It’s harder than ever to get students to look up from their phones, talk to each other, read, and engage with ideas. Reacting to the Past (RTTP), a series of classroom role-playing games written by scholars, can help. In this workshop you will play a condensed version of an RTTP game in order to get a sense of what the pedagogy feels like for our students, hear from instructor and student RTTP veterans, and get trained to run a game in your classroom.  The workshop takes place on Thursday, February 6.

• At least half a dozen games pertain to the eighteenth century or English.

• Participants should devote roughly two hours to prepare.

• Lunch included.

FACILITATORS

• David Eick (Grand Valley State U)

• Peggy Elliott (Georgia College & State U)

• Christopher Hendricks (Georgia Southern U)

• Diana Solomon (Simon Fraser U)

SCHEDULE

• 9:00-12:00     Participants play The Enlightenment in Crisis: Diderot’s Encyclopédie in a Parisian Salon, 1750-?

• 12:00-1:00      Lunch

• 1:00-3:00        Training