Maybe you want to take control by trying to Win the White House and take Executive Command or just be part of the process to Activate your community and Cast Your Vote. You can take on tough challenges in Crisis of Nations or learn about citizenship in Immigration Nation. You can also access the educator materials which include lesson plans and curriculum units. Along with linking to a number of the other games listed here, BrainPOP also has three of their own history games. Games like Skyrim Elder Scrolls V can provide some understanding of medieval Europe through the many non-player characters.
Many games in the Assasins Creed franchise fairly accurately recreate various historical periods. It can, like historical movies, lead to discussions of where the narrative strays from factual accounts. Some consumer games have taken the next step though to rebrand themselves as fully functional educational tools.
Minecraft: Education Edition was released last school year and has since received several updates making it an incredible learning tool across the curriculum. While it is easily suited to STEM activities, its openness makes it worthwhile for geography, history, and government as well. There are worlds and lessons already created on a variety of topics including the American Revolution , the Pyramids of Giza , or Medieval Britain. As for Civilization , it has long been one of my favorite strategy games.
You can see what would happen if the ancient Babylonians continued to thrive or if Alexander the Great continued to push through India or if the Mongols maintained swept Europe completely. Could Cleopatra succeed in building modern wonders or would Teddy Roosevelt be a rough rider even against ancient Rome? The characters, units, technology, buildings, and cities are all taken from real historical context, so it is easy to see the educational possibilities.
In fact, Sid Meier himself said in that an education edition of Civilization is in the works. I really hope they do it justice. Similarly, you can check out Sim City Edu where students play the role of a mayor trying to balance environmental needs against community initiatives and the happiness of the community. Perhaps in a follow-up post, I will give greater insight into the following games. View all posts by Sean Arnold.
There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know. Mission: U. There are currently five games that each cover a different period and, while they cover famous figures, they focus more on the role of everyday people living through the situations. I think that makes it much more accessible for students. For Crown or Colony? Your siblings each have their roles and opinions. Who will you follow in the wake of the Boston Massacre?
Flight to Freedom — You are Lucy, a year-old slave who must seek to escape via the underground railroad on a treacherous journey from Kentucky to Ohio. Will freedom in the North be all you hope or is it fraught with its own challenges?
What happens when the Fugitive Slave Act is passed? Will you speak out and fight, hide, or run? The settlers bring the military and new technologies with them while the buffalo on the plains are disappearing. Can you and your people persist? Will she be able to get in? Will she find her distant family? Can she save up to bring her parents too?
Up from the Dust — The latest game tells the story of twins whose family suffer through the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. Sortify — This is a game in which students categorize and sort information from BrainPOP movies into bins representing key concepts. Students earn more points when sorting tiles into bins labeled with more complex concepts. Social studies related topics include the American Revolution , the U. First, students are prompted to find the latitude coordinate.
Once the latitude coordinate is found, the game locks the latitude position and the longitude lines animate into the map. Finally, students are prompted to find a point of longitude. If correct, students earn the flag of the nation that appears in the flags panel. If the actual coordinate is 95 degrees west and the student chooses 90 degrees, he or she will lose five coordinate points reducing the total, for example, to The game ends when the student has no coordinate points left.
Latitude Longitude Machine. Description: This awesome application allows students to practice their latitude and longitude skills by using a dynamic point and click world map. It also allows students to test their proficiency in latitude and longitude with a fun game in which students must identify as many coordinate points as possible in one minute.
Collage America. Description: This innovative USA Activity allows students to construct the United States by dragging and dropping the states to the map. States are illustrated with themes relative to each state.
Students can choose from three different themes for each state, thereby making each "collage" different. Collage World - Online. Description: This awesome resource allows students to make online collages featuring a continent of choice and its nations. Great world geography practice and collages print beautifully! Information Games - the Constitution. Description: Ms. Information is traveling the country trying to re-write history with her false information! Can you stop her? She has traveled to the National Archives in Washington D.
Use your knowledge of this great document to foil her plan once and for all! Grade Levels: 3, 4, 5, 6. Information Games - Lewis and Clark. She has traveled to the Missouri River to change the story of the events in the Lewis and Clark expeditionr.
Use your knowledge of these causes to foil her plan once and for all! 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. Space Scouts Lab. Mission Earth Science. Mindy's Moonball Science. Sydney's Astro-Tracker Science. Jet's Rocket Ship Creator Science. The Cat in the Hat Spina-ma-jigger Science. The Cat in the Hat Slidea-ma-zoo! The Cat in the Hat Camp Time. The Cat in the Hat Hermit Shell.
Plum Landing Seed Racer Science. Plum Landing Invaders! Plum Landing Feed the Dingo Science. Plum Landing Make a Mangrove Science. Plum Landing Jungle Rangers Science. Cyberchase Rescue Ecotopia Mathematics.
Cyberchase Space Waste Odyssey. Cyberchase Mission Motherboard Mathematics. Design Squad Fidgit Power. Design Squad Feed the Fidgits Science. Design Squad Fidgits to the Rescue Science. Wild Kratts Photoshoot Game Science. Wild Kratts Creature Mobile Science. Wild Kratts Amazin' Amazon Science. Molly of Denali Veggiezilla!
Sid the Science Kid Crystals Rule.
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