1. GAMES
  2. SOCIAL STUDIES
  3. FOUNDATIONAL SOCIAL STUDIES

Foundational Social Studies

20

Games
    Show Grade Tabs
    Digital Locked

    A EUROPEAN VACATION

    Topic: 5 Themes of Geography

    • CONTENT AREA: Geography, Europe
    • RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 3-9
    • STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts 6.G.1.1 Explain how the physical features and human characteristics of a place i
    Kit Required

    COMMUNITY CALLING; NO TIME FOR STALLING! (Geography)
    • Content Area: Social Studies, Community
    • Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Early Elementary, Elementary
    • Standards: Content Standard 1—Students access, synthesize, and evaluate information to communicate and apply social studies knowledge to real world situations. Content Standard 2—Students analyze how people create and change structures of power, authority
    Kit Required Locked

    COORDINATES: HELPING VISITORS

    Topic: MATH, GEOGRAPHY, COORDINATES

    • Content Area: Social Studies, Math, Coordinates
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Groups/ Suggested Time: 40 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary
    Kit Required Locked

    DO YOU KNOW GEORGE WASHINGTON
    • Content Area: Social Studies, US History, President
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Early Elementary, Elementary
    Kit Required Locked

    DON'T MISS THE TRAIN MR. LINCOLN

    Topic: Abraham Lincoln

    • Content Area: US History, Abraham Lincoln
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary
    Kit Required Locked

    DON’T JUMP OUR CLAIM (Gold Rush)
    • Content Area: Social Studies, History, California Gold Rush
    • Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary
    • Standards: History-Social Science 4.3.3: 3. Analyze the effects of the Gold Rush on settlements, daily life, politics, and the physical environment
    Kit Required Locked

    FIX THE FACTORY (Industrial Revolution)
    • Content Area: Social Studies, US History, Industrial Revolution
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 30- 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary
    Kit Required Locked

    JOURNEY TO A NEW WORLD

    Topic: Exploration

    • Content Area: History, European Exploration of North America
    • Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary
    Kit Required Locked

    MALL MADNESS

    Topic: ECONOMICS

    • Content Area: Social Studies, Economics
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary
    Kit Required Locked

    MAP ADVENTURES (MAP SKILLS)
    • Content Area: Social Studies,Map Skills
    • Ideal Group Size: Whole Class / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary
    • Standards: Content Standards Social Studies: K.4.1; K.4.3; 1.2.3; 2.2.1
    Digital Locked

    MAP MISHAP

    Topic: Elementary Map Skills

    • CONTENT AREA: Elementary Map Skills (Geography)
    • RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 2-4
    • STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.8, Social Studies: Intro to Maps
    Kit Required Locked

    NATIONAL SECRETS (Constitution)
    • Content Area: Social Studies, US History, Government, Constitution
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary /Middle School
    Kit Required Locked

    PATRIOTIC PRANK

    Topic: PATRIOTIC SONGS

    • Content Area: Early Elementary Social Studies
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Aged: Early Elementary, Elementary
    Digital Locked

    ROADTRIP

    Topic: Middle School Map Skills

    • CONTENT AREA: Middle School Geography - Map Skills
    • RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 5-8
    • STANDARDS: 2-ESS1-1 Earth's Place in the Universe
    Kit Required Locked

    SAVE THE BUSINESS

    Topic: Goods and Services

    • Content Area: Social Studies, Economics
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary
    Digital Locked

    STOVE HAT DOWN!

    Topic: Abraham Lincoln

    • CONTENT AREA: US History - Presidents (Abraham Lincoln)
    • RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 3-8
    • STANDARDS: VA STANDARD 2.4 The student will describe how the contributions of selected individuals changed the lives of Americans, with emphasis on Abraham Lincoln. VA STANDARD USI.9d The student will apply social science skills to understand the causes,
    Kit Required Locked

    Tall Tales (Tall Tales, Geography)
    • Content Area: Language, Geography
    • Ideal Group Size: Whole Class/ Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Upper Elementary
    Kit Required Locked

    THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX (Ancient Egypt)
    • Content Area: History, Social Studies, ELA
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary/Middle School
    Digital Locked

    TRAVEL TRICKS

    Topic: Elementary Geography

    • CONTENT AREA: Elementary Geography
    • RECOMMENDED AGES: Grades 1-4
    • STANDARDS: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.7 Draw on
    Kit Required Locked

    TREASURE HUNT

    Topic: MAP SKILLS

    • Content Area: Elementary Map Skills
    • Ideal Group Size: Small Group / Suggested Time: 45 minutes
    • Recommended Ages: Elementary