HIST 2086 - New York City in Revolution: Reacting to the Past
Career: | Undergraduate |
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Units: | 3 |
Term: | 4010 |
Campus: | North Terrace |
Contact: | Up to 3 hours per week |
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange: | Yes |
Available for Non-Award Study: | Yes |
Pre-Requisite: | At least 12 units of Level I undergraduate study |
Assessment: | 2 x Quiz 10% each, 2 x paper 15% each, 2 x journal 5% each, 2 x participation 10% each, take home final 20% |
Syllabus: |
This course uses sophisticated role immersion games as a way to learn American history, and the history of New York City. The first game, New York City in Revolution, takes you to the streets of eighteenth-century New York, where you will be given a real historical character, and lots of similarly placed friends, who will then help you vie for control of the city as it descends toward anarchy in the days leading up to the American Revolution. You will risk death as you navigate the mob violence that pervades the city and will try to assert the interests of your faction, while preserving private personal goals that must remain secret. The second game, Greenwich Village, 1913, will allow you to fight for justice amidst the inequalities of the now early- twentieth-century metropolis. As you wander the bohemian coffeehouses and bars of lower Manhattan, you will encounter dreamers of all kinds. Talk of revolution will be in the air. Should women get the vote? Should anarchist ideas reshape America? Should racial discrimination be eradicated? Which should come first? Both games involve reading some of the most classic documents in American history in order to allow students to live and breathe the historical drama. Students have consistently rated this course as one of the very best learning experiences they have had in their Arts degree. One of the reasons for this is that the course provides a highly social learning environment through which students can make new friends. See the YouTube promotional video 'Learn History and Win' for more information.. |
Course Fees
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EFTSL | |||
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0.125 |
Course Outline
A Course Outline which includes Learning Outcomes, Learning Resources, Learning & Teaching for this course may be accessed here
Critical Dates
Term | Last Day to Add Online | Census Date | Last Day to WNF | Last Day to WF |
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4010 | Mon 16/03/2020 | Thu 26/03/2020 | Fri 12/06/2020 | Not Available |
Class Details
Enrolment Class: Seminar | |||||||
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Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
11744 | SE02 | 40 | 14 | 5 Mar - 9 Apr | Thursday | 4pm - 6pm | Horace Lamb, 422, Teaching Room |
30 Apr - 4 Jun | Thursday | 4pm - 6pm | Horace Lamb, 422, Teaching Room | ||||
11745 | SE01 | 40 | 8 | 2 Mar - 6 Apr | Monday | 9am - 11am | Barr Smith South, 2052, Teaching Room |
27 Apr - 1 Jun | Monday | 9am - 11am | Barr Smith South, 2052, Teaching Room | ||||
Related Class: Tutorial | |||||||
Class Nbr | Section | Size | Available | Dates | Days | Time | Location |
11746 | TU02 | 40 | 17 | 6 Mar - 10 Apr | Friday | 4pm - 5pm | Marjoribanks, 126, SANTOS Lecture Theatre |
1 May - 5 Jun | Friday | 4pm - 5pm | Marjoribanks, 126, SANTOS Lecture Theatre | ||||
11747 | TU01 | 40 | 5 | 4 Mar - 8 Apr | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Marjoribanks, 126, SANTOS Lecture Theatre |
29 Apr - 3 Jun | Wednesday | 9am - 10am | Marjoribanks, 126, SANTOS Lecture Theatre |