What's included
1 live meeting
1 hrs 30 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
Atlantean Mission: You are part of a team of accomplished archaeologists, historians, and scholars, tasked with finding evidence supporting the Lost City of Atlantis. After years of research, you think you have found the location of the lost city of Atlantis. After an encounter with the Kraken, you find yourself shipwrecked, and now aboard an Atlantean seacraft as you explore the depths of the ocean. When you reach your destination, but find yourself in an underwater mystery and you start to wonder….did you find the lost city, or did it find you? Will you uncover the truth about Atlantis before time runs out? Learners will work in teams to unlock puzzles and examine historical evidence to answer historical debates around Atlantis as a real place, and its actual location. The first part of the experience will explore the myth and mystique of Atlantis, and investigates the origins of the Atlantis story. Learners will examine the historical significance of Plato and his theories on historical debates around Atlantis. The escape room will be very interactive, and the puzzles range from basic math questions, logic riddles to word ciphers. As learners gather their evidence, they will need to answer questions and pick a position on debates surrounding Atlantis before time runs out! No previous experience in the topic is required, although students interested in history, Ancient Greece, Plato, Atlantis, or mythology would find this course as a supplement to their studies. This course focuses on these topics from a historical perspective, and will allow students to examine the evidence to support their side of the debate issues.
Learning Goals
team building, inferencing, basic math, examining primary and secondary sources, reading comprehension, critical analysis and research, historical inquiry and debate, problem solving, deduction
Other Details
Parental Guidance
The game does not have any graphic or scary elements.
COPPA Policy for Thinklink and Youtube:
There are video clips embedded in the Google Forms Quiz from Youtube. Safety and privacy are our top priorities. Learners under 13 will need to have Parental Consent when accessing those links on Youtube to comply with COPPA.
Students will be provided with a direct code to access the game link, and will bypass any registration or sign-ins for Thinklink as I have a Professional Teacher License through the service to use the platform as a teaching tool. Therefore, learners will not need to provide any information or sign up for the platform themselves. In fact, students will be provided with a link that restricts them from having to share any personal information or sign in, as the game will appear on their screen without an interface. However, parental consent will be required to comply with COPPA. As per the terms of usage, all students accessing the Service are subject to consent provided via their educator or educational institution, as allowed under COPPA, and will require the use of a unique invitation code supplied by their instructor or education institution in order to create an account or access the platform. Any use or access to the Service by anyone under 13 without Consent, is strictly prohibited and in violation of this Agreement.
Supply List
A small handout will be supplied as well for background information.
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
- Thinglink
- Google Forms
Teacher expertise and credentials
I have a B.A. in History and an M.A. in World History, as well as an M.A. in Globalization Studies. I focused my B.A. in European History with a focus on the Middle Ages, Renaissance art and culture to the 19th century. I studied women in the Renaissance period, as well as the historiography of the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment. In graduate school, I studied the cultural history of the European Enlightenment, as well as historiography from ancient Greece & Rome into the Renaissance, specifically in the areas of art, politics, culture, and philosophy. I have always had a passion for European and World History, and feel that this course will provide a fun introduction into that world!
Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$18
per classMeets once
90 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
3-12 learners per class