Reacting to the Past
Reacting to the Past is an award–winning series of immersive role-playing games that actively engage students in their own learning. Students assume the roles of historical characters and practice critical thinking, primary source analysis, and argument, both written and spoken. Reacting games are flexible enough to be used across the curriculum, from first-year general education classes and discussion sections of lecture classes to capstone experiences, intersession courses, and honors programs.
Reacting to the Past (RTTP) was originally developed under the auspices of Barnard College and is sustained by the Reacting Consortium of colleges and universities. The Consortium hosts a regular series of conferences and events to support faculty and administrators.
UNC Press is proud to be the publisher of Reacting to the Past game books, as of July 1, 2022.
Examination copies and desk copies information (including how to request FREE electronic exam and desk copies) can be found on our For Educators page.
Additional resources for instructors are available for many titles. Instructors do not need to be members of the Reacting Consortium to access basic instructor materials for published games. To create a non-member instructor account, visit this RTTP link to receive these materials (to prevent students from accessing role sheets, etc.).
Instructors are, however, encouraged to become members, and membership is offered at a minimal cost.
Visit the Reacting Consortium website for more information.
Subscribe to the UNC Press RTTP email list to receive email alerts whenever new game books are published.
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The Enlightenment in Crisis
Diderot's Encyclopédie in a Parisian Salon
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Radical Reconstruction in New Orleans, 1868–1876
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Russian Literary Journals, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy in St. Petersburg, 1877
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Ending the Troubles
Religion, Nationalism, and the Search for Peace and Democracy in Northern Ireland, 1997-1998
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Engines of Mischief
Technology, Rebellion, and the Industrial Revolution in England, 1817-1818
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism, 1862-1864, Second Edition
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Constantine and the Council of Nicaea, Second Edition
Defining Orthodoxy and Heresy in Christianity, 325 CE
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Bacon's Rebellion, 1676-1677
Race, Class, and Frontier Conflict in Colonial Virginia
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Watergate, 1973-1974
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Wrestling with the Reformation in Augsburg, 1530
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
The Prado Museum Expansion
The Diverse Art of Latin America
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Greenwich Village, 1913, Second Edition
Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Monuments and Memory-Making
The Debate over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981-1982
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Changing the Game
Title IX, Gender, and College Athletics
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
The Needs of Others
Human Rights, International Organizations, and Intervention in Rwanda, 1994
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
The Enlightenment in Crisis
Diderot's Encyclopédie in a Parisian Salon
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Radical Reconstruction in New Orleans, 1868–1876
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Russian Literary Journals, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy in St. Petersburg, 1877
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Ending the Troubles
Religion, Nationalism, and the Search for Peace and Democracy in Northern Ireland, 1997-1998
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Engines of Mischief
Technology, Rebellion, and the Industrial Revolution in England, 1817-1818
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Charles Darwin, the Copley Medal, and the Rise of Naturalism, 1862-1864, Second Edition
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Constantine and the Council of Nicaea, Second Edition
Defining Orthodoxy and Heresy in Christianity, 325 CE
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Bacon's Rebellion, 1676-1677
Race, Class, and Frontier Conflict in Colonial Virginia
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Watergate, 1973-1974
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Wrestling with the Reformation in Augsburg, 1530
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
The Prado Museum Expansion
The Diverse Art of Latin America
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Greenwich Village, 1913, Second Edition
Suffrage, Labor, and the New Woman
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Monuments and Memory-Making
The Debate over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1981-1982
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Changing the Game
Title IX, Gender, and College Athletics
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
The Needs of Others
Human Rights, International Organizations, and Intervention in Rwanda, 1994
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press