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Atenare, spartaner och en handkontroll: En kvalitativ kategoriseringsstudie av historiebruk och historiemedvetande i Assassin's Creed Odyssey och spelets potential i klassrummet
Halmstad University, School of Education, Humanities and Social Science.
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This study aims to examine the historical accuracy and historical usage in Ubisofts video-game Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. The study also examines the game’s potential to be used in teaching history in the upper secondary schools.

The tools of the analysis are based on four different categorization models to analyze historical games and their didactic abilities. I have made some modifications to the different models, mainly because of the time-limit of this study.

Furthermore, I have presented a crucial and relevant selection of previous research in the field of historical computer games, along with a summarizing description of the game-series Assassin’s Creed.

The results from this study shows that the game is heavily influenced by history, and the historical accuracy can be noticed throughout the game. However, the game mixes the historical accuracy with fictional and fantastic elements in order to make the story and narrative of the game more intriguing and playable.

The potential of the game in the upper secondary school is found to be problematic, mainly because of the time-limit and economical aspects. Nevertheless, the historical content of the game can easily be connected to the national curriculum, which means that the potential of making use of the game in the classroom should not be entirely dismissed.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019. , p. 61
Keywords [en]
Historical video-games, Assassin's Creed, ancient Greece, Peloponnesian war, historical accuracy, education, pedagogic, history, categorization study
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History Learning Classical Archaeology and Ancient History Educational Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-39040OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-39040DiVA, id: diva2:1295126
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History
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Subject Teacher Education for Secondary School
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Available from: 2019-03-14 Created: 2019-03-10 Last updated: 2019-03-14Bibliographically approved

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