Crafting Empathy: Minecraft
Through their efforts to collaboratively build a village in Minecraft Education Edition, students will personally experience frustration, resilience, and privilege in a safe environment. Library staff will then facilitate a conversation where students can share their experiences and explore what it means to be upstanders at school and in our own lives.
Crafting Empathy Downloadable Resources
This zipped package contains everything you will need to run Crafting Empathy in Minecraft Education Edition. This includes the Minecraft world in .mcworld format, lesson plan, teacher’s guide, and command templates.
- Crafting Empathy files [19.66MB zip file]
- Teacher template [16KB Word doc]
- Teacher guide [1.6MB PDF]
- Lesson plan [355KB PDF]
- Minecraft mcworld [18.3MB mcworld]
Aotearoa Natives Downloadable Resources
This addon contains Aotearoa/New Zealand Natives' resource pack which you can add to any Minecraft Education Edition World. The resource pack includes more than forty species of native flora and fauna.
- NZ Natives [5.3MB mcaddonn]
Beginner’s Guide to Minecraft for Teachers
If you are new to Minecraft and/or teaching with Minecraft, check out this comprehensive tutorial by Christchurch City Libraries.