This document outlines a proposed educational game called "Surviving the Stone Age" where students take on the role of a Stone Age person. The goal of the game is for students to use their knowledge of the Stone Age periods to successfully progress from the Paleolithic to the Neolithic period. Students will earn points to unlock new tools by making decisions in response to different situations and discovering skills like fire-making and tool-building. The game is meant to get more complex over time as students work to establish an agricultural society, representing the transition to the New Stone Age.
2. Objective
Students will use their knowledge of the Stone age in order to
successfully survive from the old Stone Age (paleolithic period)
into the New stone Age (Neolithic period)
3. SURVIVING THE STONE AGE
GAME DESCRIPTION
Student will play the role of a stone age man who is trying
to survive
The game will be enticing, with graphics and sound
effects that will bring the game alive.
Student will have to multiple opportunities to make
decisions on what to do when particular situation come
up. Students response/decision will change game
outcome.
4. SURVIVING THE STONE AGE
MISSION
Students will receive points for reaching up to certain
stages in development.
More points will allow you to use newer, better tools for survival
Students will have to discover various ways of doing things
such
As fire, how to hunt, how to make a stone age tool.
As the games develop, task will get more complex and
challenging.
The ultimate goal will be to be able to reach the New Stone
age. At
Which point, students will have to learn to create a society and
Learn specialization and agriculture.
