Let The Games Begin

 


 
 


 

In order to retain the information learned about Lewis and Clark,  it is necessary to reinforce it from time to time. The following "games" will help to accomplish this.

 

Give Me A Break

 

Component
Vocabulary and word study
Objective
Integrates contextual and structural analysis strategies to construct meaning when reading and writing

Materials
3x5 inch index cards
laminator

Procedure

  1. Write a half sentence on one of the cards and the other half on another one. ex. Lewis and Clark's journey
            is written on the first card and lasted for eighteen months. is on the second card.

  2. Divide all the cards and play in teams.

  3. Team one reads their card and whoever has the card in team two responds.

  4. Then team two goes first and team one answers. Whichever team answers the sentence correctly scores a point. This is good for teaching writing and varied sentence structure can be introduced, such as: Because there were so many people in the expedition...the crew had to take a lot of provisions.

  5. Sentences can be taken out of the Lewis and Clark book that was read aloud.

BINGO

Materials
computer, paper, bingo covers, vocabulary words

Procedure

  1. Make a chart on the computer by clicking on table, insert, and then click the picture of the table.

  2. Choose five columns and about six rows. Print the bingo template for each student in the class.

  3. Using their Lewis and Clark vocabulary words they will divide them into five equal groups and choose six words to be placed under the "B" column, six under the "I" column, and so forth.

  4. Place a "free space" in the middle under the letter "N."

  5. The teacher then either calls out the word to be covered or reads the definition and students finds the correct word.

  6. The first person to cover a line either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally is the winner.

JEOPARDY

Materials
3x5 inch index cards, answers and questions,

Procedure

  1. The index cards can be made on the computer by using a desk top publishing software to place the amount of
     "money" on one side of each card. Write a question appropriate to each amount of money for each one.

  2. Each amount should correlate to a higher level of Bloom's taxonomy type questions. ex. An analysis or synthesis type question would be worth forty to fifty dollars. The class can play in small teams or there could be a panel of three per "show."

Examples of questions and answers:
Who died during the early part of the Expedition?     Charles Floyd
Which President commissioned Lewis and Clark to take the journey?   Thomas Jefferson
What was the amount of time Lewis and Clark spent on the trip?    Eighteen months
Evaluation
The scorekeeper will add up the amount of "money" for each team.
Homework
Each student will create a Lewis and Clark game to be played in the classroom.

Sites to visit
Lewis and Clark Trivia http://montanalewisandclark.org/help/landctrivia.htm
Bicentennial Trivia http://corpslakes.usace.army.mil/employees/lewisandclark/trivia.html
Extension Activities
 Invent some "money" on the computer with different denominations. Print it and use it to "pay" the winners who may then cash them in for prizes.

Working in small groups, invent a new game that is about Lewis and Clark. Vote for the best one and write to a game company with the idea.