The World Map Game

Topic
- Geography
Learning skills
- Attention & concentration
- Memory
Activity type
- Board game
- Self-correcting game
Materials
- Printable downloads
Age
- 6 - 11 years
- 12 - 14 years
5 - 15 minutes
2 - 4 players
Intermediate
Calm
Small (office, pavement)

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Everything you need to play this game

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A step-by-step guide to play the game

Attach the DIY GEO#1 panel to a big discussion panel and attach the Mobile School sliding door

panel to that discussion panel. Close all the doors so all images are hidden.

This game is played by 4 teams (or by 4 players).

Team 1 opens one door of column 1 or 2 and will see a flag of a country.

Now, team 1 will open one door of column 3 or 4.

If the object on the drawing links with the flag of the country (check the coloured bar to be sure),

the team can continue by opening a door of column 5 or 6.

If not, all doors are closed again and it's team 2's turn. Now they can open one door of column 1 or

If a team can open the 3 doors (flag, object & monument) corresponding to the same country, they get 1 point. If the team can name the country corresponding to the images, they get an additional point. Another point can be earned if they can name the capital city of the country.

The players need to memorise the doors opened by the other teams in order to score as many points as possible.

The game ends, when all combinations have been found. The team who scored the most points wins the game!

Extra game information

On the panel, there are 6 different columns, representing flags, objects and monuments of different countries:

Column 1 & 2: flags
Column 3 & 4: typical objects
Column 5 & 6: famous monuments

Below all images, you can see a coloured bar. Images with a coloured bar of the same colour, belong together.

SOLUTIONS

France - Cheese, wine & bread - Eiffel Tower
Greece - Olives & feta (Greek salad) - Acropolis
United States - Fast food (hamburgers, French fries & Coca Cola) - Statue of Liberty
Mexico - Sombrero - Pyramid of Chichen Itza
Brazil - Carnaval - Cristo Redentor on Corcovado Mountain
Cuba - Rum & cigar - Streets of Havana
Peru - Pan flute & alpaca - Machu Picchu
Egypt - Pharaoh mask - Pyramids
South Africa - Wildlife/ the Big Five - Table Mountain in Cape Town
Australia - Kangaroo & koala - Sydney Opera House
China - Rice & dragon - Great Wall of China
India - Indian woman & Ganesha - Taj Mahal

Variations

This game can be played by just one player, without the help of a street educator, thanks to the autocorrection system (coloured bars).
If the game is too difficult, the players can link two categories (4 columns instead of 6) instead of all three.
Combine the game with one of the Mobile School world maps. If a team can indicate the country their images correspond to on the world map, they get an extra point.
Adapt this game to your local context, by printing out your own drawings and/or a map of your country, continent or neighboring countries.

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