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| You and your fellow committee members are the ones capable of saving London from the scourge of cholera. Are you up to the challenge? London 1854: Cholera... takes place on the evening of September 7, 1854 at Vestry Hall in Soho, Greater London. You are a member of a special emergency response committee of the local Board of Governors and Directors of the Poor of St. James Parish, who have convened to respond to the deadly outbreak of Cholera that has claimed the lives of more than 500 parish residents over the preceding eight days. Historically, the outcome of this meeting was the decision to remove the pump handle from a contaminated neighborhood pump on Broad Street. This decision and the events leading up to it are considered a defining moment in the development of modern approaches to public health, epidemiology and municipal waste management. This role play is designed to highlight various aspects of the historical debate. |
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Gamebook Students need a Gamebook, which includes directions, resources, and historical content. VERSION 3.0 Updated January 2014. | Instructor's Manual, Role Sheets, and Data Spreadsheet The Instructor's Manual includes guidance for assigning roles, presenting historical context, assignments, activities and discussion topics, and more. Students also need a Role Sheet, which contains biographical information, role-specific resources or assignments, and their character's secret victory objectives. |
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Chad Curtis
Dr. Chad Curtis is a professor of data science at Nevada State University and a chemical engineer by training. He is the author of London 1854: Cholera and The Cigarette Century, and hopes to make Reacting games more widely used in STEM disciplines.
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Nicolas W. Proctor grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas. After completing his B.A. in history from Hendrix College, he received an M.A. in Diplomacy and International Relations from the University of Kentucky, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in American history from Emory University. He is now a Professor of History at Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, where he has also served as department chair and director of the first-year program. Proctor is also the Chair of the Reacting Editorial Board, overseeing game development. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa, with his family, a print shop, lots of books, five chickens, and too many Legos. After completing a traditional historical monograph, Bathed in Blood: Hunting and Mastery in the Old South, he reoriented his research to fit the needs of a teaching institution and focused on writing historical role-playing games. |
Marshall Hayes
Marshall Hayes is a Lecturer and Coordinator of the Research First Initiative at the New Jersey Center for Science, Technology and Mathematics (NJCSTM) at Kean University in Union, New Jersey USA. Specializing in environmental science and molecular microbiology, Dr. Hayes promotes innovation in STEAM education by designing creative and interactive classroom experiences for students and by facilitating workshops on scientific teaching for future STEAM educators. |
Eric Nelson
Eric Nelson is Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology at Cornell University. |
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