In this Biodiversity Counts activity, students use their arthropod knowledge to create and play a classroom Jeopardy-style game. The printable five-page PDF handout includes a series of inquiry-based questions to help students identify what they already know about arthropods and step-by-step directions for developing Jeopardy-style quiz questions.

Be Washington is a first-person interactive leadership experience. Come face to face with challenges that George Washington confronted as commander in chief or president in four key scenarios.The hosted game requires a main (host) screen and individual devices to play. The host can control the pace of the game by playing and pausing the scenario. Each individual device will have access to advisors and the ability to vote on the final decision. Votes for each specific session are compiled and displayed on the host screen, in addition to all-time results.
The single player game includes the complete scenario, advisors, and all-time results.
The advisers represented in the Be Washington experience are all based on real-life historical figures from the first president's cabinet, military leaders of the Revolutionary War, and more. Learn more about these members of George Washington's most trusted inner circle.

This activity will provide an in-depth look at the Berlin Conference, at which European powers met to decide the future of the African continent.  Students will participate in a series of rounds in which they will make decisions on which type of resource they would like to have.

With a Library of Congress grant, the Inquiry in the Upper Midwest produced several videos of students of different ages engaging with primary sources in ways the demonstrate culturally relevant pedagogy. The webpage includes links to further information and resources.

Walden, A Game is a first-person simulation of the life of American philosopher Henry David Thoreau during his experiment in self-reliant living at Walden Pond in 1845. Players must survive by building a cabin and finding food and fuel. At the same time, in the beauty of the woods and the Pond, players experience reflective play as they experience living in nature over the course of a New England year. Lessons contain background information, CCSS Standards, step-by-step procedures, copy-ready handouts, and more. Lesson 1: Playing a Serious Game (Media Literacy) Lesson 2: Henry David Thoreau: A Life in Context (United States History, Environmental Science) Lesson 3: The Hudson River Painters (Visual Arts, Art History) Lesson 4: Modern Writing about Nature (English Language Arts) Lesson 5: A Wild Lens: Learning to Record Nature (Science, Language Arts, Art, Math) Download all lessons from https://journeysinfilm.org/product/walden/.

Start an exciting and timeless journey between Naples, Pompeii and Ancient Egypt, spanning different historical periods.The adventure takes off from the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, a cultural institution housing some of humanity’s greatest artifacts and treasures. What begins as the story of a son who never knew his father becomes a universal and ageless tale, with the present and the past making up the setting for Michael’s travels. Seek for yourself the beauties of Naples, experience the last hours of life in Pompeii before Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, and explore the ordinary day-to-day life in Ancient Egypt.
Father and Son features an original soundtrack, created by renowned Polish musician Arkadiusz Reikowski, and downloadable through the game’s official website. It is also the first game published by an archeological museum: Museo archeologico nazionale di napoli.

A numbered crossword puzzle to help students learn about their five First Amendment freedoms and related topics.

A word search to help students learn about their five First Amendment freedoms and related topics.

A craft to teach about the strong African American tradition of quilting and include the vibrant, patterned textiles of Africa.

Learn about the Great Depression using a crossword puzzle and word search. You can play online or print the activities. Also included are printable teacher's guides.

Learn about the Great Depression using a crossword puzzle and word search. You can play online or print the activities. Also included are printable teacher's guides.

This OLogy activity gives kids a chance to test their investigative skills while learning about daily life for the Incas. Inca Investigation begins with an introduction to archaeologist Craig Morris and the ancient Inca city that his team excavated in the Andes mountains. Detailed directions are given for how to play Inca Investigation, which includes tips to help them better examine evidence. Each time they correctly identify a place, they are awarded an Inca Chronicle. They have the option of reading the chronicles online or printing their collection of chronicles.

Ever seen a Mooselope? How about a Bighorn Bison? See what kinds of strange creatures you can make.It's good fun for everyone.

This fun Web site is part of OLogy, where kids can collect virtual trading cards and create projects with them. Here, they take a close-up look at biodiversity in a city park. The site opens by telling kids that, despite appearances, a great deal of biodiversity exists in cities. From tiny mites to mighty trees, thousands of species thrive there. It then takes them to a slice of life from a thriving city park, where they are asked to find 10 hidden critters living alongside the trees, plants, and insects. Each time they locate one of the tiny critters, they are rewarded with a quick look at its importance to the habitat.

Liyla and the Shadows of War is based on actual events and tells a story of a little girl who lives in Gaza during the war in 2014. The minimalist, story-driven platform challenges players to avoid bombs, drones, and other dangers while guiding a family through the hazardous Gaza strip. You must solve puzzles, respond to changes in the environment and make brave, difficult decisions in order to survive.
The game allows players to experience war from the perspective of a civilian and see the devastating effects of war on children. Face your fate with time running against you, your family in danger, and nowhere to hide. The game communicates that when you live in war zone and death is hunting everyone, things will look different and choices become harder; all you can do is get to a safer place.