Games for the Classroom

Age of Empires II is a strategic real-time game where each user has to choose a civilization. It can be from western Europe, easter Europe, middle east and Asia. During the game the player must develop certain ages and tools or soldiers in order to achieve power and score. There are about 15 different civilizations. Each continent has different architecture and each civilization has different language and skills, for instance the British are the best at farming, and the Vikings are the best at sea combat, etc.
The game also has a campaign which consists on controlling a war hero, such as Carlomagno or Joan of Arc and  perform a known battle that happened in the past. 


This game was released in 1997 so today it's easy to get it online for free.
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Category - History
The teacher could test the different heroes and important battles of history by playing the game's campaign mode