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You may have already heard about the terrible concentration camp simulation done at a D.C. public school (see D.C. third-graders were made to reenact episodes from the Holocaust).

Though not doing that one was an obvious decision for most educators, others might not be as clear.

Here are useful links that can also be found at The Best Online Learning Simulation Games & Interactives — Help Me Find More:

THE DANGERS – & POSITIVE POSSIBILITIES – OF HISTORY SIMULATIONS

Think Twice Before Doing Another Historical Simulation is from Jennifer Gonzalez.

Gamifying settler colonialism is by Benjamin Doxtdator, and makes a number of important points about the need to be very careful when doing simulations.

How to — and How Not to — Teach Role Plays is from the Zinn Education Project.