The World Peace Game is the brainchild of educator John Hunter. He describes it as “learning to live and work comfortably in the unknown.”
It’s hard to imagine a more curiosity-centric undertaking.
A three-dimensional, hands-on political simulation, the World Peace Game explores the interconnectedness of the global community through economic, social, and environmental crises and the imminent threat of war. The goal is to extricate all the countries from those dangerous circumstances and achieve global prosperity, with the least amount of military intervention.
And it’s played by 4th graders.
“Every question, every comment, every action has to be more deeply questioned. Critical thinking in every student has to go through the roof [to] examine carefully and critically everything that is said.” – John Hunter
World Peace Game Foundation: https://worldpeacegame.org/
Theme music by Sean Balick; “UpUpUp and Over” by The Balloonist, via Blue Dot Sessions.