by Michael Reynolds

Minecraft is a game that millions across the world play every single day. Being the world’s biggest videogame, it’s proven to be a source of entertainment for many people of many ages. The game lets you create anything you desire, in your own unique world. This opens up the opportunity to use Minecraft for educational purposes. An amazing idea that teacher Stephane Cloatre thought of was to implement minecraft into creating historical sites nearby her school. This created an interactive and fun learning experience for all her students.

Minecraft is an excellent way to learn and engage with history. Like Cloatre’s class, recreating structures from history is a brilliant way to engage with history. By not only learning about historical structures, but recreating them yourself in Minecraft, it’s a fun way to keep students interested in history. This also can help students be more creative, as they work to design and recreate the historical structure in Minecraft, which isn’t too easy, requiring planning and possible blueprinting. It’s a tool that could help refresh students in the classroom and let them have fun while learning.

Minecraft in historical education is not only a refreshing way for students to learn in the classroom, but it’s something that could creatively expand students’ knowledge of their history, whether it’s local or world history. The limits are endless, and a game like Minecraft shows that with the outstanding efforts millions put into creating their own worlds, or recreating our world, in a virtual environment.