13. Ask an AI assistant for a content-related “adventure story”
I used to love Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid. I loved reading a few pages and then getting to choose the character’s next move — over and over until the story concluded. Then, I’d go back to the beginning and choose different paths.
AI assistants can create a version of these that students can engage in on their own — or that you can drive in the front of the room on a projector or interactive display. And the stories can be infused with the content your students should be studying.
(Note: If students are going to use an AI assistant directly, be sure they’re old enough — and that they meet the terms of use of the app.)
Here’s a prompt I gave an AI assistant to create one of these “adventure stories.” Change the bold text to match your own content (or, really, adjust any of it to your liking).
I’d like you create a text adventure game for me. I’m studying history in high school. I’d like it to explore Mesopotamia and help me explore important people, events, and concepts in its geography and language. Create it like a historically accurate story, teaching me about Mesopotamia while I’m interacting with it. Give me three paragraphs of story at a time. Then, stop and ask me to make a decision. Continue the story in a way that’s consistent with the decision I’ve made. Ideally, I’d like about 6 prompts before the story ends. When the story ends, ask me a few questions that help me reflect on what I’ve learned.
(Hat tip to Earl Yager of El Paso ISD for getting me started on these!)
🏅 Suggested AI assistants: ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Google Gemini, Anthropic Claude
