In my history 101 class, we read Marx's Manifesto as part of our first unit, which is essential a very short introduction to the philosophy of history. While in the past semester, I was happy with the lecture and discussion questions that I've created for this topic, I decided this year to follow the muse and create a mini-game on the Manifesto.
The basic premise is that the students are members of the League of the Just in 1848. Marx has just completed writing the manifesto and is presenting it to the league. The league has to make two decisions: whether or not to endorse the manifesto as written, or require Marx to rewrite sections of it, and whether or not to change the name of their organization based on the ideas in the manifesto.
This is loosely based on history: Marx was a member of the League of the Just, which was founded by the Christian socialist Wilheim Weitling. But that organization changed their name and their motto in 1847, that is, prior to Marx writing the manifesto.
The basic gist of the game is that there are five factions, and each has two goals as relates to the two questions of the name of the organization and the questions of the rewrite.
You can find my rules for this game here.
The mini-character sheets for the individual characters are here.
The basic premise is that the students are members of the League of the Just in 1848. Marx has just completed writing the manifesto and is presenting it to the league. The league has to make two decisions: whether or not to endorse the manifesto as written, or require Marx to rewrite sections of it, and whether or not to change the name of their organization based on the ideas in the manifesto.
This is loosely based on history: Marx was a member of the League of the Just, which was founded by the Christian socialist Wilheim Weitling. But that organization changed their name and their motto in 1847, that is, prior to Marx writing the manifesto.
The basic gist of the game is that there are five factions, and each has two goals as relates to the two questions of the name of the organization and the questions of the rewrite.
You can find my rules for this game here.
The mini-character sheets for the individual characters are here.