Thousands of years ago, students learnt mathematics and chance by playing the Royal Game of Ur. 🎲
It's the perfect tool for the job! It's fun and relies heavily on probability.
For teachers, we gathered a list of free resources for #teaching with the game below! 🧵
It's the perfect tool for the job! It's fun and relies heavily on probability.
For teachers, we gathered a list of free resources for #teaching with the game below! 🧵
The New York Times released an article on the game, along with a beautiful printable copy! nytimes.com/2022/11/17/cro…
A teacher from Japan released a lesson plan for the Royal Game of Ur at en.islcollective.com/english-esl-wo…. It discusses how to involve the whole classroom into a game.
We discuss the dice used in the Royal Game of Ur, their probability, and their strategy at royalur.net/dice/.
Our website, royalur.net, also allows students to play games online against one another. Perfect if you'd like to avoid printing many physical copies!
If you know of any other teaching resources for the Royal Game of Ur, please let us know!
We would love to compile a list of free resources for teachers, and to identify any new resources that could be created to help!
We would love to compile a list of free resources for teachers, and to identify any new resources that could be created to help!
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