Let's Play Domino Games! for Ages 8 to 12 (FLEX class)

By video demonstration, students will be taught the rules, rule variations, and strategy for “Five Up,” a basic scoring game played with 2 to 4 players. Students will also be taught the rules and strategy for two solitaire (played by one player) games by video demonstration. In addition, a brief history of domino pieces and games played with a set of dominoes will be presented, along with a mini-vocabulary lesson of domino terms and fun tales of domino games from around the world.

Full rules to each game will be posted on the classroom page and homework will be assigned following each corresponding lesson. Assignments will include playing each game at least once and completing a worksheet with math and history related questions about domino games. In addition, each student will have the opportunity to submit questions about game rules or request suggestions regarding game strategy from the teacher at any point during the section.

Resources, including links to articles and videos of interest and vocabulary lists and other notes prepared by the teacher, will be posted on the classroom page. Students will be given the opportunity to have their score sheets with bragging rights displayed on the classroom page, as well.

Student-to-teacher and student-to-student interaction will include, but not be limited to, the following: a classroom page discussion about previous (prior to this course) experience with games played with a set of dominoes; a discussion about board or card game experience if student does not have experience playing games with dominoes; critique of each learner's game strategy; and conversation of domino game-related news and events (information for which will be shared via links to videos and articles on the classroom page).  

Lesson 1:  Rules and strategy for playing the scoring game of “Five Up.” The full game – from drawing a hand of dominoes to tallying the score after the final domino has been played – will be demonstrated on the video. 
Lesson 2:  Rule variations to “Five Up” and similar scoring games.  A full game and several variations will be demonstrated on the video. 
Lesson 3: Rules, variations, and strategy for the solitaire game of “Fair Lucy.” The full game – from stacking the dominoes at the beginning of the game to playing the final domino piece  – will be demonstrated on the video. 
Lesson 4: Rules, variations, and strategy for the solitaire game of “Buccaneer.” The full game – from stacking the dominoes at the beginning of the game to playing the final domino piece  – will be demonstrated on the video.