8th Grade U.S. History Games

This product is intended to demonstrate how Triangular Trade worked in the the 17th and 18th centuries.

Materials Included:

- Country Profile Sheets

- Colony Profile Sheets

- Raw Material Cards

- Instruction sheet

Teaching Strategy:

- Note: Students should have been introduced to information on Triangular Trade and Mercantilism preceding this activity.

- Divide the class into teams of 6

- Give each group a Country Profile Sheet - have students read the information for their country

- Students will then be given their colony - this can be done randomly or strategically. - It is often more impactful to the lesson to have groups actually go out and “explore’ their colony. I have given students numbers and then put colonies around the room with only numbers attached to them.

- The colony envelope should include the colony profile and the appropriate amount of raw material cards.

- When all groups have their colonies and have read all things about their country and colony then they should form a strategy for trading to get their necessary resources.

- Groups will then start trading with other groups to get the resources they need.

- Leave time to debrief and possibly play again.

- Adjust rules as you see the need.

Make learning about the American Revolution interesting with this no-prep digital escape game.  The game includes access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks.  Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, and read texts to find the information they need to win the game.  Very easy to use - just send your students to the website and let them work!  Students can play individually or in teams.

Digital escape games are a fun way to start a unit, or to review at the end of a unit.  They can also be used to learn about a cultural or historical event.  This game will have your students reading carefully and paying attention to the smallest details in order to complete the challenge and unlock the locks.  

This item includes:

• Access to a website where your students can play the game
• Complete teacher's guide to playing the game
• Answer key so you can help students if they get stuck!

Your students will enjoy learning without even realizing that they are learning!  The challenging game format will get them excited about finding the code to unlock each lock - and the format of the clues for each lock will have them paying close attention - there's no way to solve the puzzles  without being 100% focused! 

Topics in this game include:

• Lexington
• Paul Revere
• The Declaration of Independence
• Boston Tea Party
• George Washington

Prep is very easy - you just need to share the website URL with your students.  You may want to test the site before you use it, just to make sure nothing is blocked by your district.  As some of the clues can be challenging to unlock, you may choose to help your students with the trickier ones.  With the teacher guide, you will have the answer key - so you can help guide students towards the correct answer by giving them hints, or if you have limited time, you can adjust the game by reducing the number of locks they need to unlock - just give them the answer(s) to help the activity fit your time constraints.

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The Renaissance

The Great Depression

The Cold War

The Vietnam War

The US Civil War

The US Constitution

World War I

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Bring History to Life with This Interactive Trading Card Research Activity and Classroom Game!

Engage your students in a dynamic exploration of historical figures with the History Makers Trading Cards activity. This interactive resource combines historical research with creative design and classroom gameplay, making it perfect for a variety of social studies or history lessons.

Students will research significant figures from history, gather key facts, and design their own trading cards featuring each historical person’s image, accomplishments, and contributions to the world. Once the cards are created, students can use them in a classroom game that encourages discussion, debate, and friendly competition.

What's Included:

• Customizable Trading Card Templates: Templates for students to design unique cards for each historical figure.
• Research Guide: A structured guide to help students organize important information on each individual, such as key dates, achievements, and historical significance.
• Classroom Game Instructions: Fun and competitive game ideas for using the cards in classroom activities to reinforce learning.
• Versatile Usage: Perfect for individual assignments, group projects, or as a creative assessment tool.

Key Benefits:

• Research Skills Development: Students enhance their research abilities by diving deep into the lives of notable figures across history.
• Creativity and Critical Thinking: The hands-on creation of trading cards allows students to engage creatively while critically analyzing each figure’s impact on history.
• Interactive Learning: The trading card game offers an engaging way to review and reinforce historical knowledge in a fun, competitive environment.

This resource is ideal for middle and high school social studies, world history, and US history classrooms. It can be used for individual research projects, group activities, or as a classroom competition. Turn your students into historical researchers and trading card designers while making history lessons interactive and exciting!

mazes are the best activities for brain teasing labyrinths, these exercises support learning through play by developing concentration and problem solving skills.

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WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 15 Pages

• ( PDF + PNG Files )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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US States Geography Game and Center

How many states can you cover before time runs out? In this face-paced Geography game (like the Perfection board game), students must cover as many states with the correct state shape to rack up as many points as possible. The winner with the highest score wins. This game can also be played solo, where students must beat their score.

This game is an excellent review after reviewing the fifty US states. Students will learn to recognize the shapes of states and easily identify them on the map.

This activity is a versatile tool that can be used for early finishers, centers, assessment, buddy groups, or to enhance your lessons on the US States. Its adaptability allows you to use it in various educational settings and for different purposes.

