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   Tin Can Twidget said, 6 months ago

   Looks more exciting than most of the history classes I’ve had over the years.
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   Jenna Rose said, 6 months ago

   Every History class needs Professor Turgeson (“Back To School”) .
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   PICTO said, 6 months ago

   Can’t wait to see his interpretation of the “Rape of the Sabines”.
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   daniel_bel said, 6 months ago

   It’s the rapt of the Sabines. He would just runaway with one on his soulders.
   Also the bastille was taken without any rope, they just entered through the doors…
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   Lefty2 said, 6 months ago

   hope he gets extra credit for this.
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   battle of plattsburgh said, 6 months ago

   And a happy July 14 to you, too.
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   The J.A.M. said, 6 months ago

   “Where’s the Bastille??” asked Mikhail Gorbachov, then general secretary of the extinct USSR. Apparently someone forgot to give him the memo that the revolutionaries completely demolished the Bastille.
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   The J.A.M. said, 6 months ago

   …the question was asked in 1988.
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   mrssaskfan said, 6 months ago

   My sons had a social studies teacher who liked role-playing re-enactments to teach the kids how the different sides thought. It could get very entertaining when they really got into it. The French Third Assembly got a little tense.
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    Lisa 4romMpls said, 6 months ago

    @Tin Can Twidget

    Agreed!
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    algurka said, 6 months ago

    @Lefty2

    I was going to say the same thing. Andy deserves it for his great performance!
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    Popeyes4arm said, 6 months ago

    wait ’till the boiling oil shows up in the 2nd act.
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    emjaycee said, 6 months ago

    @PICTO

    “Rape” in the case you cite meant ‘abduction’ – it was the kidnapping of the Sabine women. That definition was also used as late as the 1950s: there is a song (can’t remember the title) from “The Fantastiks” where the phony kidnapping of Luisa is repeatedly referred to as a “rape”. There are now alternate lyrics available for the song.
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    hippogriff said, 6 months ago

    One of the best RPG history lessons was by David Millians for 5-6 grade studying 19th century US. Choose from hat, the family you will play. One millionaire, three slaves, the rest distributed in between according to the 1800 census. One decade per week. Do the slave hit the Underground Railroad or wait hoping the abolitionists win? How do the factory workers react to the Knights of Labor? How does the millionaire? Do the independent farmers join the Farmers National Alliance and how to the furnishing merchants react? Lots of research required to play properly and a lot of learning in history, sociology, math (family budget, etc.), as a result.
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