Easy social studies games

Information Games - Causes of the Revolutionary War. She has traveled to Philadelphia change the story of the events leading to the Revolutionary War. Information Games - George Washington.

She has traveled to the Washington Monument in Washington, D. Information Games - Jamestown. She has traveled to the Jamestown Village in Virginia to change the story of the colony's early history.

Use your knowledge o Jamestown to foil her plan once and for all! Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on the American Revolution.. It's super fun for classrooms, individuals, or small teams, totally customizable. Uncheck "teams take turns" to make it more exciting for kids.

Not Boring Jeopardy - 13 Colonies Editiion. Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on the 13 colonies. Not Boring Jeopardy - Presidents Edition.

Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on United States Presidents. Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on U. Halls of History - Online U. History Game. Description: Welcome to Halls of History! This game will test your visual knowledge of American history. There are seven sections to the game, five of which cover historical eras until the Civil War, and two of which cover famous people in American history.

Click on each image in history to enlarge and inspect and then answer the question associated with it. When you are done with the game, you'll get a percentage score for each section. Ameriquake - Game. Description: In this game, an "Ameriquake" occurs resulting in the state name becoming jumbled. Students must drag and drop the correct names back to their states. Students can customize the number of state names that become jumbled. Burnside's Billions.

Description: This innovative game requires students to "purchase" as many of the world's most important landmarks as possible with ten billion dollars. Students must purchase by using the game's tools to convert dollars to the native currency. For example, to buy the Eiffel tower, players must convert dollars to euros. The game provides real-time currency exchange rates and has numerous twists and turns. Games can be saved! For more detailed video instructions, check out the Burnside Billion's instructional video.

Type: Math Game - Decimals Focus. Grade Levels: 5, 6. State Detective - Game. Description: This fun United States game requires students to "guess" the state the computer is "thinking" of by asking it questions about its location and its color. Students get six questions.

Map Scale - Online Game. Description: This fun online game reinforces the concept of map scale by challenging students to determine the distances between major world cities. Glamour Legends - Online Game. Conquer the States - Game. Description: This fun game challenges students to identify as many states as possible in 60 seconds.

World Detective - Online Game. Description: In World Detective, students select a continent and the "game" selects a secret country within the chosen continent. The player has six questions to try to guess the selected state. Users must generate "good" questions that allow them to eliminate as many incorrect states as they can per question. Students can ask questions regarding color or relative location. States that are eliminated are grayed out.

For example, a good first question might be "is the country east of Germany? Description: This game challenges students to identify the state locations of as many USA Landmarks, Capitals, or Cities as possible in two minutes. Students can choose from the three aforementioned categories. Cardinal Directions - Online Game. Who is Your Founding Father? Description: In this innovative game, students determine the "Founding Father" by evaluating the accomplishments of Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton on a significance scale of As students evaluate each accomplishment, the "father" responsible for the accomplishment moves forward.

Identify Presidential First Ladies — In this matching game, players connect the president with his first lady.

Practice on great historical trivia! Countries and Capitals — Learn countries and their capitals in Toad Hop, a multi-game that requires players to race from one place to another. Up to four players may join in on the fun and learning! Technology at Home — Use the slider to move forward and back through time. Here are some more examples:. Image from clker.

The next activity is one commonly used in reading: Quick Writes. I love to use this activity when I am teaching a history topic that is particularly emotional or can evoke mixed reactions in the students.

For this particular one, we were discussing The Great Depression. I was reading parts of this book, and stopping periodically to ask questions. The students were instructed to quickly write their answer or their opinion. Then, we shared with a partner or shared a few with the whole group.

As you can see, I only asked 5 questions and we really got into some deep discussions after these. Sign up to get access to a library of free resources for math and literacy and to be notified of new resources and activities for science via email. By entering your information, you agree to receive email communication from me. Per my privacy policy , you can unsubscribe at any time.

Thank you for sharing! I am comparing Jackie Robinson and Wilma Rudolph and will use these with my kids! We are starting WWII in our classroom tomorrow!

I love the heads.