Teacher goes viral playing Assassin’s Creed in class to teach history

A middle school teacher’s unique strategy of using Assassin’s Creed to teach history is blowing up on social media and students absolutely love it.

Being a teacher can be rough these days, especially with students always glued to their screens, so instead of sticking to textbooks, a teacher decided to change things up by bringing video games to class.

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise is filled with historical relevance, bringing players back in time to ancient Egypt, the American Revolution, Rome, and more. So, when it came time to talk about Greece, a grade 7 and 8 teacher whipped out his PlayStation.

In a video going viral on TikTok, Social Studies teacher Mr Mahathey played Assassin’s Creed Odyssey to show off The Battle of Thermopylae.

Middle school teacher uses Assassin’s Creed Odyssey to teach

If you’ve ever seen 300, then you’re at least a little familiar with The Battle of Thermopylae where the Greeks battled the invading Persians and used the narrow pass to their defensive advantage.

Mr Mahathey ended up showing off the location in the game, explaining to his students, “So, right there, that’s going to be the entrance to Thermopylae. That’s a very narrow passageway in order for the Persians and the Greeks to fight.”

He even used the map to give students a visualization of where the Greeks would be stationed and how they had an edge in their defensive positioning.

Users in the comments were very on board with this teaching style, praising Mahathey for taking advantage of the game’s historical accuracy.

“The one thing Ubisoft gets right is the historical accuracy of the locations in their games,” one remarked.

“That’s smart. I would 100 percent pay way more attention if my teacher did this,” said another.

“I really like this idea. Especially since I am just finishing up the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey story,” encouraged someone else. “Great job!”

So far, the clip has been viewed nearly 700,000 times with plenty of other commenters urging the teacher to upload the rest of the lesson just to see how it all played out.