Scope and sequence · Games & Sports
Game Theory: Choosing When Others Choose
A year for grades 4–7, ages about 9–13.
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What to cover
32 of 32 lessons are MUST COVER. Do them in order. The course is complete when these lessons and the unit tests are done.
Unit 1: Thinking About the Other Player
- MUST COVER 1.1 What’s a Game?
- MUST COVER 1.2 Guess What I’ll Do
- MUST COVER 1.3 Rock-Paper-Scissors
- MUST COVER 1.4 Keeper and Kicker
Unit 2: Working Backward
- MUST COVER 2.1 Bigger Nim
- MUST COVER 2.2 The Tic-Tac-Toe Tree
- MUST COVER 2.3 Race to 20
- MUST COVER 2.4 How Computers Play
Unit 3: Best of the Worst
- MUST COVER 3.1 Payoff Tables
- MUST COVER 3.2 Minimax
- MUST COVER 3.3 Ships in the Rain, 1943
- MUST COVER 3.4 Holmes and Moriarty at the Station
Unit 4: Sharing Fairly
- MUST COVER 4.1 I Cut, You Choose
- MUST COVER 4.2 Three Hungry Children
- MUST COVER 4.3 Chores Nobody Wants
- MUST COVER 4.4 Abraham and Lot; Solomon’s Wise Test
Unit 5: Teams and Coalitions
- MUST COVER 5.1 Two Out of Three
- MUST COVER 5.2 What Can a Team Get?
- MUST COVER 5.3 Who Helped Most?
- MUST COVER 5.4 Keeping Your Word in a Team
Unit 6: Markets and Auctions
- MUST COVER 6.1 Trading Cards
- MUST COVER 6.2 Going, Going, Gone
- MUST COVER 6.3 Secret Bids
- MUST COVER 6.4 The Falling-Price Clock
Unit 7: The People Behind the Ideas
- MUST COVER 7.1 Johnny von Neumann
- MUST COVER 7.2 Oskar Morgenstern and the Big Book of 1944
- MUST COVER 7.3 John Nash and the Balance Point
- MUST COVER 7.4 Thinking Hard to Keep the Peace
Unit 8: Be the Game Designer
- MUST COVER 8.1 Make a Payoff Table for a Family Game
- MUST COVER 8.2 Write a Fair Sharing Rule
- MUST COVER 8.3 Family Auction Night
- MUST COVER 8.4 The Game-Theory Tournament
Pacing calendar
From the course’s own pacing guide.
| Week | Plan | Done | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | Session 1: Lesson 1.1 What’s a Game?: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 1.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 2 | Session 1: Lesson 1.2 Guess What I’ll Do: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 1.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 3 | Session 1: Lesson 1.3 Rock-Paper-Scissors: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 1.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 4 | Session 1: Lesson 1.4 Keeper and Kicker: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 1.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 1 review and portfolio | ||
| Wk 5 | Session 1: Lesson 2.1 Bigger Nim: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 2.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 6 | Session 1: Lesson 2.2 The Tic-Tac-Toe Tree: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 2.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 7 | Session 1: Lesson 2.3 Race to 20: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 2.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 8 | Session 1: Lesson 2.4 How Computers Play: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 2.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 2 review and portfolio | ||
| Wk 9 | Session 1: Lesson 3.1 Payoff Tables: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 3.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 10 | Session 1: Lesson 3.2 Minimax: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 3.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 11 | Session 1: Lesson 3.3 Ships in the Rain, 1943: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 3.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 12 | Session 1: Lesson 3.4 Holmes and Moriarty at the Station: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 3.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 3 review and portfolio | ||
| Wk 13 | Session 1: Lesson 4.1 I Cut, You Choose: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 4.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 14 | Session 1: Lesson 4.2 Three Hungry Children: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 4.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 15 | Session 1: Lesson 4.3 Chores Nobody Wants: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 4.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 16 | Session 1: Lesson 4.4 Abraham and Lot; Solomon’s Wise Test: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 4.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 4 review and portfolio | ||
| Wk 17 | Session 1: Lesson 5.1 Two Out of Three: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 5.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 18 | Session 1: Lesson 5.2 What Can a Team Get?: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 5.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 19 | Session 1: Lesson 5.3 Who Helped Most?: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 5.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 20 | Session 1: Lesson 5.4 Keeping Your Word in a Team: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 5.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 5 review and portfolio | ||
| Wk 21 | Session 1: Lesson 6.1 Trading Cards: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 6.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 22 | Session 1: Lesson 6.2 Going, Going, Gone: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 6.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 23 | Session 1: Lesson 6.3 Secret Bids: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 6.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 24 | Session 1: Lesson 6.4 The Falling-Price Clock: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 6.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 6 review and portfolio | ||
| Wk 25 | Session 1: Lesson 7.1 Johnny von Neumann: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 7.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 26 | Session 1: Lesson 7.2 Oskar Morgenstern and the Big Book of 1944: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 7.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 27 | Session 1: Lesson 7.3 John Nash and the Balance Point: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 7.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 28 | Session 1: Lesson 7.4 Thinking Hard to Keep the Peace: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 7.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 7 review and portfolio | ||
| Wk 29 | Session 1: Lesson 8.1 Make a Payoff Table for a Family Game: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 8.1 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 30 | Session 1: Lesson 8.2 Write a Fair Sharing Rule: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 8.2 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 31 | Session 1: Lesson 8.3 Family Auction Night: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 8.3 project and scorebook | ||
| Wk 32 | Session 1: Lesson 8.4 The Game-Theory Tournament: warm-up, teaching and picture or game Session 2: Lesson 8.4 project and scorebook Session 3: Unit 8 review and portfolio | ||
| Wk 33 | Catch-up and review | ||
| Wk 34 | Catch-up and review | ||
| Wk 35 | Catch-up and review | ||
| Wk 36 | Catch-up and review |
Grading: Grades come from the projects, the scorebook, the eight unit reviews, and the eight portfolio pages. The emphasis is on a true tally and a sentence the student can teach. Scale: A 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60.