Real Lives

Educational Simulations has a product called Real Lives 2004 that gives you the opportunity to learn how people really live in other countries.

The designers state that the simulation challenges your life skills as you make difficult, high-stakes choices that lead to your success, or failure. Experience life as a:

• Peasant farmer in Bangladesh
• Factory worker in Brazil
• Policeman in Nigeria
• Lawyer in the United States
• Computer operator in Poland

or any of thousands more ...

Through statistically accurate events, Real Lives brings to life different cultures, political systems, economic opportunities, personal decisions, health issues, family issues, schooling, jobs, religions, geography, war, peace, and more. As your students make decisions for their characters and experience the consequences of those decisions they will learn about the world and gain an increased appreciation of their own culture and the cultures of other peoples.

The simulation is part of package that also includes carefully chosen Internet links, suggested classroom activities, and projects for secondary social sciences curriculum.

Features include:

Character Designer: Choose the country and city or town of your character's birth, anywhere in the world! Control whether you will be born a boy or a girl, in a village or in the big city. Fine tune your character's potential for physical, intellectual, musical, or artistic prowess. Pick your character's name from among thousands of names.

Adopt children: If your character is unable to have children of her own, you can adopt.

Updated statistics: Keep current with the latest country statistics.