Critical Thinking & Internet/Life Skills through the Game of Life

The last few days I have been planning my holiday trips and I realized that the skills I use to find locations, make judgments on hotels, budget flights and food, plan my activities, and pack my bags are all things that students in high school are not taught. However, these are not just important skills for planning a trip, they are the foundation of how most of us 'adults' deal with our day-to-day lives.

Teaching Agriculture via Games: Settlers of Catan Classroom Activity

As part of my Masterclass, I came up with an energizer activity with the theme of agriculture using the popular board game Settlers of Catan. I only have 20 minutes for the game, but you can expand this out to be as many days as you want, or even take an entire grading period and use it as a base. I love using games to teach, because it doesn't feel like teaching, and there are so many options out there now to teach like this, that I'll include a list of games I've used in my own classroom. Enjoy!