HIST 0395 - Reacting to the Past

Fall 3 Credit Hours
Structured around simulations called Reacting to the Past (RTTP). RTTP consists of elaborate games set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas. During each of these four games students will adopt the role of an individual or interest group involved in the event each game is centered around. To play these games, students need to construct arguments from the provided texts and then support their positions through reasoned, sometimes impassioned, writing and speeches. As they take control of an unfolding historical drama and struggle for their characters to prevail, they will become deeply engaged, both intellectually and emotionally, with the subject matter. The games selected will come from geographically and chronologically diverse periods. Satisfies an upper-level Global History requirement, is intended to give students a broad view of significant historical events while teaching them to research, analyze, and interpret history in unique and impactful ways. Prerequisite: HIST 0110, HIST 0120, HIST 0130 or HIST 0140.