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Bengaluru teen designs card game to make history fun
Sinchana S, a class 10 student from Bengaluru, has created a card game featuring 50 Indian rulers to help children learn history. Inspired by Pokémon trading cards, each deck assigns scores for…
The Story in Brief
Sinchana S, a class 10 student from Bengaluru, has created a card game featuring 50 Indian rulers to help children learn history. Inspired by Pokémon trading cards, each deck assigns scores for military power, welfare, wealth and historical impact based on NCERT textbooks from Classes 7 to 10. The Times of India reports she revised the deck six times before finalising it in May. Her school’s history teachers now use the game in class, and she has distributed about 170 sets to BBMP schools. The Bengaluru West City Corporation recently sent her an appreciation letter. She is now working on a finance-themed educational game.
The Indian Opinion
Any effort to make history less of a chore is welcome. But the real test is whether a card game can sustain curiosity beyond the novelty. Gamified learning often risks reducing complex reigns to stats. Sinchana’s deck, based on NCERT rulers, could work if it prompts children to ask why Ashoka turned to peace or how Krishnadevaraya built wealth. That question, does the game lead students to a library or Wikipedia afterwards, will decide if it is a gimmick or a gateway.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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