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Shadows from the past
Product: Teaching tools
ISBN: 9788859024552
Publication date: 01/05/2021
Suitable for: Primary 1st level (ages 6-7), Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10)
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The Eighth Roman King is a new game in the Playscape series for primary school children. A breathtaking adventure, it is designed to explore and learn the secrets of ancient Rome while testing the reasoning speed and courage of all players. The game contains 60 cards and a special magic lens to discover the hidden clues. Each card proposes a puzzle with a clue to be discovered to locate the next card: you can immerse yourself in an incredible adventure while consolidating the history contents of primary school.
The Start
The Professor, a famous historian, is explaining the birth of the Roman civilization to a group of students. Right now he is focussing on the copy of an ancient plaque hanging on the wall. But something is wrong … Carefully read the clues hidden in the cards, solve the puzzles and pass all the tests: the Professor needs your help!
PLAYSCAPE
The series PLAYSCAPE is comprised of games and books inspired by the Escape Room model that take some principles and apply them to different school subjects. The materials in the series offer stimulating adventures that involve solving codes, puzzles, brain teasers, and riddles linked to specific educational content. In a completely original and fun way, children and young people will thus be able to consolidate their learning and enhance their logical skills, lateral thinking and reasoning at the same time.
60 extra large cards
1 Decripticon to reveal the hidden clues
Explore, solve, and learn
For children and teenagers, and inspired by the mechanics of the "Escape Room", the games in the Playscape series review the contents of school subjects in a fun and adventurous way, while enhancing logical skills and reasoning. To be used individually or in a group, the games included in the series test the skills, intuition and courage of the participants who will have to pass tests and solve puzzles in order to complete an important mission.
GAMES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL
BOX CONTENTS
Every game contains:
60 extra large cards, each one with its own mystery to solve to identify the next card and advance in the game;
a DECRIPTICON – the red lens that, when placed over the back of some special cards reveals useful hints for completing the mission.
Playing is easy, all you have to do is:
HISTORY
The games in the Playscape series are for children ages 8 to 11 and are perfect for reviewing and consolidating the history curriculum in primary school:
IMPERIAL ROME MISSION
The enigma of Julius Caesar
An exciting adventure to test your knowledge of Imperial Rome. Read the hidden clues well, solve the puzzles and pass all the tests!
Find out more!Read the complete instructions from some cards translated into English.
THE EIGHTH ROMAN KING
Shadows from the past
A breathtaking adventure created for exploring and discovering the secrets of Ancient Rome!
Find out more!Read the complete instructions from some cards translated into English.
ESCAPE FROM PREHISTORY
The mystery of the man dressed in fur
An exciting challenge for testing your knowledge of Prehistory.
Find out more!Read the complete instructions from some cards translated into English.
MYSTERY IN MESOPOTAMIA
The disappearance of the stars
An exciting adventure for testing your knowledge of the Mesopotamian civilization.
Find out more!Read the complete instructions from some cards translated into English.
THE SECRETS OF ATHENS
The curse of Kronos
A breathtaking adventure created to explore and learn the secrets of Ancient Greece. Find out more | Show video
Read the complete instructions from some cards translated into English
THE AUTHOR
Gianluca Daffi With a degree in Psychology, he collaborates with the Department of Psychology and with the Learning and Educational Psychology Service of the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan. He has collaborated with IRRE Lombardy in the research group on personalisation and with the MIUR on the project for training and refreshing special needs teachers. A trainer for public authorities and private enterprises, he provides training for parents and teachers.
