Overview - UNITED STATES GAME
Students will love playing this interactive social studies and geography game which combines learning state facts with knowing the location of all 50 states. By PCI''s Janie Haugen-McLane, the large game board features a full-color U.S. map.adaptive teaching approach The state facts listed below are taught one at a time in nine different games, allowing students with learning differences to focus and be successful in learning each set of facts. Also, students receive easy-to-use study guides before playing each of the games.
State Names
State Locations
State Capitals
State Abbreviations
Large Cities
Bordering States
State Landmarks
State Nicknames
BASIC GAME Students place their game pieces on their home state, roll the die, and move that many spaces (states) in any direction on the U.S. map. After landing on a state, a player identifies the state''s name. If the state is identified correctly, the player shades in that state on his or her U.S. map score sheet.
EIGHT OTHER GAMES Players spin, get a number from 1 to 50, listen as the teacher reads the game prompt, and move to the corresponding state on the U.S. game board. Example prompt is, "Move to Texas & name its capital city." One point is earned for each correct answer.
INCLUDES A full-color Game Board that features a U.S. map, a Teacher''s Guide with game prompt pages and reproducible study guides, a Spinner with numbers 1-50, 6 Playing Pieces, and a Game Die.