Teaching history is fraught. Does that explain why elementary schools have cut social studies, to a national average of 20 minutes/week? It doesn’t help that some genius pointed out a liberal arts degree is the worst investment—dollar for dollar—a college student can make. In this blog, we’ll explore the obstacles and pivots that BRAVE games make to ensure tomorrow’s leaders have what they need to become intelligent, thoughtful and courageous humans.
Read MoreHistory textbooks often refer to the United States as a melting pot, a metaphor referring to different peoples, cultures and nationalities forming a single nation. Except this might have given publishers too much liberty to convey our shared past in terms of a single narrative. For example, the phrase ‘American Dream’ tempts us into thinking we must always look ahead, never mind the past and historical patterning that could inform a more intelligent future. Because if you think about it, who wants to undergo melting?
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