Search results matching tags 'social studies' and 'learning games'

Wonderground Is A Neat Geography & Science Game

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:33:25 GMT

Wonderground is a game from General Electric where you visit various cities in The United States and are given “missions” to explore them and make discoveries related to science and history. It would be accessible to high Intermediate English Language … Continue reading →

New Online U.S. History Game Goes Online Today

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:01:26 GMT

Flight To Freedom is a new online game about the Underground Railroad that came online today. You have to register to play (it’s easy to do so), and it’s designed in the “choose your own adventure” genre. It’s part of … Continue reading →

“Cast Your Vote” Game

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:02:28 GMT

Cast Your Vote is an interactive game on the iCivics site. There are a lot of interactives there, but I think most of them are overly-complicated — even for native English speakers. “Cast Your Vote,” though, puts you in the role of a person at a political debate asking questions and evaluating the [...]

Mission US Looks Like It Has A Lot Of Potential

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 23:45:41 GMT

Mission US is a brand new site (in fact, though it’s up right now, it doesn’t officially open for business until tomorrow) that will be providing interactive games to help students learn about United States history. It’s funded by the Corporation For Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment For The Humanities. Right now, it just [...]