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Colonial Game Board

Directions: 1. Students will work in groups of two to create a game board for the American Revolution. 2. First, students must get foam board to create their game. 3. Second, they must create any type of game about the American Revolution. It could be on any theme that they learned in class. Example: Ben Franklin Boston Tea Party Paul Reveres Ride 4. Next, they must put a title on their game board. 5. There must be understandable directions for the game board. The directions may be written or typed. 6. Students must provide game pieces and dice or a spinner for it. 7. Finally, students must come up with at least fifty questions that they learned in class about the American Revolution. They should put these questions on index cards. The question should be on the front of the card, and the answer should be on the back. 8. Students may create the game board any way they want. You may draw your game board or create it on the computer. They should put their names on the back of the game board. 9. When the students are done with the game, put the board in a large bag. Put the following items in a large freezer bag: questions, game pieces, spinner or dice, and directions. 10. An example of a game board, directions, and questions are attached to this assignment. 11. Suggested time allotment to complete assignment is three weeks.

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You met Ben Franklin at the Philadelphia Post Office. Pick a Question Card to move on.

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You stopped to trade with the Natives! Pick a Question Card to move on! You are going to be a member of the House of Burgesses. Move two spaces!

You stopped to read Poor Richards Almanac. Pick a Question Card to move on!

You stopped at the tavern to meet a couple of friends! Go Back Two Spaces Pick a Question Card to move on!

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Directions for the Game: Find the Continental Army

Objective: Player who gets to the finish space first finds the Continental Army. Number of Players: 2 Materials Needed: 1. Game board 2. Playing pieces 3. Question cards 4. Dice Directions: 1. Place your game pieces on the space called Start. 2. Roll the dice to see who goes first. The player with the highest roll will go first. 3. Move clockwise around the board. 4. When you land on a space that says, Question Card, the other player must ask you a question from the stack of cards. If you get it right, you roll again. If you get it wrong, you lose your turn. 5. Keep going until you get to the space that says, Finish.

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Example Questions for the Game Board

1. What job did Paul Revere have when he learned the British were leaving Boston and going to Concord? (Silversmith) A colonist who was ready in a minutes notice was called a __________. (Minuteman) Who said, Give me liberty or give me death! (Patrick Henry) What fort did Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys attack? (Fort Ticonderoga) Who wrote Common Sense? (Thomas Paine) Where did the First and Second Continental Congress meet? (Philadelphia) Someone who turns against his or her country is called a __________. (traitor) Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? (Thomas Jefferson) A soldier who is paid to fight is called a __________. (mercenary) Where did George and Martha Washington move to in Virginia? (Mount Vernon) Who was the wealthy French nobleman who served as a major general on George Washingtons staff? (Marquis de Lafayette) What was Mary Ludwig Hays nickname? (Molly Pitcher)

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Colonial Game Board Extra Credit Rubric

Name: ________________________________________________ Name of Game: _________________________________________

Component to Evaluate Game has to do with the American Revolution Revolutionary questions included and accurate Spelling/Punctuation Game design is clear (directions/layout) Materials provided (dice/spinner/directions) Effort Creativity

Completion Level 20 points 30 points 10 points 10 points 5 points 15 points 10 points Total

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Extra Credit: ________________

Comments: __________________________________________________________________
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