An American Revolution Simulation Gets Students to Contribute to a Regimen

 

Seventh-grade students at Blue Mountain Middle School took a trip back in time on Friday, March 27, when they participated in an American Revolution Simulation in the school cafeteria.

The gathering was the brainchild of social studies teacher, Dr. Mariel Pipchinski, who organized the engaging event for the Lynch Team.

“For the 250th anniversary of the U.S., I decided it would be fun to hold a Revoluationary War simulation,” Dr. Pipchinski said. “Each class was given a different regimen from the war; then students in each class were broken up into groups based off of roles they wanted to play.”

Each group was charged with researching more about their role. For examples, officers learned more about military strategies. Other groups recreated flags, and researched the purpose of those flags.

Each group created a presentation for their role inside their regimen. Students from other grades then visited and asked questions.

“This was like a muster,” Dr. Pipchinski said. “Musters were traditionally days where soldiers went to colleges to recruit new soldiers.”

At the end of the muster, the visiting students were asked to vote for which regimen they would want to join based on that regimen’s series of presentations.

“I wanted everyone to be engaged and be excited to have living history,” Dr. Pipchinski said. “I always wanted them to feel like they had ownership of their work. This was really a fun collaborative experience with our whole team.”