Zombie Government Simulation

Zombie Government Teacher Simulation Guide

Thanks for your support in getting this product! I worked hard to make it a flexible and fun adaptation of the activity I made for my classroom. Don’t hesitate to adapt the activity to best mesh with your classroom. 

The purpose of this activity is to demonstrate to students how difficult group decision making is, how tricky insurgent groups can be, and how community needs like food, water, education, and entertainment can quickly be neglected when safety concerns are major factors.

Each day students will be in their small groups making decisions about their government. You, as the facilitator, act as a kind of game manager. Some groups will find making decisions very easy, others will struggle with basics such as who is in charge? As a general rule of thumb, I make announcements mid-class every day, like a newspaper of the simulation. I can use this opportunity to individualize the conditions within the various groups, or to make things harder on groups that are finding the task easy. See the following page for ideas I’ve used in the past.

Here are some general ideas on “events” that could spring up in each QZ:

• -- Imposter! One of the group members is known to be working with the Fireflies, but it is unclear who (approach a student before class to let them know)

• -- Food crisis! Rations are short, and it is unclear how to feed the population

• -- Road blocks! The Fireflies have blocked roads in order to combat the curfew. Now trucks, tanks, and vehicles cannot move throughout the city

• -- Tainted water! The diseased fungus has entered the water supply! How will the group let their residents know, and provide a solution?

• -- Assassination! The group leader has been taken out by the Fireflies. How will the group respond?

• -- An Olive Branch! The Fireflies have proposed a peace treaty, so long as they can have an equal say in all government decisions. If the group has a leader, they will now have 1 Government leader, and 1 Firefly leader. If they have a 5 person council, they will now have a 10 person council (half Fireflies), etc.

• -- And anything else you can think of! The more creativity the more the game sticks with students.

I sincerely hope the simulation is as fun for your students as it typically is for mine. With any questions on implementation, assessment, or anything else, don’t hesitate to reach out to me at tristanjbernhard@gmail.com. Thanks again!

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