Can Video Games Teach Empathy?

That's News to Me

Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring content from The Washington Post, students read a full-length article about a new type of video game that tries to teach gamers to see the world from someone else's point of view. But not everyone buys into the idea that video games can foster empathy. This lesson gives advanced students an opportunity to analyze opinions and research before forming their own opinions.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

zealot
empathy
psychosis
evoke
cognitive
neurological
marginalized
buy into
advocacy
console
well-intentioned
compellingly
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