Episode 18: Repetition is the Mother of Memory: Learning Ancient History Facts with ”Outmatched”

This week, Laura and Chris dive into "Outmatched", a fast paced card game designed to help memorize history facts. After a brief overview of the game, we interview Nathan King with the Institute for Excellence in Writing and talk with him about the history and development of the game, it's designer, Dr. James Webster, and what it takes to make memory work not feel like work. 

 

Games Mentioned:

 

Outmatched Ancient History

Outmatched Medieval History

Be sure to check out the Outmatched Landing Page which includes a video walk through of the game and other helps for playing the game. 

Educational Merit and Frantic Fun - an article on Outmatched including an interview with Dr. Webster

 

Additional Material:

 

As a special bonus for our listeners, IEW has provided links to the two talks mentioned in the podcast: Nurturing Competent Communicators and Teaching Boys and Other Children Who Would Rather be Making Forts All Day.

What is Classical Conversations?

Linguistic Development Through Poetry Memorization - one of the first courses we got from IEW, and still one of the best. 

Ancient History Based Writing Lessons - Another course from IEW. This one builds on their foundational Structure and Style Method and allows students to reinforce facets of history while practicing composition techniques.

 

History of Ancient Egypt - Wait until it's on sale (The Great Courses rotates which courses they sell at a discount.) This video lecture series on Ancient Egypt was fascinating.  

 

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Intro and Outro Music:

"Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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