Teaching Social Movements Using a Sustained Simulation of Police-Protester Contention

• In Event: Using Games and Simulations in the Classroom

Brief Overview

Lessons from a classroom simulation of contention on the police-protester nexus and how such collisions shape American democracy. This pedagogical experiment develops practical knowledge for those who seek to pursue social change through protest.

Authors

• Daniel Kryder

• Jamie Elizabeth Morgan, Brandeis University

• Anja Parish, Brandeis University