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High school social studies game interactive whiteboards
Causes of the American Revolution Analogy Game
This humorous game begins by posing to students a number of 'Parent-Child Conflict' scenarios in which students are asked to make decisions from the point of view of a child. What students don't realize is that every conflict scenario is intended to be a direct analogy to a cause of the American Revolution. These analogies and connections are revealed to students after they complete the decision making game. By using analogies in a game-like format, students are able to better understand and
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7th - 12th
Jeopardy Powerpoint + Smartboard Template
This is an awesome way to review material with a class. This blank jeopardy template is simple to fill in and use. Once you have filled in your categories, questions, and answers just click "begin slideshow from beginning" and you are ready to roll. This template works great with both regular standard projectors as well as smart-boards.Features:- Fully customizable categories. - Fully customizable questions.- Persistent memory template that removes used questions.- Customizable host introduction
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4th - 12th
Powerpoint Game: United States Geography
A 50-question, interactive quiz to test your students' knowledge on the fifty states of the United States of America. Simply click on the corresponding color to make your guess! Each of the state's respective flags are shown for additional learning about the USA.This product is designed specifically to be engaging for your students. Your students will love the fun sound effects and the opportunity to get up and walk around in order to tap the on-screen buttons.This product is best used with a Pr
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
AWESOME MONSTEROPOLY SMART BOARD REVIEW GAME TEMPLATE
Are your students tired of playing BORING review games to prepare for assessments? Undoubtedly, your answer must be YES! Well, here's A SMART Board review game template that your students are sure to beg you to let them play. The MONSTEROPOLY SMART BOARD REVIEW GAME TEMPLATE allows your class to review as many questions as you want while playing a MONOPOLY-like game that includes crazy stunts and monster money. The main board slide on the SMART Board presentation has moving animated monsters
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2nd - 12th, Staff
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Quiz Show Game Template in a PowerPoint Presentation
Quiz Show Game Template in a PowerPoint PresentationThis Quiz Show game, Jeopardy Style, is a great way to review a chapter. There are 25 questions, Final Showdown question, and a scoreboard so you don’t have to write it on a side board. Each page has the point value!I created TWO different versions. One with a Final Showdown question and another without to give you more options.You can edit the content to review any subject, including Math, history, science, K-12 English (ELA), social studies,
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Greek Mythology Jeopardy Review
This is a fully functional Flash Jeopardy Review game covering Ancient Greek Mythology. The game includes 25 questions, including major gods and goddesses, greek heroes, Titans, and questions related to the Trojan War as told by Homer.
The game automatically keeps score for up to 10 teams, includes a randomly selected Daily Double question, and allows you to add a tie-breaking Final Round at the end of the game.
The file is a Flash Executable and should play on most any PC.
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5th - 12th
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GAME SHOW WIZARD EXTREME!-- Interactive Whiteboard Classroom Gaming
The Game Show Wizard Extreme is a classroom gaming application that you install on any Windows computer. It was designed to be played in a classroom using an interactive whiteboard and a digital projector. Depending on the game your choose (there are 15!), students take turns competing (in teams) at your interactive whiteboard using the questions YOU make. It also comes with thousands of questions for middle school and high school math, science, social studies and English.If you have an inter
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Spanish Speaking Countries and Capitals Jeopardy Game
Students practice Spanish speaking countries and capitals in a fun way! This PowerPoint Jeopardy game contains all 20 official Spanish speaking countries, plus countries and territories where Spanish is still widely spoken, or where there has been significant Spanish influence in the past. They include Puerto Rico, Andorra, Guam, Philippines, and Gibraltar. The 5 categories are North America A, North America B, South America, South America and Africa, and Potpourri. Students click a number u
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4th - 10th
Oregon Trail Simulation Classroom Survival Challenge
Dive deep into the Oregon Trail! Work individually, team up with partners or groups to make "trains" or work together as a whole class! You start the game with basic supplies and even get to customize some of your own. How will you manage your materials with upcoming challenges along the trail?
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K - 12th
Digital Escape Room Growing BUNDLE - Psychology - Distance learning
Students will solve questions in this engaging escape room activity. File type: 5 separate escape rooms that guides students through the story and directs them to the questions.Topics covered include: different personality disorders (Cluster A, B and C), the affective (mood) disorders such as major depression, bipolar disorder , the eating disorders such as anorexa nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and pica, the anxiety disorders, and also the psychotic disorders.Instructions for use of the Google sli
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9th - 12th
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Diary of Anne Frank Frenzy Game for SmartBoard/PC
A fast moving game of 30 questions with a 10 minute time limit. Play it on the SmartBoard as a class or load it on a server for individual play in the computer lab. Game features questions about the characters in the stage version of The Diary. Not compatible with Mac.The Diary of Anne Frank Frenzy Game by K. Zutali is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
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6th - 9th
George Washington and John Adams Federalist Era Editable PowerPoint Review Game
This resource is a fully editable PowerPoint review game covering The Federalist Era presidential administrations of George Washington and John Adams in a Jeopardy style format. The questions begin with the inauguration of George Washington up to the end of John Adams presidency. The content does not include the Election of 1800. The questions in this game are most suitable for grades 7-12.The Ultimate Jeopardy game is very similar to the TV Show "Jeopardy". The game consists of 2 rounds with 25
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: George Washington and John Adams Federalist Era BUNDLE
Powerpoint Game: Canadian Geography
A 13-question quiz to test your students' knowledge on the provinces and territories of Canada. Simply click on the corresponding colors to make your guess! Each question also includes each province's respective flag for added learning. A fun activity for all age groups.
