Have you ever restored democracy after a period of tyranny? Have you ever performed a Greek comedy? Or sacrificed a pig? You will.
In “Reacting to the Past” classes, students will participate in a long-form academic role-playing game. Each student gets a character from the time period, along with alliances, enemies, and victory objectives. Over the course, your responsibility is to convince your peers – the other characters – to support your ideas and vote in your favor.
Below is a video from students playing The Threshold of Democracy: Athens in 403 B.C. at Queens College, CUNY in Fall 2012. Support was provided by the Queens College Freshman Year Initiative, the Reacting Consortium, and the Teagle Foundation.
Again this fall, we will be offering three of these 1-credit role-playing courses. You can take all three, or just one or two. But which ever you choose, be prepared to play along! Below are the sections being offered. Professors for these courses are TBA
Section 1:
HNRS 290 Athens (C) in 403 B.C. TR 4:45pm-5:50pm
Section 2:
HNRS 290 The Trial of Galileo (C) TR 4:45pm-5:50pm
Section 3:
HNRS 290 Charles Darwin Rise Naturalism (C) TR 4:45pm-5:50pm
For information and pictures from a past ‘reacting to the past’ class held on campus, please see our blog post.