This Great Depression activity will make learning fun with this engaging, hands-on task card escape room. This activity includes 16 task cards that are broken down into 4 levels or puzzle types, giving students a chance to practice nonfiction reading comprehension skills while actively decoding puzzles.

Lead your students to discover information about The Great Depression by exploring it on their own before teaching or have them use it to review information. Students will answer questions that can be found directly in their reading passage, so there is no prior knowledge needed.

Here's what you'll get:

• two-page reading comprehension passage
• 16 task cards
• student recording sheet
• 4 decoder puzzles
• teacher directions, prep tips and FAQs
• puzzle decoder hints
• answer key

Students will revisit the nonfiction text multiple times, practicing reading comprehension and critical thinking skills as they rotate around the room decoding puzzles. They can work in pairs or individually in a race to complete the 16 questions. This friendly competition is sure to increase engagement!

Prep is quick and easy... NO LOCKS, FANCY ENVELOPES, or HIDING OF CLUES NEEDED! Just print the recording sheets and reading passage, cut and spread out the 16 task cards and decoder puzzles, and let students get to work!

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Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Black History Game: Inspired by Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Game Show: Transform your classroom into an engaging Black History Month celebration with this interactive quiz game that celebrates the contributions of African Americans throughout history, showcasing iconic figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Barack Obama, and Maya Angelou. What sets it apart is its focus on lesser-known trailblazers, such as Claudette Colvin, Bass Reeves, James Armistead, and Augustus Jackson, offering a comprehensive review that inspires students to explore further.

Perfect for Black History Month or any time of the year, this game is designed for differentiated learning and endless replayability.

TRY BEFORE YOU BUY! Play the preview version to see this in action.

Suggested Price: $9.99 - $14.99 (AI generated)

Key Features

• Differentiated Gameplay Options give learners a choice in how they want to review:
  Learners can select from:
  • Timed and Scored
  • Timed Only
  • Scored Only
  • No Pressure

12 Comprehensive Categories:

While this game is not tied to a specific grade level, it is best suited for older students who are likely to have greater familiarity with history topics, context clues, and multiple-choice test-taking strategies.

For some, questions may become more challenging as learners progress, yet there is still a varied level of difficulty within each category:

1. Music
2. Film, Television, and Stage
3. Sports
4. Human Rights: From Slavery to Social Change
5. Inventors
6. Government (local, state, and federal)
7. Authors and Literature
8. Education
9. Entrepreneurs, Innovators, and Trailblazers
10. Science and Medicine
11. Artists
12. Military, War, and Law Enforcement

Boosters for Tough Questions:

• Ask the Audience
• Go Halfsies
• Text a Buddy – Features school-friendly texting lingo, emojis, diverse animated “buddies,” and fun Easter eggs like dad jokes and a working “X” key on the phone.

Over 200 Randomized Questions:
Highlighting both prominent and lesser-known individuals, places, and events, encouraging students to explore the richness of African American history.

• Unlimited Replayability:
  Randomized questions provide a fresh experience every time, making this a cost-effective resource that teachers can reuse throughout the year without needing multiple purchases.
• No Prep Required:
  Fully automated, self-correcting, and ready to use immediately. Teachers can focus on facilitating fun while students learn and compete.

Why Students Will Love It:

• Personalized gameplay experience with engaging visuals, humor, and interactive boosters.
• The unique "Text a Buddy" feature adds a fun, relatable twist to learning.
• Students feel empowered to review at their own pace and preferred style.

Why Teachers Will Love It:

• Time-Saving & No Prep: Just open and share the link.
• Versatile Uses: Perfect for Black History Month, test prep, unit reviews, or substitute lesson plans.
• Convenient: Play on any device.
• Cost-Effective: This game features multiple categories in a single product. With over 200 questions randomly selected for each playthrough, its high replay value eliminates the need to buy multiple resources to engage learners with Black History facts.

Benefits:

• Engages learners: Boosts excitement, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Flexible for all classrooms: Great for hybrid, in-person, or virtual learning.
• Replay Value: With over 200 questions and boosters, this game is an economical, high-quality addition to your curriculum.

Ready to level up your Black History lessons? Explore a game that honors the past while inspiring the future. While not necesarily grade specfic, it may be more suitable for older students who may have more experience with history. It's also perfect for homeschoolers and educators looking to create meaningful learning moments.

Important Information:

• Because this game includes automation, animation, and audio/video, it is a very large file. *** It may take up to a minute or so to load *** depending on your Internet speed. Thank you for your patience.
• This game is not editable. Please let me know if there's something you would like to see added.

This product is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with any television game show or any other intellectual property owned by their respective trademark holders. All content has been independently created for educational purposes to provide an engaging and interactive learning experience.

