COVID Tool #3: Digital Games

Roll that Die!, Histopardy!, Vocabo, Vocab Spoons, etc., etc. is a partial list of the group-based games I've become known for in my classroom over the years.  They are all great, all get kids excited, competitive, and focused on content.  Best of all, all of them produce results.  The vast majority of my students tend to score in the 80's or 90's on my assessments!

Another thing they all have in common is that in my "COVID Classroom" I can't play any of them without significant modification. 

Fortunately, I have found or created new games to fill the gap!  Below are some of my favorites:

• For Any Topic
  • ​Kahoot!
    • I had heard of this before, but never used it as I really liked the review games I was using.  However, this year, one of my students suggested I try it and even made one to show me how it works, and once I HOOKED!  It's really easy to sign up and even easier to use.  There are also a lot of pre-made ones!  Anyway, the questions are projected on the board and kids answer on their individual devices.  It keeps score, tracks data, can provide reports and the random nickname generator is really fun too.
• Geography Games
  • 5 Themes of Geography Digital Review Game
    • Your students can practice/review identifying and applying the 5 Themes of Geography to various written or visual examples with this resource that uses Google Slides and is perfect to share via Google Classroom for enrichment or distance learning! Both a digital and traditional print student record sheet are included!
  • ​Landforms Digital Review Game
    • ​​Your students can review types of landforms with this resource that uses Google Slides and is perfect to share via Google Classroom for review, enrichment or distance learning!
  • ​Continents and Bodies of Water Digital Review Game
    • ​Your students can review continents and major bodies of water with this resource that uses Google Slides and is perfect to share via Google Classroom for review, enrichment or distance learning!
  • ​Basic Geography Digital Review Game
    • Your students can practice/review basic geography skills with this resource that uses Google Slides and is perfect to share via Google Classroom for enrichment or distance learning!

• World History Games
  • Ancient Cultures Digital Review Game
    • Your students can review major cultural institutions of two ancient civilizations with this resource that uses Google Slides and is perfect to share via Google Classroom for enrichment or distance learning!
  • ​​​Classical Cultures Digital Review Game
    
    • Your students can review major cultural institutions of two classical civilizations with this resource that uses Google Slides and is perfect to share via Google Classroom for enrichment or distance learning!​​​

• American Government Games
  
  • ​Branches of Government Digital Review Game
    
    • Your students can practice/review identifying and applying the three branches of the U.S. government to the correct article of the Constitution, various responsibilities and images with this resource that uses Google Slides and is perfect to share via Google Classroom for enrichment or distance learning! There is a digital student record sheet included.
      
  • ​Bill of Rights Digital Review Game
    
    • Your students can practice/review identifying and applying the Bills of Rights to various situations or images with this resource that uses Google Slides and is perfect to share via Google Classroom for enrichment or distance learning! Students practice matching each of the first 10 amendments to its text, and various situations. There is a digital student record sheet included.​​​

So, click the links above to take a closer look at the games, and don't forget to visit my story for more great Social Studies resources.  Oh, and if you have any other ideas, please leave them in the comments section.

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• Kahoot