Can Board Games Teach History? | A Discussion with Dr. Ben Hoy | Doing History | Episode 3

Disclaimer: Dr. Hoy uses the terms "squaw" and "brave" in our conversation. “Squaw” is an offensive term for an Indigenous North American woman, often a sexualised character. Dr. Hoy used this term because it is the language used by people who have translated the game into English. A “Brave” similarly refers to the stereotypical depiction of an Indigenous North American warrior.

Erin sits down with Dr. Ben Hoy (University of Saskatchewan) to talk about historically themed games and using board games to teach history.

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Historia Nostra is written, produced, and created by Erin Isaac (PhD student in History, Western University). In our Doing History series, Erin chats with historians about how they "do history" and talks about how non-written sources can be used as historical sources.

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📚 Further Reading:

Free to Read 📖

Hoy, Benjamin. "Games and the History Classroom." Canadian Historical Association (November 2019): https://cha-shc.ca/teaching/teachers-...


Hoy, Benjamin. "The Hidden History of Indigenous Stereotypes in Tabletop Games." The Conversation (August 2018): https://theconversation.com/the-hidde...

Friesen, Eden. "Playing to learn and translate history." Arts and Science: The Magazine (March 2018): https://artsandscience.usask.ca/news/...

Academic Journals 📔

Hoy, Benjamin. “Teaching History With Custom-Built Board Games.” Simulation & Gaming 49 no. 2 (April 2018): 115–33. doi:10.1177/1046878118763624.