Surreal Mortgages

Monopoly in Real Life

April 26th, 2005

Paul Ellis-Graham, a high school US history teacher from Orange County, has created a variation on the game Monopoly to make it more like real life. He says:

Someone born wealthy would already start the game with money and property. The people in middle-class families might own Ventnor Avenue or Marvin Gardens. The poor families don’t start out owning any property

The article has an emphasis on the value of teaching labor studies. From the New York Teacher publication.

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