World Zone Game

Hi Rebecca Yahm ! I love the World Zone Game! I think it would work with your small class - and recommend doing 3 groups. We always completed the game in one class period. 

So, the game goes in rounds after the students have the initial set up. 

If their roll for population and invention totals 100,000, the team gets an Invention Card. If it does not equal or exceed 100,000, they do not get the card and have to try again next turn. (think Risk and building your armies).

At the end of each round, you ask the trivia quesrion. The team who answers correctly first gets the Community Chest card. This can do anything from adding an invention to having a plague go through depleting the population.

Once a team has the Invention cards, it's declared the winner because they now have the resources needed to conquer surrounding areas, creating that global interconnection.

The beauty of this game is you can make it work or you. If you run short on time, you can declare the team with the most invention cards the winner. I always do a practice round at home the night before so I can think about any challenges I may encounter. I changed it up depending on my students too. It's flexible.

Hajra Saeed and Jason Manning , do you use the World Zone game? If so, what does it look like in your classes?

Thanks Cathy. How long are your class periods?

They run 50 minutes.

Thanks!

Also, what have people done before this that enables the students to answer the trivia questions listed in the activity.  I know I could make my own, but I'm curious what source in this lesson has that info.

Great question! I didn't have much trouble with the questions. I would go back to the Practice Questions in Unit 6-7 and pull some of those if you are worried about students struggling. That way you won't have to make up questions.

@Rebcca Yavm, someone on the Community made this “Motber Doc” for the World Zone game:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R3wkUFSl7v6YhfqnDW5ryHBWLoJRqFHilV1Nynr-haI/edit

Ever since I started using this, the game ran super smoothly. It even has a slidedeck to present to the students. I like the idea of 3 groups. If you “mess up” on the rules, it doesn’t matter because the kids won’t even know. Just have fun with it and let us know how it goes!

Thank you!  I will check these out.  I really appreciate you sharing them.

 Hajra Saeed this Mother doc. is precious! Thank you for sharing it with us. Throughout the years I compiled the most of the materials you included in the Master doc but this format facilitates its preparation and execution. 

Kathy Hays thank you for the simplified explanations. When I started teaching Big History I didn't have many sections and therefore I did not play it many times so my level of confidence with this game was low. At first I got confused with the steps but later it became better. 

 Rebecca Yahm as Kathy said there is flexibility with its execution. I modified it myself, and to be honest, I think that the first times my students played it I made some changes because I wasn't sure of its procedures. In any case, the best part is that your students will have a lot of fun. The classroom is full of joy and excitment and they love the game because they love competition. It is an excellent entry point for the unit and even a closing activity for the unit or an initial activity for the next threshold: Acceleration. 

One of the difficult part was to identify who was the first group who responded correctly. I use buzzers but still, it is difficult to determine which table hit first. How do you solve it? Hajra Saeed