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Becoming a 3rd World Farmer

May11

1. Click HERE for a quick tutorial on how to play 3rd World Farmer

2. Play 3rd World Farmer by clicking HERE

3. Answer the following questions in your blog:

a) What was life like as a 3rd World farmer?

b) Explain your strategy to do well in this game.

** Extra Credit **

c) 3rd World Farmer captured the experience of a family struggling to survive on a farm in a poor country. Describe a game that captures your experience living in New York.

posted under 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade

3 Comments to

“Becoming a 3rd World Farmer”

May 13th, 2009 at 1:17 pm Anna Keller Says:
a) Difficult, it was hard to keep enough money to stay alive. In the end everyone died. I kept losing all the animals I had been buying.

b) Save money

C) people share the same struggles where ever they live.
June 8th, 2009 at 3:09 pm Mr. Pepper Says:
This is a great game. I’m going to leave a link to this on my classroom blog. I teach Grade 7/8 in a farming community and I think my students would really enjoy this game! Thanks for sharing this.

Mr. Jason Pepper
June 8th, 2009 at 3:30 pm 3rd World Farmer Game | Grade 7/8 Virtual Classroom Says:
[...] a great game on another teacher’s website called “3rd World Farmer Game.” Click here to go to Mr. Lahana’s classroom blog [...]