What to Expect:

Please play the preview version before purchasing. This is the best way to understand how the game works and is also the best way to avoid surprises after purchase.

This fully automated game is packed with engaging audio, video, and animations for an immersive experience! To ensure everything runs smoothly, it may take a moment to load depending on your Internet speed—but trust us, it’s worth the wait!

You'll receive a PDF file that includes a link to the online game. This content is not editable. If there is something you would like added, please let me know.

While I'll update the game periodically, I will do my best to retain the same link. After purchasing, you'll be notified about any updates to this product.

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If you encounter any issues, please email me at zaneylaneylearning@gmail.com before posting a negative review. I have a lot of ideas, and I'm trying my best to present an error-free, high-quality product. Again, please play the preview version before purchasing. This is the best way to understand how the game works and is also the best way to avoid surprises after purchase.

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This big and fun bundle contains bunch of activities that can will make students and kids happy . this bundle contains Coloring Pages And Puzzles : Sudoku , Mazes , Word Search .

What You will Get

• HIGH QUALITY
• PDF + PNG

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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Do you want to make learning about Indigenous People engaging? Do you want an inclusive classroom that celebrates diversity? Then download this Indigenous Peoples' Day Activity with Games and a Handout resource! Students will learn a lot about Indigenous culture, events, history, facts, and more! Students will enjoy answering multiple-choice questions with these three different trivia games for small groups or the whole class. Great for an attention-getter, brain break, engaging opener, or built into your lesson plans!

➟ A handout of questions is included to use as quiet seat work!

➟ Can be played repeatedly to help students learn these important facts

This resource includes:

• 35+ unique and relevant multiple-choice trivia questions
• HANDOUT of the questions (for quiet seat work)
• Instructions on how to play 3 different trivia games.
• Answers (answers to each question are in BOLD)
• Terms of Use

**This resource is similar to our Native American Heritage Month Trivia Games with an overlap of a few (3-4) questions. Buy both for lots of fun and engaging information!

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The 4th of July Puzzle Game activity worksheets offer engaging, themed puzzles to enhance problem-solving skills. Perfect for holiday fun, these worksheets provide an educational and entertaining way for children to celebrate Independence Day.

You will Receive :

A PDF File Includes 12 pages.

High Quality 300 DPI.

Size: 8.5 x11 In.

Have fun and enjoy!

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Are you looking to engage your students in the study of FDR's New Deal? This New Deal Matching Game is the perfect way to get your students excited and engaged with history. The game provides slides to guide both the teacher and the student through note-taking, student discussions/debate, and the ‘New Deal Matching Game’.

Instructions: Organize into groups of 3-4 students. Each group will analyze 10 scenarios that will be presented in the next several slides. Fill out the T-chart addressing the following…

1. Which New Deal program(s) is the best match in addressing the problems associated with each scenario? Write in the letter of the card. 

(*You will use each program only once).

2. Acronyms? Write in the abbreviation. 

3. Which of the 3 R’s best applies to each of the scenarios; Relief, Recovery, or Reform? (Hint, scenario #3 is the only one that has two of the R’s)

If you would like to purchase the entire Unit, 'Mystery: What Caused the Great Depression'? (FDR Matching Game is included), click HERE.

Printable Veterans Day activities are perfect for keeping kids engaged and entertained during school . These activities include a variety of fun and educational options that can be easily printed and completed at home or on the go.

This bundle contains coloring pages, word search, mazes, sudoku And Much more ...

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• (PDF + PNG)
• Large 8.5” x 11” designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper
• High-resolution images
• Unlimited prints
• Great for kids, boys, girls, and teens

Make learning about American history interesting with this no-prep digital escape game bundle.  The games includes access to a website where your students will hunt for the keys to unlock a set of locks.  Students will need to read the clues very carefully and watch videos, visit websites, and read texts to find the information they need to win the game.  Very easy to use - just send your students to the website and let them work!  Students can play individually or in teams.

Digital escape games are a fun way to start a unit, or to review at the end of a unit.  They can also be used to learn about a cultural or historical event.  This game will have your students reading carefully and paying attention to the smallest details in order to complete the challenge and unlock the locks.  

This item includes:

• Access to a website where your students can play the games
• Complete teacher's guide to playing the games
• Answer key so you can help students if they get stuck!

Your students will enjoy learning without even realizing that they are learning!  The challenging game format will get them excited about finding the code to unlock each lock - and the format of the clues for each lock will have them paying close attention - there's no way to solve the puzzles without being 100% focused!

