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A Quick Low-Prep Game to Practice Map Locations

1/9/2022

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Okay, I'll admit it.  I've become a little addicted to using Blooket as a review tool in my class.
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So, I decided to try something new to change it up a little - BINGO!

We had completed our atlas pages for the unit we were working on and my students had about 12 locations to learn for an upcoming map quiz, so I came up with this easy, low-prep way to do it!

STEPS
  1. I wrote the name of each location, and physical feature they needed to know on an index card.
  2. When the students entered class, I gave them each a 1/4 sheet of blank notebook paper and directed them to draw a large pound sign on it.                                                                                                                                *Brief tangent - When I gave this direction, I found out my students had no idea what either a "pound sign" or "number sign" is.  The break through came when I called it a "hashtag" (BTW, I looked it up, and it's actually called an octothorpe.  Who knew?)​
  3. I then directed the students to place one location, or physical feature we were studying randomly in each box.
  4. Next, I projected a blank map of the area we were studying on the board.
  5. I shuffled my index cards and put dots on the map saying, "This location" or "This city" or "This physical feature"

To prolong the game, we had multiple winners - 3 in a row, 4 corners, and whole board.

I also adapted this game to a full 5x5 BINGO version to practice vocabulary terms with using the same procedure listed above (except with no map).  My students really enjoy it, and it's a great change of pace from more flashy electronic games.
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