The University of Tennessee has decided to use Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption 2 at Rockstar Studio, two open source video games worldwide, for its class on American History. Tore Olsson, a professor of history at the university, tweeted about this. The tweet reads:
“Who says video games don’t belong in the classroom? I am a professor of history at @UTKnoxville. This fall, I’ll be teaching a new course called “HIUS 383: Red Dead America,” exploring the historical truth behind the @RockstarGames series. What kinds of subjects do we study? ”
Who says video games don’t belong in the classroom? I am a professor of history at @UTKnoxville. This fall, I will tea… https://t.co/uAmg7XVTy1
– Tore Olsson (@ToreCarlOlsson) 1613065563000
Both Red Dead Redemption and its sequel will be used to teach American history to students. The course will begin in Knoxville at the University of Tennessee next August.
The professor thinks that the games are often “historically inaccurate” but will “artistically raise a number of important historical issues between 1899-1911, such as:
-The finishing tradition and its long life
– The expansion of monopoly capitalism and the expansion of physical power railways. ”
Historical fiction is generally considered to be much more interesting to read than real history, which some may brag about, and which may be a starting point for getting someone interested in reading. history. For example, reading historical fiction by authors such as Bernard Cornwell, Ken Follett and Conn Iggulden may be animating the term known as ‘boring’ when it comes to reading history from textbooks. . But here we have a popular video game series, something much lighter than historical fiction, and perhaps the move to include them in a history class proves to be a scholarly attraction.