Publish at September 24 2020 Updated October 22 2025
Few teachers in the French-speaking world use simulation or games, including role-playing games, to teach history. Yet in the United States, the use of this type of pedagogy is very common and has become part of the mores. What is it that attracts Americans to this method, and what lessons could teachers learn from it?
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