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In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different countries on their own map, then take turns naming an country and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).
Includes: Teacher Instructions · Student Score Sheet · maps (with and without labels)
For each state, read a map and fun-facts page (state firsts, biggest/smallest/highest/lowest, nicknames, trivia), then complete 2-3 additional activity pages per state such as bingo games (e.g. Alabama Bingo), tic-tac-toe games (e.g. Florida Tic-Tac-Toe), question games (e.g. Louisiana Question Game), letter-unscramble puzzles (e.g.…
Includes: table of contents listing all 50 states alphabetically (Alabama through Wyoming) plus Washington D.C., United States overview, Time Line, U.S. Maps, Student… · 'Dear Teacher' introduction page explaining structure and intended use · per-state sections (map + fun facts page, plus 2-3 game/puzzle pages per state and 2 Challenge Questions per state) - only the Alabama section was fully…
Play geography bingo with Antarctic and polar-exploration vocabulary.
Includes: How-to-Use guide (2 pages) with printing, distributing, calling, and winning-pattern instructions · Bingo Marker sheet (1 page) · Calling Cards (3 pages) with terms: Adelie/Emperor penguin, albatross, Antarctic flag, aurora australis, blue whale, compass, frozen ocean, glacier, humpback…
Play the printed Snakes and Ladders board game, answering the question printed on each numbered square when landed on (e.g., name a famous Chilean person, describe two important historical events, identify the currency and describe the economy, describe a place worth visiting in Chile).
Includes: numbered game board squares (1-14 seen) with country-study prompt questions, e.g. name/describe 3 famous Chileans, describe 2 important events in Chile's… · board game path/track pieces (labelled ONE through SIX) · start/end markers ('Hola'/'Adiós')
In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different state capitals on their own map, then take turns naming an capital city and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).
Includes: Teacher Instructions · Student Score Sheet · maps (with and without labels)
Cards are shuffled and distributed; a player asks 'Who has [country]?', the student with the matching card responds 'I have...' and asks for the next country, continuing until the last card is found.
Includes: 7-page 'I have, who has' European-countries card deck with a flags reference page, intro page, and 'how to play' instructions
Review landform vocabulary with a geography bingo game.
A one-page 'Guess Who' style game card sheet featuring 15 famous people from Chile, for a Chile country-study unit in Geography/Social Studies classes.
Includes: 15 named person cards: Bernardo O'Higgins, Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Isabel Allende, Violeta Parra, Salvador Allende, José Miguel Carrera, Pedro Pascal,…
In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different countries on their own map, then take turns naming an country and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).
Includes: Teacher Instructions · Student Score Sheet · maps (with and without labels)
Label a blank US map with state names/numbers, then answer multiple-choice trivia questions about Northeast states (capitals, landmarks, state facts) with click-through correct/incorrect feedback and bonus facts.
Includes: blank US map labeling exercise (states 1-50) · state-by-state multiple-choice trivia (capitals, landmarks, notable facts) for Northeast states (e.g. Vermont, New York, Massachusetts) · correct/incorrect click-through feedback pages with bonus facts
Use flash cards showing each state/province/territory with its capital to memorize the pairing through repetition; then use separate geography, name, and capital matching cards to play a matching game pairing image-to-name-to-capital.
Includes: Flash Cards: Canadian Provinces (pages 4-7) and Territories (page 8), each showing province/territory name + capital · Matching Cards: Provinces/Territories geography, names, and capitals (pages 9-14)
Take a continents/oceans pre-test and correct it as a class; play a matching game ('Slap that Continent'); explore local/regional/state maps and locate their own community on maps; complete a 'Zooming Into My Community' handout; match map-feature vocabulary to definitions; design and build an individual paper community map and…
Includes: unit description and GANAG lesson-format explainer · Day One: continents/oceans pre-test, whole-class map review, 'Slap that Continent' game, note-taking page · Day Two: 'Zooming Into My Community' handout (continent/country/state/community)
In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different countries on their own map, then take turns naming an country and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).
Includes: Teacher Instructions · Student Score Sheet · maps (with and without labels)
Students play a board game, moving a pawn along numbered squares; landing on a square prompts a task such as naming cities, dishes, or famous people of France, describing a historical event, or answering a reflection question about visiting France.
Includes: numbered game board squares (1-14) with prompts · die-face/number pieces (ONE-SIX) for a spinner or die reference
In teams, one student ('the giver') describes a landform-related keyword on their card to teammates without using the word itself or 5 listed taboo words; teammates guess the word to score points.
Includes: teacher guide (setup and how-to-play instructions) · taboo game cards covering plate tectonics, landform types (mountains, volcanoes, valleys, canyons, plains, plateaus), earthquakes, and topographic maps
Compete in a whole-class review game (e.g. 'Build-A-Bear', 'Attack!', or 'Family Feud' format) answering geography questions displayed from a separate Google Slides resource accessed via a bit.ly link.
In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different countries on their own map, then take turns naming an country and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).
Includes: Teacher Instructions · Student Score Sheet · maps (with and without labels)
Students play a board game, moving a pawn along numbered squares; landing on a square prompts a task such as naming cities, dishes, or famous people of Japan, describing a historical event, or answering a reflection question about visiting Japan.
Includes: numbered game board squares (1-14) with prompts · die-face/number pieces (ONE-SIX) for a spinner or die reference
Students solve 15 sequential digital puzzles (drag-and-drop matching, colour-code cracking, jigsaw, memory game, cipher decoding, word search, word scramble, dot matching, image reveal) that teach and test recall of Maryland's geography, capital, state symbols, a notable historical figure (Harriet Tubman), and seasons/climate; a…
Includes: instructions for accessing/using the digital escape room (teacher vs. student link versions) · answer key and hints for all 15 puzzles
Complete a series of geography puzzles and worksheets (word searches, scrambles, matching, map labeling, analogies, and review pages) identifying U.S. states, capitals, major cities, bodies of water, and other geographic features, using resources such as an atlas or encyclopedia as needed.
Includes: table of contents · Teacher's Guide and Answer Key · state-region activity pages (Northeastern, Southern, Midwestern, Western, Contiguous States)
In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different provinces on their own map, then take turns naming an province and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).
Includes: Teacher Instructions · Student Score Sheet · maps (with and without labels)
Students play a board game, moving a pawn along numbered squares; landing on a square prompts a task such as naming cities, dishes, or famous people of China, describing a historical event, or answering a reflection question about visiting China.
Includes: numbered game board squares (1-14) with prompts · die-face/number pieces (ONE-SIX) for a spinner or die reference
In pairs or small teams, students secretly place six markers ('bases') on six different provinces on their own map, then take turns naming an province and asking whether the opposing team has a base there, recording hits (√) and misses (x) on a score sheet across up to five rounds plus a tournament bracket (semi-finals/finals).
Includes: Teacher Instructions · Student Score Sheet · maps (with and without labels)
Students play a board game, moving a pawn along numbered squares; landing on a square prompts a task such as naming cities, dishes, or famous people of New Zealand, describing a historical event, or answering a reflection question about visiting New Zealand.
Includes: numbered game board squares (1-14) with prompts · die-face/number pieces (ONE-SIX) for a spinner or die reference