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Analyzing Strategic Conflicts: The Chicken Game and Cuban Missile Crisis

Students learn game theory, brinkmanship, Nash equilibrium, and mutually assured destruction through the Chicken Game.

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Students learn game theory, brinkmanship, Nash equilibrium, and mutually assured destruction through the Chicken Game. They complete payoff matrices and analyze how strategic choices relate to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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  • Students will define key game theory concepts and vocabulary.
  • Students will complete and interpret a Chicken Game payoff matrix.
  • Students will compare strategic choices and possible outcomes.
  • Students will apply game theory to the Cuban Missile Crisis.