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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).
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.…
Play geography bingo with Antarctic and polar-exploration vocabulary.
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).
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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…
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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…
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.
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).
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.
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).
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.