Appendix B: Student Interview Pre-Interview Protocol

Appendix E: Student Interview Protocol

Do you play computer or video games? If so, how often?
What are your favorite video games to play?
Have you ever played one of the Civilization Games? .
If so, for how long? What did you think of it?
Are you interested in social studies? Do you find history interesting? Why?
What do you think were the most important 3-4 scientific discovery of all time?
Please make a timeline including the following events.

______French Revolution

______Building the Pyramids

______Eiffel Tower

______Hanging Gardens

______Colossus

______Voyage of Magellan

______The Magna Carta

______The American Revolution

______Discovery of Gunpowder

______The Discovery of Atomic Energy

______The Discovery of Bronze

______The Discovery of Iron

______Sun Tzu’s The Art of War

______Newton’s University

______Michaelangelo’s Chapel

______The discovery of mathematics

What is Monarchy?
What is Democracy?
Is there a best form of government? Why?
Take a look at the following map. Do you know where that is on the world? Tell me what you see on the map. What does this map mean to you? Geography. Where do you think that cities might form? Why? Where would you start a city? Why? Why? Do you expect some areas to be particularly valuable? Why? How do you think that geography would affect the growth of a civilization area?

Think back to what you know about Native American peoples around the time of Columbus’ voyage to America. What were Native American civilizations like?

19. Read and evaluate the following quotations --

“We have about 50% of the world’s wealth, but only 6.3% of its population. In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real test in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships, which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity. We need not to deceive ourselves that we can afford today the luxury of altruism and world benefaction – unreal objectives such as human rights, the raising of living standards, and democratization.” – (George kennan, head of policy planning staff at the state department

Name ______

Complete the following sentences. Say as much as you like:

Social studies is ______

Geography is ______

History is ______

A civilization is ______

One thing that I’d like to know about civilizations is ______

______

Playing computer and video games is ______

I play Video Games….

Every day (or close to it)

A few times per week

A few times per month

Rarely

Never
I enjoy social studies