Good morning! This is just a brief update to introduce you to what I hope to have great news to write about later.

Last spring, I was lucky enough to attend a Bay Area Independent School Librarians meeting at which Brian Thomas, of Saint Mary’s College High School, introduced us to using roll-playing games, specifically murder mystery parties, to let students experience history.

His school schedule (they have a week-long, all-day elective that allowed travel and more) was different from mine, but the idea lit my imagination. I immediately proposed to our new seventh grade History teacher that we try it out, and she was willing.

So began my journey to find a medieval world history topic with enough primary sources to create a unit assessment for seventh graders.

I look forward to sharing this journey, but today happens to be the launch of the project. So.

Cross your fingers and wish me the best.

We will see how this goes, and next time I will share the challenges and triumphs of this endeavor.