Atlantis: Role Playing Simulations for the Study of American Politics

by W. Robert Gump and James Woodworth

Book Overview

This book is a unique instructional device. It gives students roles as political decistion makers as they work together to build a mythical nation. Each simulation is designed to fill two class periods and to involve all students, not just those who usually participate. Students experience the tensions of a democracy and the conflicting interests of different regions. Atlantis gives students the experience of legislators as they struggle with difficult...

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830411372
• ISBN13: 9780830411375
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.

Customer Reviews

hands on

I was introduced to this book as a college student. Since then, as a teacher, I have used it in high schools and middle schools. Although with a younger group of kids the prep time is longer the lessons are a hands on way for any age group to understand and use the American political process.