1.0Department of History/historyMichelle Coutts/history/author/michellecoutts/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KPKMYhqGKK"><a href="/history/description/playing-history-2/">Playing History</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/history/description/playing-history-2/embed/#?secret=KPKMYhqGKK" width="600" height="338" title="“Playing History” — Department of History" data-secret="KPKMYhqGKK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=/history/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> HIST 3908B: Playing History Fall 2026 Professor Jill St. Germain In this course, we will study history by playing games. For many decades, university professors, politicians and parents have lamented that university students seem more interested in having fun than studying.  In 1913, a Harvard professor lamented that his students “could not be much stimulated by any inducements […]