Civitas Teachers Manual
Contributor: Austin Shenk | File type : Teaching Material
The teachers' manual gives instructions for playing the classroom game of civilization-building.
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Civitas Components
Contributor: Austin Shenk | File type : Teaching Material
This zip folder contains the printable components for Civitas:
Cards representing wood, grain, ore, and other supplies
The continent image
Cards representing soldiers, cities, and schools
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Civitas: A Classroom Game for Learning How Civilizations Grow
Contributor: Austin Shenk | Length : 3 | File type : Video
What does it take to sustain a city? How can your students appreciate the work and resources required to make their daily lives comfortable? Austin wanted to send his students into the wilderness to e... Read More
Civitas
Civitas is a classroom game in which students develop their understanding of the work needed to support a civilization.
World History Culmination Project
Contributor: Byron Dueck | File type : Teaching Material
This document outlines ideas for a final project in world history, and provides topic ideas and guidelines that apply across projects.
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Classroom Posters: Faith of Our Fathers (Trachselwald Castle)
Contributor: Anya Hursh | File type : Curricular
Anya made these posters for a school theme on "Faith of Our Fathers." The castle in the pictures is Trachselwald, where many Anabaptist prisoners were held before their execution.
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Why Should We Teach Government?
Contributor: Arlyn Nisly | File type : Article
Image by Ann Dixon via Pixabay
In a recent email exchange, David Yoder asked, “What would be your response to a student asking about why we as an Anabaptist, largely non-politically involved, sc... Read More
Key Differences Between Evangelicals and Anabaptists
Contributor: Nolan Martin | File type : Article
Evangelicals have more influence on Anabaptists in the United States than any other Christian group. Because they believe the same as the Anabaptists on issues such as the authority of Scripture, we f... Read More
The Russian Mennonite Story: The Bitter End
Contributor: Chester Weaver | File type : Curricular
Thousands upon thousands of Russian Mennonites perished in Russia from 1917 until the 1980s.
Summary of the six turbulent times
The Civil War of 1917 – 1920 and the famine of 1921 – 1922
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Mennonite Holocaust Perpetrators?
Contributor: Chester Weaver | File type : Article
Mennonites as Holocaust perpetrators? Did Mennonites actually help destroy Jews? Yes, unfortunately so. Recent research is uncovering this unsavory truth, too long hidden in darkness.
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