Search the Web for information about educational video games in which historical simulations are presented in an eff ort to teach students about history. For example, Civilization IV is a game in...

Search the Web for information about educational video games in which historical simulations are presented in an eff ort to teach students about history. For example, Civilization IV is a game in which players control a society as it progresses through time. Do you believe such games are useful to history students? Does the knowledge gained warrant the hours it takes to master the games? Do the makers of the games have any obligations to present history factually? Do they have a right to penalize players who choose options of which the game writers disapprove (such as using nuclear weapons or allowing slavery)? Do game creators have the right to create characters who possess negative stereotypical traits—for example, a person of a specifi c nationality portrayed as being stupid, weak, or evil? Would you like to take a history course that uses such games?