Summer School - Create your own game! - Y1 - 2024

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Summer School - Create your own game

Day 1, lesson 1

10:00-10:45

Our project

In groups, you are going to recreate a game around a specific theme!

How are games invented?

00:47

Explain in your own words what was so special about this new game.

01:17

Did Charles Darrow like the new board game?

1. He didn't.
2. He did.

01:50

Name an aspect from the first board that we still recognise in modern versions of Monopoly.

01:58

Name something from the original board that is different in modern versions.

02:20

In the 1900s, the United States had a lot of money.

1. True
2. False
3. The video doesn't say.

03:03

Explain in your own words why Lizzie McGee invented 'The Landlords Game'.

04:00

Choose the answer that fits best.

1. Everybody wanted to buy the Landlords Game.
2. Nobody liked the Landlords Game.
3. The Landlords Game didn't sell well, but people did like playing it.
4. People bought the Landlords Game and made their own versions.

04:37

Explain how people looked at Monopoly differently than Lizzie McGee had wanted.

What games do you play?

What games do you like best?

What is it you like best about that game?

Aspects of a good game

Watch the following video and answer the following question:

"What does a game need to make it a good game?"

Write down as many points as you can find in the video.

(tip: don't just write down the points you SEE,

because more are mentioned).

What is important for making a good game?

Day 1, lesson 2

11:15-12:00

Examples of games

- Happy Families (kwartet)

- Game of Life (Levensweg)

- Catan

- Party & Co

- Monopoly

- 30 Seconds

- Chutes and Ladders

Some more examples

- Trivial Pursuit

- Dixit

- Codenames

- Cluedo

- Battleship (Zeeslag)

- Ticket to Ride

Theme of the Game

The game you are going to recreate will have a theme, related to ATC's motto: "What Really Matters".

Check out the hand out with all the themes, divided up in four categories:

• Questions about Life
  
• Everyone is Unique
  
• The World and Me
  
• Relationships
  

Themes: Questions about Life

• Ethics
  
• Stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination
  
• Religion (Judaism, Islam, Christianity,…)

Themes: Everyone is Unique

• Gender / transgender
  
• AD(H)D
  
• Autism
  
• Dips and depression
  
• Body image
  
• Perfectionism and fear of failure
  

Themes: The World and Me

• Polarisation
  
• Climate and nature
  
• Rich and poor
  
• Racism
  
• Refugees
  
• Handicaps

Themes: Relationships

• Family
  
• Grief
  
• Social media
  
• Courtship (being in an intimate relationship)
  
• LHBTQ+
  

Groups

You are going to work in groups of four.

You now have two minutes to form groups

Brainstorm about what theme interests your group the most

• Questions about Life
  
• Everyone is Unique
  
• The World and Me
  
• Relationships
  

Write down your group's theme (one person per group)

Brainstorm what game your group would like to recreate 

You can choose from the following games:

• Quartet
  
• Uno
  
• 30 Seconds
  

Write down your group's game (one person per group)

Day 1, lesson 3

12:00-12:45

Putting the game together

• Read the objectives, materials and game play for your game from your hand out 
  
• Think of one or two new rules that add to or change the game play
  
• Remember: your game must be related to the WRM theme you have chosen
• You have five minutes

Start designing your game

• Find the materials you need (pen, glitters, glue, etc)
• Get to work!

Building your game

Tomorrow, you are going to start physically putting your game together. 

Lesson 1 and 2: Finish building your game

End of lesson 2: briefly present your game (+- 1 minute)

Lesson 3: play your game(s)!

Day 2: lesson 1

10:00-10:45

Building your game

Today, you are going to continue physically putting your game together. 

Lesson 1 and 2: Finish building your game

End of lesson 2: briefly present your game (+- 1 minute)

Lesson 3: play your game(s)!

So, let's get started! 

10:00-10:45: work on game

10:45: break

11:15-11:40: finish your game

11:40-11:45: prepare short presentation

11:45-12:00: present game

Get to work!

Day 2: lesson 2

11:15-12:00

Continue working on your game! 

This is the final lesson to complete your game. 

At 11:40 the games need to be finished. You will then have 5 minutes to prepare a brief presentation about your game. From 11:45-12:00 all groups will present their game.

You now have 5 minutes to prepare a brief presentation about your game. From 11:45-12:00 all groups will present their game .

Day 3, lesson 3

12:00-12:45

Let's play!

• Three rounds: each group plays three different games 
  
• 10 minutes per round
  
• Two minutes change over time
  
• Games stay at the same table
  

Have fun!

Let's play!

First round

Group 1 plays the game from Group 2

Group 2 plays the game from Group 3

Group 3 plays the game from Group 4

Group 4 plays the game from Group 5

Group 5 plays the game from Group 6

Group 6 plays the game from Group 1

!

Let's play!

Second round

Group 1 plays the game from Group 3

Group 2 plays the game from Group 4

Group 3 plays the game from Group 5

Group 4 plays the game from Group 6

Group 5 plays the game from Group 1

Group 6 plays the game from Group 2

!

Let's play!

Third round

Group 1 plays the game from Group 4

Group 2 plays the game from Group 5

Group 3 plays the game from Group 6

Group 4 plays the game from Group 1

Group 5 plays the game from Group 2

Group 6 plays the game from Group 3

!