Mark Harvey is an associate professor, honors program coordinator, and director of graduate programs at the University of Saint Mary in Kansas.

James Fielder is an instructor at Colorado State University and a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force.

Ryan Gibb is an associate professor and the coordinator of international studies at Baker University.

Contents

List of Contributors

Preface and Acknowledgments

1 Jeux Sans Frontières: How Games Push the Frontiers of Learning

Mark Harvey, James Fielder, and Ryan Gibb

I. Pedagogical Foundations of Games and Simulations

2. Gaming to Lose: Learning from Failure in Classroom Games

James Fielder

3. "I am Che Guevara!": The Value of Roleplaying in Educational Experiences

Jennifer Shinefeld, Michael Surbrook, and Mark Harvey

4. An Argument for Lengthier, More Concrete, More Outcomes-Oriented Games

Edmond Hally

5. Making Game Design and Management Easy: Tips for the "Almost Convinced"

David Claborn and Mark Harvey

III. Designing and Teaching Games

6. Exploring Federalism and Interstate Relationships in the Classroom: An In-Class 'Race to the

Bottom' Teaching Simulation

Derek Glasgow

7. Playing Politics: Utilizing Simulations to Expose Students to the Factors that Shape Congressional Decision Making

Kellee J. Kirkpatrick, and James Stoutenborough,

8. Medicare-for-All or the Status Quo? Simulating Lobbying, Policy Debate, and the Party Line in Congress

Lucy Britt

9. To Veto or Not to Veto: A Simulation of Presidential Decision Making

James Stoutenborough, Kellee J. Kirkpatrick, Johnathan W. L. Blakeman, and James Pascali

10. Pick a Justice: Simulating Judicial Selection on the U.S. Supreme Court

Ryan J.Williams,

11. Using Moot Court in Introduction to Law Courses

Edward F. Kammerer, Jr.

12. A Congressional Election Simulation for a Small Class

Bruce F. Nesmith

13. A Game of Difference: The Effect of Role-playing Race, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Socioeconomic Class in a Political Theory Course

Edmond Hally

14. Taking a Risk: Can a Game on War Teach Students About Peace?

Mark Harvey

15. Model Diplomacy in the Classroom

Ryan Gibb

III. Conclusion

16. Games Without Frontiers: The Final Pieces of the Puzzle