Assign parts to students (written on slips of paper andĬhosen by students at random), including representatives from the defendant company, prosecution and defense attorneys, jury members and witnesses for both sides of the case. Scenario: A major video game company is facing a class-action suit for negligence and for being the cause of a rise in youth violence in the United States. What aspects of the game are not realistic portrayals of the life of a drug dealer?

Phillipe Bourgois claim is the American fascination with drug dealers?į. What are some of the features of the game? What are Senator Brownback’s objections to the game?ĭ. How many people are estimated to have downloaded the game since its creation?Ĭ. Why do business and financial professionals like the game DopeWars? The article “DopeWars Game Finds Offers Furtive Thrills as It Raises Hackles,” focusing on the following questions:Ī. After giving students time to write, have some students share their writing with the class. WARM-UP/DO NOW: Students respond to the following prompt in their journals (written on the board prior to class): What types of messages can video games send to children?įor each message you list, also list a video game that you think sends this message. copies of article “DopeWars Game Finds Offers Furtive Thrills as It Raises Hackles” (one perġ. “DopeWars Game Finds Offers Furtive Thrills as It Raises Hackles.” Learn about the popularity of the Palm Pilot game DopeWars by reading and discussing the article List messages that they think video games send to children.Ģ. Rachel McClain, The New York Times Learning Networkġ. Overview of Lesson Plan: In this lesson, students challenge the claim that video games that glorify violence and illegal activities promote such activities in the real world. Think hard and unblock the red block by moving other pieces.Teaching ideas based on New York Times content. Unblock Unblock is a puzzle game that makes you think.Now with a high score board powered by MochiAds! Ultrablock w/ Scores *Warning* Highly addictive! Click on block groups of three or more to destroy them but avoiding clicking singles and doubles.Glow Connect A mouse click puzzle game.BucketBall Bounce and bounce the ball into the bucket.Cars, trucks and automobiles including yellow car can only move forward and backward. Yellow Out Move the cars, trucks, and automobiles to get the yellow car out of the parking lot.The object of Brick Break is to remove all color bricks from the game field to proceed to next level. Brick Break is a game of strategy not a test of speed or quick thinking. Brick Break A brick breaker puzzle game.Do it as quickly as possible to get the best reward. More than 30 different levels help snails to get to their shells. Interruption Rotate the world to collect all stars and activate triggers.Use the objects and the clues hidden and save the ant as well as the ant eggs. All the ants have escaped the ant hill except for one. Ant Hill Trap 150th Escape game from ĭue to the heavy shower of rain, the water level in the ground has risen.Imagine how it would be, if you become a part in the fairy tale while just reading it! To get out of that illusionary world, to reality, you have to release the fairies in that tale. Angel Escape Hello Friends.! Bedtime Stories are always pleasant.While easy to begin with, it quickly becomes almost impossibly hard, yet very addictive. Untangle you must untangle the knots such that no lines overlap.Gather stars and use hints to complete levels. Quick Words Make words by linking provided letters in this word game.

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