Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ551278
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0092-055X
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Reversal of Fortune: A Simulation Game for Teaching Inequality in the Classroom.
Groves, Julian McAllister; Warren, Charles; Witschger, Jerome
Teaching Sociology, v24 n4 p364-71 Oct 1996
Describes a game designed to impress upon undergraduates the difficulty of economic mobility for minorities. The game involves two groups, "Majorities" and "Minorities," and their efforts to build a simulated social network with string. Minorities receive shorter lengths of string and cannot leave their seats. Discusses follow-up exercises. (MJP)
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Games, Elitism, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Higher Education, Instructional Materials, Minority Groups, Role Playing, Simulation, Social Bias, Social Networks, Social Responsibility, Social Stratification, Social Systems, Sociology
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers; Teachers
Language: English
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