character dialog. Working in pairs, students complete a dialog featuring two characters from the video game they are designing. The dialog is written in written and multimedia forms to satisfy the criteria laid out by the instructor. Dialogs are placed in competition to be voted on by the class. Full Review »
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