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Thai history

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Thai history

An AR classroom game for Grade 3. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive ordering activity.

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Put the Thai kingdoms in chronological order.

    • Ayutthaya
    • Rattanakosin
    • Sukhothai
    • Thonburi
    Read the explanation

    The kingdoms in the order they flourished.

  2. Put the great events in order.

    • The founding of Ayutthaya
    • The founding of Rattanakosin
    • The founding of Sukhothai
    • The founding of Thonburi
    Read the explanation

    The nation's great events, in the order they happened.

  3. Put the steps of studying history in order.

    • Ask a question
    • Draw conclusions and present them
    • Gather the evidence
    • Weigh the evidence
    Read the explanation

    Gather the evidence before you can weigh it and draw conclusions.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practises the sequence of Thai history (Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, Thonburi, Rattanakosin), the steps of historical enquiry, and ranking how reliable sources are. Fits indicator ส 4.3 ป.3/1.

What's in the worksheet

4 rounds, order 4 items each - Sukhothai > Ayutthaya > Thonburi > Rattanakosin - founding of Sukhothai > of Ayutthaya > of Thonburi > of Rattanakosin - ask a question > gather evidence > analyse the evidence > conclude and present - inscriptions from the time > contemporary records > books written later > word-of-mouth stories

How to use it in class

Use after teaching the Thai history timeline, about 6 minutes, solo. Rounds 1 and 2 cover the same sequence, which helps you see who really knows it and who is guessing; if a child misses one and gets the other, ask why. After the evidence round, ask why word of mouth is least reliable, and play a quick game of whispers. Play it linked to the class and the scores go into the gradebook.

Common sticking points

- Thonburi and Rattanakosin are the most common swap; Thonburi was so short that children forget it. Hook: Thonburi sits between Ayutthaya and Bangkok. - Evidence round: "inscriptions from the time" and "contemporary records" are both primary sources, so many children swap them; do not treat this as a misconception. - Enquiry round: "analyse" and "gather" may swap.

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