History Minecraft Challenges! Gamer Club Learn & Socialize Ancient Civilizations
What's included
1 live meeting
55 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
Get $9 off my classes with coupon code RAPOPSUMMERFUN9. Look through my classes at https://outschool.com/teachers/Sondra-Rapoport and enter the coupon code at checkout. PLEASE NOTE THIS A MINECRAFT BEDROCK CLASS. All join information will be sent when each student enrolls. Join us as we build and learn about world history and the challenges faced in different areas and time periods. Can we overcome these same challenges? What kind of creative solutions do you think would work? Enter our social gamer's lounge style club and explore and build a new society each month. This is the largest private server on Outschool- with over 40 different areas to explore! Each month we will be working on a different history challenge. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A FRIENDLY CLASS AND EVERYONE IS INCLUDED. Students may enroll and unenroll at any time. Participation in any previous class is not required for the current class. Everyone is welcome. New Challenges will be added every month(students may continue working on any previous challenge for as long as they like): Challenges: Challenge for January: Welcome to the Roman Forum! Join your favorite Roman historian to learn about Ancient Rome and add your builds to our version of the Imperial Forum. We are going to be building temples, baths, homes, theatres, and so much more! Challenge for February: It's the Old West! Let's build a ranch, train stations, jailhouses, schoolhouses and more! Challenge for March: Angkor Wat! Time to go into ancient Cambodia and create builds amongst the jungle trees. Can you find all of the hidden temples or create your own? Challenge for April: Ancient Egypt: Add the the Giza Pyramid complex. Create traps and puzzles for other players to solve. Add to the expanding town of Pompeii. Also you can perhaps try to start building a neighboring and competing civilization resembling Assyria- can you build a ziggurat? Challenge for May: Aztec. Build floating farms, temples, and add to the giant statue of Quetzalcoatl. Challenge for June: Venice. Palazzos, canals, the Rialto Bridge. Help us add to the beauty and mystery of this enchanting city. Challenge for July: Colonial America. Let's build in the style of Colonial Williamsburg. We can create cabins in the forest, a meeting house in the town square, the governor's house, and more from the period of the 1700s. Challenge for August: India. Amazing and fascinating culture. let's build temples, homes, and palaces in the colorful and creative architecture of India. Who would like to try building the Taj Mahal? Challenge for September: Babylon Challenge for October: Transylvania Please join us and have fun trying out these challenges based on history and watch out for more challenges to be added regularly. Join Instructions You can join from the following devices Mobile devices (iPhone, iPad, Android phones/tablets) Xbox One PS4 Nintendo Switch Windows 10 computers
Learning Goals
Students will learn how to overcome historical challenges by building self-sustaining villages in harsh environments. They will also become familiar with some of the monuments and great buildings of the ancient world and their engineering in some of the ancient building challenges. Minecraft + History = Fun.
Other Details
Supply List
a copy of Minecraft Bedrock (not Minecraft Java edition)
1 file available upon enrollment
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Not an official Minecraft product. Not approved or associated with Mojang.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Hello! I’m Sondra Rapoport, your friendly neighborhood Roman Historian. I taught with Harvard University's Dept. of Classics for 6 years as a Head Teaching Fellow. I taught classes on The Rome of Augustus and Roman Games and won awards for distinction in teaching each semester I taught with Harvard. I also taught History of Ancient Egypt at Tufts University and worked for years on the Giza Project. This project catalogues, translates, and researches the 150 years of archaeological discovery around the Great Pyramids. Now, I homeschool my son and I greatly enjoy adapting my knowledge and classes designed for university level to each of his grade levels.
Reviews
Live Group Class
$19
weekly1x per week
55 min
Completed by 341 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
1-9 learners per class