Description
Ancient Mali Jeopardy Game (SOL 3.3, 3.8) – PowerPoint & Google Slides
This Ancient Mali Jeopardy Game includes a fun, Jeopardy-style game to review the history, culture, and geography of ancient Mali. Versions of the review game are included for both PowerPoint and Google Slides.
What will students review with this Ancient Mali Jeopardy Game?
25 questions are included in a Jeopardy-style game to review and practice the following skills:
- Locating ancient Mali and its major geographical features on a map
- Describing how geographical features such as the Sahara Desert impacted the people of Mali
- Describing how to geography of Mali has changed throughout its history
- Connecting the geography of ancient Mali and its economy
- Describing Malian kings and some of the most significant kings (Sundiata, Mansa Musa)
- Describing ancient Mali’s architecture, major innovations, and art
- Explaining the significance of Timbuktu
- Identifying natural, human, and capital resources in ancient Mali
Each question is linked to a slide with the answer so that students can quickly and easily check their answers.
What formats of the game are provided?
This resource includes versions of the Ancient Mali Jeopardy Game for BOTH PowerPoint and Google Slides. The questions used with each version are the same.
How is this ancient Mali interactive game played?
The PowerPoint version of this Jeopardy-style game should be played in presentation mode. Category values disappear when they are clicked on. The category values can be reset anytime by exiting the presentation and reopening it. You can type scores onto a scoreboard while playing in presentation mode. The presentation has been coded to help you easily navigate from the category board to questions and answers without scrolling.
The Google Slides version of this Jeopardy-style review game should be played in full screen, edit mode. Instructions and a video tutorial are provided that show how this is done. You can type scores onto a scoreboard but the category values do not disappear when they are clicked on. This is a limitation of Google Slides. But, markers are provided alongside the category board that you can drag and drop over the category values after they have been used. The presentation has been coded to help you easily navigate from the category board to questions and answers without scrolling.
Check out the preview video below to preview how this Jeopardy-style game works in PowerPoint and Google Slides!
What standards are covered?
This Ancient Mali Jeopardy Game is specifically created to align with the 2023 Virginia History and Social Science Standards of Learning (SOLs). Virginia SOLs 3.3 and 3.8 are covered, although the questions closely align with most social studies standards related to the history, culture, and geography of ancient Mali.
What are other teachers saying?
“These are games that actually work the way they are supposed to! I love that when the students answer a question it disappears and they can easily see which questions have not been answered. This can be completed whole group, small groups, and even individually. This will definitely be used for SOL reviews before the spring test. Thank you for making great products that actually work and are based on Virginia SOLs.” (Ms. Martin)
Don’t miss out!
This Ancient Mali Jeopardy Game is a fun, no-prep way to review history and social studies skills! It is the perfect activity to use at the end of a unit and/or before state testing.
This resource is included in my 3rd Grade Social Studies Jeopardy Games Bundle for a discounted price!
All history and social studies resources in my store are aligned to the Virginia SOLs. Here are some more resources that are available in my store that are related to this SOL:
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