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Summary and Objective
By playing games from Ancient Egypt, Colonial America, and Contemporary America, students will understand that board games appeared over 5000 years ago and are still enjoyed by children today.
Teaching Plan
Step 1.
Divide students into groups of 3 or 4. Have groups brainstorm lists of board games that they play.
Step 2.
Bring groups together. Make a master list of games, eliciting information from small groups.
Step 3.
Access prior knowledge by asking students when they think the first game board was made.
Step 4.
Have pairs of students explore the two timeline websites and discover when board games first appeared in history.
Step 5.
Have students play the Ancient Egyptian game of Senet after examining primary source photographs of a gameboard from the tomb of Tutankhamen. If you need instructions for Senet, you may print them out from the San Diego Museum of Man website.
Step 6.
Have pairs of students examine the relevant items from the Digital Collection. First have them look at the "Auction Bill of Dennis Stebbins" and find something he bought that had to do with playing games. They should find the "gamon board". Ask students what game they think the board might have been for. Now have students look at "The Game of Checkers" and the "Checkerboard". Have students play the game of Checkers as a representative game played in Colonial America.
Step 7.
Have students choose a Contemporary board game from the list generated in Step 2 and play that.
Step 8.
Wrap up the activity by having students review their learnings about the history of board games.
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