Short Game Online Workshop: Cholera 1854

Can you save London from the scourge of "The Blue Death?" Join us on November 14th and 15th for Cholera! at the Pump: Contagionism, Miasma Theory and Sanitation, London, 1854. The workshop includes a full play-through of the Short Game, as well as set-up, debrief, and a Q&A session to help you understand how best to run the microgame in your own classroom. 

The Game
Cholera 1854 takes place on the evening of September 7, 1854 at Vestry Hall in Soho, Greater London. You are a member of a special emergency response committee of the local Board of Governors and Directors of the Poor of St. James Parish, who have convened to respond to the deadly outbreak of Cholera that has claimed the lives of more than 500 parish residents over the preceding eight days. Historically, the outcome of this meeting was the decision to remove the pump handle from a contaminated neighborhood pump on Broad Street. This decision and the events leading up to it are considered a defining moment in the development of modern approaches to public health, epidemiology and municipal waste management. Are diseases like Cholera caused by microbes or by harmful miasmas? What is the role of government in promoting public health?

As part of our Month of Giving, we will also be raffling off exclusive swag to participants during the workshop!

Pricing
Become a member (the self-selected price for annual membership starts at $25!)
$60 for members
$90 for non-members

Schedule
Saturday, November 14th, 2pm-4pm EST
Sunday, November 15th, 2pm-4pm EST

Notes
If you sign up for the workshop, you can expect to receive your role sheet and any supporting materials the Monday before the workshop (11/9) and a link to the Zoom meeting for the workshop by Thursday (11/12).