This product is designed specifically to be engaging for your students. Your students will love the fun sound effects and the opportunity to get up and walk around in order to tap the on-screen buttons.
This product is best us
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
United States Labeling Puzzle Map
This is a map of the United States for students to label. Teachers can scramble up the puzzle and students put it back together. This is a great activity to get students up out of their seats and do a hands-on activity with technology
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6th - 10th
Map Skills Flash Jeopardy Review Game
This Flash Jeopardy Game reviews 25 map skills terms. The game itself is highly interactive and would make a great review on an LCD Projector with or without a SmartBoard.The game will automatically keep score for up to 5 teams.Terms included in the review include:globemapscompassmap keylegendcardinal directionsintermediate directionsscaleatlassymbolspolitical mapphysical mapelevation maphistorical mapdistribution maplongitudelatitudeEquatorPrime MeridianPolesAnd more!
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4th - 12th
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Powerpoint Game: Middle Eastern Geography
A simple, fun, interactive quiz to test your students' knowledge on the geography of the Middle East. Simply click on the corresponding color to make your guess! Each country's respective flags are shown for additional learning.
This product is best used with a Promethean/Smartboard.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Trivia Crack- U.S. History Review
Fantastic and engaging tool for reviewing U.S. History, especially for the FL EOC exam. Separates the multiple choice practice into unit-based categories. Most questions were pulled from the public domain of the NYS Regents website.
This is a SmartNotebook file. The preview contains a sneak peak but the final product 282 slides.
I use this game as part of a larger review competition in which the icons on the spinner are printed out in mass and given to students when they earn a point. Once we
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7th - 12th
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Causes of the American Civil War PowerPoint Review Game
The best way to keep your students engaged during test review is to play a fun game. This game features 48 questions pertaining to the events leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War. The slides are fully editable should you decide to change a question. Also included is a second round of 48 questions that are blank and editable. That way you can add your own questions or create a completely separate game with a different topic. This game compliments "A Nation in Peril: Causes of the Amer
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Causes of the American Civil War Lesson Plans NO PREP UNIT
Powerpoint Game: Australian Geography
An 8-Question Quiz to test your students' knowledge on the geography of Australia. Simply click on the corresponding color to make your guess! Each of the state's respective flags are shown for additional learning.
This product is designed specifically to be accommodating and engaging for your students. Your students will love the fun sound effects and the opportunity to get up and walk around in order to tap the on-screen buttons. It is also designed to accommodate students with red/green colo
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Powerpoint Game: 1914 European Geography (WWI)
A simple, fun, interactive quiz to test your students' knowledge on the geography of Europe in 1914, the eve of World War One. Simply click on the corresponding color to make your guess! This quiz contains questions about every European belligerent of WW1. Each country's respective flags are shown for additional learning about the First World War.
This product is best used with a Promethean/Smartboard.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Executive and Legislative Branch/How a Bill Becomes a Law Sorting Activity
I prefer to do this with knowledge of How a bill becomes a law, congressional leadership, congressional requirements, political parties, executive leadership, executive requirements, Electoral College, Requirements to vote, Republicans and DemocratsLearning Target - I will be able to explain the pieces and jobs of the executive branch and legislative branchMaterials - Sorting Worksheets below -one pair of scissors for each row of students - Candy is a bonus for the winning group Optional I atta
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8th - 12th
How They Croaked Jeopardy Game
Trivia Jeopardy review game for students reading "How They Croaked: the Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous". This game includes questions for King Tut, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, James Garfield, and Beethoven. Questions get progressively more difficult with increasing dollar amounts.
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7th - 9th
Central America and Caribbean Labeling Puzzle map
Map of Central America and Caribbean for students to label. Teachers can scramble up the puzzle and students put it back together. This is a great activity to get students up out of their seats and do a hands-on activity with technology
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6th - 10th
Powerpoint Game: Irish Geography
A 32-question, interactive quiz to test your students' knowledge on the geography of the thirty-two counties that make up both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom). Simply click on the corresponding color to make your guess! Each county's respective coat of arms is shown for additional learning about the various Irish counties.
This product is best used with a Promethean/Smartboard.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Importance of learning social studies
Social studies offers valuable insights into history, geography, and much more. Social studies captivates students by providing them with perspectives from the past, present, and future, allowing them to understand history and navigate current events. It enables them to appreciate how previous generations have shaped their present reality. In essence, social studies opens their eyes to the vastness of life beyond their immediate surroundings.
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- Learn about the achievements, challenges, perspectives, traditions, and customs of different societies
- Evaluate information, analyze evidence, and make informed judgments about complex social, economic, and political issues
- Become active, responsible, and engaged citizens
- Comprehend global issues such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and economic disparities
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