Can Video Games Teach Empathy?

That's News to Me

Int – High Int
Teens & Adults
Grades 9–12

In this lesson featuring modified content from The Washington Post, students read an 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 includes vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Focus

current events
authentic materials
reading
interpretive
productive

Vocabulary

gamer
basis
empathy
run into
fundamental
circuit
surmised
neural
avatar
project
A spinning paper plane