How to Create Your Own World Game
Mary Poppins sang, "In ev'ry job that must be done there is an element of fun. You find the fun and snap! The job's a game." Educators interested in their students' job of learning understand the truth in this spirited nanny's song. Games make learning a snap. Making your own game allows you, the teacher, to target the material you want the student to know about each country and teaches country location at the same time. Make this game and teach your students about the world around them.
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Things You'll Need
- Die
- Glue
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Tag board
- Thin markers
- Foam poster board
- 1 game piece per player
- Medium-sized world maps
Instructions
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Measure and draw 3-by-5-inch rectangles on tag board to make cards. Cut the cards apart. Draw a question mark on the back of the cards. On the front of the cards, write one "What country am I?" question per country. (See Resources for facts.) Place the answers on the bottom of each card front.
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Create your game board. Glue one medium-sized map on to a piece of foam poster board. Put weight on the edges so the map dries flat. Write "Questions" on one tag board card and glue the card to the corner of the board. Place the cards with the question mark on the "Questions" card, question mark up.
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Type the rules to the game on a directions sheet. It should say:
"Roll the dice. The player with the highest number begins the game. Move clockwise around the circle.
After hearing the question, the player places his game piece on the country he thinks answers the question correctly.
If the player is correct, he keeps the card and the next player takes her turn.
If the player is incorrect, the next player has the opportunity to win the card.
If the second player answers correctly, she gets to take her turn next.
If neither player is correct, the correct answer is read and the card is placed on the bottom of the pile. The third player takes his turn.
Players count their cards at the end of the game. The player with the most cards wins the game."
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Tips & Warnings
Study the information about the world with the students in your classroom before they attempt to play the game.
Time the game if your period is short. Not all of the cards need to be used in every game.
Vary the questions to cover the material students need to learn.
Play the game with individual players or with teams of two or three players.
A game piece variation: Give each student or team a specific color of stick pins. The pin remains in the country if the student is correct. Count the pins at the end of the game.
References
Resources
- Photo Credit world map image by Andrew Brown from Fotolia.com
