This is from a handout I'm sending home with kids next week. We'll see how it goes.
MANIFEST DESTINY MINECRAFT
This year in Humanities class students will learn about
America’s expansion from a small group of colonies on the east coast to an
expansive nation that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the coasts of
California.
Students also have the option to experience this journey in
the game of Minecraft. Students will play on a model of the North American
continent built to scale. This model is a geographically accurate replica of an
untouched America and includes rivers, mountains, and biomes for the different
regions of the country (desert, plains, forests, etc). There are no cities,
towns, or roads.
The students’ goal throughout the year will be to “civilize”
this land. They will develop paths, towns, and stable food supplies all with
one goal in mind – to be the first to reach and settle on the Pacific coast.
The student(s) who reaches the coast first will receive a prize, yet to be
determined.
Mr. Thalkar will run Minecraft sessions once a week after
school and host a server that students can access from home if they have a
personal Minecraft account. This server will only be accessible to NewLA
students. Mr. Thalkar will maintain logs to keep track of who access the
server, when they are on, and everything that is typed in the game. Please see
the back of this form for a Code of Conduct that every participating student
must sign.
THIS PROJECT IS
COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY AND WILL NOT COUNT AS A GRADE OR EXTRA-CREDIT. It is
simply an opportunity for students to have some fun with Minecraft and compete
against their classmates for the opportunity to win a cool (TBD) prize.
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