Prep is very easy - you just need to share the website URL with your students.  You may want to test the site before you use it, just to make sure nothing is blocked by your district.  As some of the clues can be challenging to unlock, you may choose to help your students with the trickier ones.  With the teacher guide, you will have the answer key - so you can help guide students towards the correct answer by giving them hints, or if you have limited time, you can adjust the game by reducing the number of locks they need to unlock - just give them the answer(s) to help the activity fit your time constraints.

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Make Valentine’s Day Educational with This Fun History Research Activity!

Engage your students with this exciting, Valentine’s Day-themed research activity that blends history and fun! Perfect for middle and high school social studies or world history classes, students research a historical figure and learn more about others as they hear from potential Mystery History Dates! Each student will choose a historical figure, complete a Mystery Date profile of them, and meet other Mystery Dates in this stations-based activity. After they read about all Mystery Dates, students will identify who each figure is, and determine who would be least and most compatible with their own chosen figure. Out of all these Mystery History Dates, will they find a match? Or a dud?

Activity includes:

- Overview and instructions

- Mystery History Date Profile Sheet

- Mystery History Date Guess List

- Mystery History Date Compatibility Sheet

- Variations for small-groups and a Game Show edition!

Fun Juneteenth Jigsaw Puzzle Template Puzzles is an engaging and creative activity pack designed for young learners. This unique resource combines the fun of jigsaw puzzles with the creativity of coloring pages. Children will delight in solving the jigsaw puzzles to reveal adorable images of Gratitude Lettering setting. After completing the puzzles, they can express their artistic skills by coloring the pictures in vibrant hues.

WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE

• 30 Pages

• ( PDF + PNG )

• Large 8.5'' x 11'' designs that can easily be printed on regular sized paper

• High-resolution images

• Unlimited prints

• Great for kids, boys and girls

JUST DOWNLOAD, PRINT AND GET STARTED

• This item comes as a high-resolution PDF + PNG files that you can download straight after purchasing.

• You can print as many copies as you want.

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

Word search Activities are a great way to relax, train the brain, and enhance visual acuity. And with large print puzzles, even people with vision problems can enjoy these benefits.

What You will Get

• 20 Pages With Solution
• HIGH QUALITY
• PDF + PNG

NOTE

• This is a digital item.

• No physical product or printed material will be shipped.

• No refunds as this is a digital product.

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Do you want to make learning about Native Americans and Indigenous People engaging? Do you want an inclusive classroom that celebrates diversity? Then download this Bundle Indigenous Peoples' Day Activity Research WebQuest and Games. In these engaging activities, students will learn about Indigenous culture, events, history, facts, and more! Great for homework, small group activities, sub plans, and virtual learning.

WEBQUEST

This comprehensive no prep research project allows students to learn about Native Americans' and Indigenous People's history as well as contemporary and local topics. This research activity is perfect for small group instruction, substitute plans, homework, and more! When you purchase this scavenger hunt resource, you'll receive the activity in both print and digital formats. The research questions provided allow for scaffolded instruction that can be completed individually, in pairs, or in small groups. You can even use this lesson as a fun team-building or gamified activity. Your students are guaranteed to learn more about Native Americans with this high-quality, no-prep resource!

TRIVIA GAMES

Students will learn a lot about Indigenous culture, events, history, facts, and more! Students will enjoy answering multiple-choice questions with these three different trivia games for small groups or the whole class. Great for an attention-getter, brain break, engaging opener, or built into your lesson plans!

➟ A handout of questions is included to use as quiet seat work!

This resource includes:

• 35+ unique and relevant multiple-choice trivia questions
• HANDOUT of the questions (for quiet seat work)
• Instructions on how to play 3 different trivia games.
• Answers
• Multi-part question WebQuest/scavenger hunt (The URLs provided in this WebQuest are not 'live.' They are kept very simple so that students can easily type the URLs in the search bar to hunt for their answers). Text boxes are all set, and ready to go!
• Reflection questions
• Instructions & Answer Key
• Website evaluation form
• Live links are provided on the last page of the resource
• Terms of Use

**The trivia game resource is similar to our Native American Heritage Month Trivia Games with an overlap of a few (3-4) questions. Buy both for lots of fun and engaging information!

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• Indigenous People's Day WebQuest
• Indigenous People's Day BUNDLE WebQuest & Trivia
• Native American Heritage Bulletin Board
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Looking for a fun, engaging and quick way for students to review terms and concepts tied to U.S. history? Pictionarades is an interactive game that will tap into the imagination and knowledge of your students who will be challenged to use their acting and/or artistic ability in illustrating concepts and vocabulary words tied certain time periods of U.S. history. Materials: • Lesson plan • Vocabulary words (11 units) • Word Document Template Time Frame: • 10-15 min