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Map Wars: United States Edition | Interactive Geography Game

Map Wars: United States Edition | Interactive Geography Game preview
Map Wars: United States Edition | Interactive Geography Game preview
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Look Inside · 10 pages

U.S. geography game cover listing teacher instructions, a score sheet, maps, markers, and a tournament schedule
Cover and contents of the geography game
Teacher instructions for the geography game: materials, class time, and setup for individuals or teams of 2–3
First instruction page: materials and setup
Geography game rules: hide six bases in states, guess locations, give directional clues, and record hits or misses
Second instruction page: turns and winning
Game scoring sheet for rounds 1–5, recording ten hits or misses per round, round totals, and combined hits
Scoring sheet for the five tournament rounds
Tournament scoring continuation for optional semifinals and finals, with ten turns and total hits for each
Scoring continuation for semifinals and finals
Tournament schedule for rounds 1–3, listing six matchups per round among teams numbered 1 through 12
Tournament schedule, first three rounds
Tournament schedule continues with rounds 4–5, semifinal pairings based on total points, and a finals heading
Tournament schedule, rounds 4–5 and playoffs
Twelve cut-out game markers, six blue and six red, for placing each opponent’s six hidden bases on a team map
Cut-out markers for the two opponents
Unlabeled U.S. team map showing state boundaries, Alaska, and Hawaii for the game’s post-learning activities
Unlabeled team map for post-learning play
Labeled U.S. team map showing state names, including Alaska and Hawaii, for the game’s pre-learning activities
Labeled team map for pre-learning play
Attributes
Subject

Social Studies, Geography

Grades

Grade 5, 6, 7, 8

Types

Activities, Games

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
The Social Studies Doctor
Rating
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About This Product

Map Wars: United States Edition is an engaging geography game that gets students excited about learning map skills. Designed for grades 5-8, this resource can be used in social studies classes in a variety of ways. Students work in two teams, using their knowledge of US geography to earn points locating states and answering questions. Rounds continue until one team wins. The competitive yet collaborative nature of Map Wars makes it an effective tool for building community within classrooms. Implementation ideas are provided, offering differentiated options for whole group, small group, partner, or individual work. Map Wars strengthens spatial awareness, location identification abilities, and geographic concepts in a lively format students love. This reproducible PDF includes complete instructions to start playing right away.

Follow the game with a United States map worksheet for individual location practice.

What's Included

1 PDF with 10 ready to print pages

Resource Tags

map wars team games United States geography Battleship

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