Let’s talk about the A for effort.
A middle school teacher is being praised online for using a widely popular historical fiction video game to teach ancient Greek history in an engaging and immersive way.
Mahathy, an educator and TikTok sensation, shares many teen videos on his feed, including a clip of himself playing Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey in front of his students. did.
Its purpose was to defeat the Battle of Thermopylae, a key conflict in the Greco-Persian War of 480 BC, which pitted Gerard Butler, also known as King Leonidas, and his bloodthirsty Spartans. The group made it famous again. In the movie “300”.
show a bird’s eye view battlefield view in his video Viewed over 2 million timesMahatai explained where the Greek army was stationed and how they planned to crush King Xerxes’ large Persian army.
greek leader was planning to participate in the battle In order to cut off their overwhelming numbers, a steep narrow path through the sulfur springs known as the “Hot Gate”.
Thanks to an exciting lesson, a group of 7th and 8th grade social studies students know more than most adults.
Comments on Mahathy’s video praised his approach to literally bringing history back to life.
One user commented, “If my teacher did this, I would 100 percent pay more attention.”
“This is how education should be done,” added another. “Create a teaching style that students can relate to and be absorbed in.”
“Using games to create more history” [tangible] Your class is great and fun,” another student added.
“We have to keep them engaged somehow!” replied the teacher.
Someone else commented that the class was just a ruse for Mr. Mahathy to play video games during class, to which he responded, “It was a win-win situation.”
Some say games that span historical eras such as the Renaissance, the Ottoman Empire, both the American and French Revolutions, and many more, also helped improve grades, knowledge, and worldview.
“I remember passing a history test about the Boston Tea Party in middle school after playing AC3,” one viewer recalled of the 2012 title.
Some said they were given an assignment to play Assassin’s Creed Unity to better understand the French Revolution as an unorthodox educational resource.
Another TikToker commented that she would have liked it more if she had approached history with video games and excitement in school.
Mahathy replied, “History is just one big story. It must be treated as one big story!”
Maybe he was just following along. “Creed” of the same name Game contents:
“Everything is allowed.”
