SIMS 3
Game Description:
In this game, based on Will Wright's successful SIMS franchise, the player creates a virtual person, or SIM, and then helps that person live out their virtual life. Your SIM can get a job, has hobbies, and even personality quirks that emerge when interacting with other SIMS.
Lesson Plans By Subject Area:
Language Arts/English
- Lesson 1: Who's your SIM? - Students will create SIM characters to understand the character element of fiction. They will develop and cultivate character traits for a video game avatar, while connecting it to the development of characters within literature.
- Lesson 2: It's SIMply about perspective. - Students will create a writing piece based on their SIM from a first-person, second-person, or third-person point-of-view.
- Lesson 3: Comic SIMmetry - Students will be able to structure a story based upon the use of the five parts of plot.
Notes and Observations:
Students Share Their Thoughts from Lesson 1: Who's Your SIM?
Here Are Some Thoughts from The School's Principal and Math Coach:
Image Credit - SIMS 3 - EA Games