Background information on your topic- 5pts
At least one (1) image representing your topic with correct citation (as caption or in Bibiligraphy)- 2pts
Your personal opinion of topic- 5pts
Conclusion- 3pts Bibliography of Resources- 5pts
Fake Research Report on Monopoly Game
Background Information
Monopoly is the most played board game in the world and is the world's favorite family game brand. The game's concept was invented in 1903 by Elizabeth (Lizzie) J. Magie Phillips in 1903, a Quaker woman who wanted to explain the single tax theory of land monopolies. Her original game, called "The Landlord's Game", was commercially published in 1924, and reinvented by other gamers into "Auction Monopoly", then shortened to "Monopoly", which often featured customized sets for their own cities. Charles Darrow invented an Atlantic City version of Monopoly, which he sold the rights to Parker Brothers in 1935.
Personal Opinion
Monopoly is a great game because it teaches players counting skills, the value of money, to be shrewd in business deals, to watch your back. Playing the game also brings families and friends together because you can spend hours and hours playing the game. On the other hand, Monopoly can teach some people to be greedy and cut-throat as they play to win everyone's money and get monopoly of all the properties on the board. I like that
so many variations of the original game have been marketed, but the main goal of getting as much money as possible stays the same. I also like that many, many other games also modeled on Monopoly focus on "getting rich" and geography at the same time.
Conclusion
Though the origins of the game are now known, it seems unfair that the original creator, Lizzie Magie Phillips, did not become a millionaire like Charles Darrow. On the other hand, she was a Quaker and so would not have sought her fortune outside her family and town by selling the game. Monopoly is a great financial game, which was the reason for its original invention by Lizzie Magie Phillips, and was retained by Charles Darrow and Parker Brothers. And the variety of versions of Monopoly and newer games with financial acumen and geography keep with the originality of versions created for different cities in the 1900's.
Bibliography of Resources (You should use the links from the Citation lessons to create an accurate citation)
Bellis, Mary. "Monopoly Monopoly - Charles Darrow." About.com Inventors . N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. <http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa121997.htm>.
"List of licensed and localized editions of Monopoly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_licensed_and_localized_editions_of_Monopoly>.
"Monopoly (game)." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)>.
Mr. Monopoly image . N.d. World of Monopoly, http://www.worldofmonopoly.co.uk/history/images/toplogo.gif. Monopoly History . Web. 21 Oct. 2010.