Roleplaying Legal Disputes
Teaching Latin American History in the College Classroom
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https://doi.org/10.33043/TH.6z57dagbdKeywords:
role-playing, Critical Thinking, active learningAbstract
This reflection essay describes my work designing and adapting a series of learning activities with a focus on role-playing for students who enrolled in a class about colonial Latin America in fall 2021, when the mode of instruction was still synchronous online. I describe the activities that I created based on one criminal court case and reflect on what I would do in the future to improve the activity for my students.
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