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BRI Brings Game Time to Sphere Summit

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by Ally Silva on

<p>To help engage teachers in the Federalist/Anti-Federalist debates, a card game broke out at the Sphere Summit in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, courtesy of the Bill of Rights Institute.</p>

<p>As part of his presentation, Kirk Higgins, BRI’s Senior Director of Content, had teachers play BRI’s “Fed-Up” card game about the Federalist/Anti-Federalist debates. The game is currently under development at BRI, and the summit provided an excellent opportunity for market testing and teacher feedback.</p>

<p>Higgins and Joe Schmidt, BRI’s Programs Director, also shared BRI’s collection of the Federalist Papers and other related primary sources, eLessons, and BRI’s Principles and Virtues.</p>

<p>“Many [teachers] voiced ways they would adapt them for use in their classrooms, and one even said he wanted to play it with his colleagues as a way to engage them with the topic,” Higgins said.</p>

<p>The Sphere Summit is a summer educational program for teachers and administrators of grades 5-12. Participants discuss important public policies and other topics.</p>

<p>“Teaching is a difficult job, and we strive to help educators any way that we can,” Schmidt said. “When participants tell us that we are making a difference, it makes us motivated to keep finding innovative ways to reach more teachers.”</p>