Conferences and Workshops
Over the last decade, “Reacting to the Past” games have been implemented by faculty at over 300 colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. To support our growing faculty network, the central program office at Barnard offers organizes a series of regional workshops and an annual summer institute to introduce new professors to the games. An alternative is to visit a "Reacting" class on any campus. The Reacting to the Past project staff will gladly work with new faculty to arrange a visit with a cooperating institution nearby.
Online Resources
Faculty Forum: an online discussion board where affiliated faculty to maintain threaded conversations and share new course materials that may be helpful to the entire Reacting community. Registered members can also download student and instructor's materials for games in the "Reacting to the Past" series and many others in development.
Faculty Lounge on Facebook: A group for instructors, student preceptors, and game authors interested in discussing "Reacting to the Past" games. Posts can only be seen by other group members.
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Course Materials
Every RTTP game consists of the following components:
- A student game book, which outlines the historical context, game premise, central debates, and rules;
- An instructor's manual with role descriptions; and
- Companion texts / primary source readings (may also be included as appendices to the student game book).
Published Games: Student game books in the "Reacting to the Past" Series are published by Prentice Hall (Pearson Education). To obtain an exam copy, visit their web site or contact Jeff Lasser. Instructors should also make sure to obtain the instructor's manual, and role descriptions for each game, which are available to download from the Online Faculty Forum.
Games in Development: Both the student game books and instructor's manuals for games in development are available in electronic format on the Online Faculty Forum. Instructors seeking to reproduce games in development for educational purposes must also request permission to do so by completing this Online Permission Request Form.
Illustrative materials and further information about particular games can be obtained from Dana Johnson, Project Manager. You may also contact Mark C. Carnes, Professor of History at Barnard College and creator of "Reacting to the Past."
