Social Studies Games
iCivics and BrainPOP: Constitution Day Resources
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Constitution Day is September 17. Turn this historic day into a teachable moment by inviting students to explore how the Constitution came to be and identify what it means to them today.
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Race to Ratify Extension Activities
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Make your students’ game play more meaningful with these extension and assessment activities designed specifically for Race to Ratify by our partner, iCivics.
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Race to Ratify Game Guide
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Download this teacher Game Guide provided by our partner, iCivics, for learning objectives, big ideas, steps for how to play, screen guide & tips, discussion questions, and activity ideas. Find ad...
Race to Ratify: History Files
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The History Files support teaching the game by providing helpful vocabulary, a timeline of ratification, research, and additional ideas for classroom activities....
Race to Ratify Lesson Plan: Race to Ratify Game
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, students play a game called Race to Ratify that brings them back in time to 1787 and into the heated national debate between the Federalists and Anti-Fe...
Mission US Lesson Plan: For Crown or Colony?
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This lesson plan, adaptable for grades 5-12, centers around Mission US: For Crown or Colony?, a game in which students take on the role of an apprentice to a newspaper printer in Boston in 1770--a tim...
Historical Inquiry Lesson Plan: Jo Wilder and the Capitol Case
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In this lesson plan, adaptable for grades 3-5, students play Jo Wilder and the Capitol Case, a game that invites them to take on the role of a scrappy young history detective, collecting artifacts and...
