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7th grade 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
Canadian Government Trivia Game | Round 1
Introducing or reviewing information about Canada's government system can be both engaging and educational! This self-checking trivia game, based on the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 5, supports student learning in a fun atmosphere. It can be played as a whole-class activity using a projector, or by individual students as an enrichment opportunity or extra review task.NOTE: This is "Round 1" of my Canadian Government Trivia Game; Round 2 is also for sale at my TPT store. Both v
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4th - 8th
Also included in: Canadian Government Trivia Game Bundle - PowerPoint
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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Canadian Geography Trivia Game
Do you need to get your students excited while learning about Canadian provinces, territories, and regions? This 25-question trivia activity is a Jeopardy-style game that lets students work in up to 5 teams as they demonstrate their knowledge of the geography of Canada! Note: This is a PowerPoint activity.How Resource Can Be Used:whole class activityindependent review activityopening activity to your Canada unitreview activity at end of your Canada unitGame Categories:Physical RegionsCapital
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4th - 7th
Using Geocaching to Illustrate Latitude and Longitude in the Classroom
Get your students moving and actually applying latitude and longitude through geocaching. Incorporating GPS technology, computer websites, and basic geography, this lesson gets students excited about learning geography, maps, and the new game of geocaching. This lesson was used with fourth grade students but can be adapted for middle school and high school students as well. This lesson also ties in well with space history, science and satellites technology. by Susan R. Wagner
Using Geocaching t
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4th - 8th
Digital Landforms Game - Land Formations Matching Game
Your kiddos will love trying to remember and match the different land formations to their name in this challenging and fun interactive memory game. There are two versions of the game to choose from, one with 10 pairs of landforms to match and the other with 15 pairs. There is also an option for playing with one player or two players or teams. When playing alone, a clock is provided, and the number of card turns is tracked.This digital resource integrates seamlessly with your Google Classroom if
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Geography Landforms Bundle
The Age of Exploration| European Explorers Game| A Power Point Review
The Age of Exploration is an editable 102 slide presentation that covers people, places, things, and ideas related to the Age of Exploration during the 15th-17th centuries. The first section is done in a game/questioning format that encourages participation from your students. There is a 15 question map skills section at the end that reviews latitude and longitude, directions on a compass rose, using scale to estimate distance, and using a map key, or legend.You may choose to use these slides f
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5th - 8th
World History Review Games | EOY 6th Grade Social Studies Ancient Civilizations
Looking for a fun, engaging way to review your Ancient Civilization units with your 6th graders? These interactive PowerPoint Games align perfectly with your ancient civilization curriculum. Your students will love challenging themselves and their classmates with their knowledge of Ancient Civilizations with these interactive self-checking games! FEATURES: Each game includes 20 questions covering key concepts, vocabulary, and more! Games for each of these Units: + Prehistory+ Mesopotamia+ Egy
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5th - 8th
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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US Landmarks Game | USA History and Culture Activity | Civics and Geography
This fun and engaging game is a great way for students to learn about famous US landmarks. In each round, students are shown a portion of a photo of a landmark. They then listen to three clues and must try to identify the landmark. The game includes 10 rounds, each with a different landmark around the United States of America.This set includes 10 famous USA landmarks:Golden Gate BridgeGateway ArchStatue of LibertyCloud GateMount RushmoreLiberty BellSpace NeedleWhite HouseArlington National Cemet
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5th - 8th
Ancient Mesopotamia Review Game
Looking for a fun, engaging way to review your Ancient Mesopotamia unit with your 6th graders? This interactive PowerPoint Mesopotamia Game aligns perfectly with your ancient civilization curriculum. Your students will love challenging themselves and their classmates with their knowledge of Ancient Mesopotamia with this interactive self-checking game! FEATURES: One PowerPoint Game that includes 20 questions covering: + Location+ Government+ Religion+ Social Structure+ Written Language+ Technol
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5th - 7th
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
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
50 States Riddles - Interactive White Board Game
This zip folder contains materials for an exciting game of answering riddles about the 50 states. The game can be played all at once, or it can be broken into chunks. It is a great beginning of the class activity for when studying the United States.
The riddles are presented in notebook files (must have notebook software.) There are two versions included for you to choose the one that works best with the brightness of your projector.
Each riddle contains three clues about a state. The clues
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4th - 8th
Fact-Filled Bingo - Ancient Egypt
“Fact-Filled Bingo” is a computer program sure to bring excitement to your Ancient Egypt unit. Instead of numbers, the talking robot calls out random persons, events and documents complete with pictures and interesting facts. Forty bingo cards suitable for laminating are provided.Also included is the computer program “Fact-Filled Slideshow”. Hook up your classroom PC/Mac to a SmartBoard or projector to highlight 48 different persons, events and documents. Again the talking robot does the narrati
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4th - 8th
Canadian Government Trivia Game | Round 2
Introducing or reviewing information about Canada's government system can be both engaging and educational! This self-checking trivia game, based on the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum for Grade 5, supports student learning in a fun atmosphere. It can be played as a whole-class activity using a projector, or by individual students as an enrichment opportunity or extra review task.NOTE: This is "Round 2" of my Canadian Government Trivia Game; Round 1 is also for sale at my TPT store. Both v
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Grades:
4th - 8th
Also included in: Canadian Government Trivia Game Bundle - PowerPoint
Ancient Egypt Review Game
Looking for a fun, engaging way to review your Ancient Egypt unit with your 6th graders? This interactive PowerPoint Egypt Game aligns perfectly with your ancient civilization curriculum. Your students will love challenging themselves and their classmates with their knowledge of Ancient Egypt with this interactive self-checking game! FEATURES: One PowerPoint Game that includes 20 questions covering: + Location+ Government+ Religion+ Social Structure+ Written Language+ Technology+ Arts+ Famous
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5th - 7th
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
Ancient India Review Game
Looking for a fun, engaging way to review your Ancient India unit with your 6th graders? This interactive PowerPoint India Game aligns perfectly with your ancient civilization curriculum. Your students will love challenging themselves and their classmates with their knowledge of Ancient India with this interactive self-checking game! FEATURES: One PowerPoint Game that includes 20 questions covering: + Location+ Government+ Religion+ Social Structure+ Written Language+ Technology+ Arts+ Food Su
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Ancient India Activities - Projects - Worksheets - RESOURCE Bundle
Map Skills & Geography Jeopardy Review Game, Interactive Game, Test Prep
This user-friendly Map Skills & Geography review game provides an excellent method for revisiting the key themes of the Geography. It spans topics from the landforms and topography to identifying the United States region based on descriptions. Students can readily immerse themselves with just a simple click, making it a highly engaging group activity.This review game goes hand-in-hand with my Map Skills and Geography Notes as well as my Map Skills and Geography Unit Test.Check out my other M
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2nd - 7th
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