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Direct linkAlden, Lori – Social Studies, 2005
In this article, the author introduces Birka, a strategic trading game for high school economics students in either regular or advanced placement classes. For the game, students assume the role of Vikings who have returned to the medieval outpost of Birka to trade the loot from villages they have plundered. Playing cards represent the loot:…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Economics Education, Educational Games, Teaching Methods
