Social Studies

Berrymandering

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Gerrymander berries on a cake in this I-cut-you-choose strategy game. Players vie to be the next ruler of Cakeland by dividing a cake with blueberries and strawberries. The first player cuts the cake into tetris pieces, and the second player chooses a piece to score.

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
15 min.
Berrymandering

GeoPlunge

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Have fun while learning 1,500 facts about states, including state capitals, time zones, the order states came into the Union, rankings in terms of size, border states, where states are on the map, mountains, lakes, rivers, territories, facts about Washington, D.C. and MORE!

Grade Level: 
Elementary
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
30 min.
GeoPlunge

My Love, Don't Cross That River (2016)

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Jin Mo-young’s film My Love, Don't Cross that River documents the final years of a South Korean couple, 89-year-old Kang Gye-Yeol and 98-year-old Jo Byeong-Man, who have been married for 76 years. The film, which follows the couple over 15 months, explores the complex and often challenging experience of growing old and facing death.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:26
My Love, Don't Cross That River

One Small Step

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Lead the United States or Soviet Union Space Agency in this engine building, worker placement, race for the moon Eurogame.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
90 min.
One Small Step

Bios: Origins 2nd Edition

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The action starts much earlier than most Civilization games: 200,000 years ago or even earlier. One to four players represent the human subspecies extant at that time: Sapiens, Neanderthal, Denisovans, & Hobbits.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Science
Play Time: 
240 min.
Bios: Origins 2nd Edition

Exploriana

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Exploriana is an exciting game of exploration and discovery set towards the end of the 19th century. The players control the destiny of intrepid explorers setting out on expeditions to far off regions of the world.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Science
Play Time: 
60 min.
Exploriana

Citizens

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Ready for a tour around the world?

If you love to travel and you like games? "CITIZENS: Play the game, See the world" is your game.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
30 min.
Citizens

History Plunge

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There are numerous games in every box of HistoryPlunge that can be customized for ages 8 – 108. Learn about the U.S. Presidents, important events in history, and notable people that shaped history. The game covers events from 1492 all the way up to the picture of the black hole.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Play Time: 
20 min.
History Plunge

The Diary of Anne Frank

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Following the Nazi invasion of Amsterdam, 13-year-old Anne and her family go into hiding in the confines of an attic. Anne's remarkable account of their lives, their growing fear of discovery, their deplorable living conditions and even the blooming of her first love, are intimately depicted in this extraordinary portrait of humanity. Nominated for eight 1959 Oscars and winning three, The Diary of Anne Frank remains one of cinema's most astounding and enduring treasures.

Director: 
George Stevens
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
02:59
The Diary of Anne Frank

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