The Game Show Guy
Game shows are one of the most popular style review and active lessons which teachers use in their classrooms. For myself, I started down the road of games shows when I first student taught back in 1998 and have used them ever since. All my game shows have elements in game play for both individual and team based questions.
Frazzle is a game similar to "$100,000 Pyramid" and the popular phone game "Heads Up". The main idea in this game is that the teacher does NOT provide the questions in the games but only provides the terms, people, etc. The students then have to get their teammates to identify them by giving clues. One of the most simplest of games but also one of my all time favorites.
Download the Frazzle Template Download the directions for Frazzle
Download the Frazzle Template Download the directions for Frazzle
Inspired by the TV game show “Family Feud”, this game is called “Friendly Feud”. Instead of asking your students traditional Q & A type questions, this game pits your students to find ranked answers to your prompts. Topics like Causes of WWII, Types of Rocks, or Literary Devices are all examples of the kinds of prompts you can use.
download the Friendly Feud template here
download the Friendly Feud template here
A Jeopardy! style game show review. For any class, at any level. This easy to play game show will make your students excited about demonstrating what they have learned and wanting to come back to class. There are many out there, but this one has some of the best sounds and animations really making an interactive experience with your students.
download the Jeopardy template here
download the Jeopardy template here
General Questions To Use
Here is a link to about a 100 general / random trivia questions that you can use in any setting if you either need a few more questions for you game, or if you want to add a couple fun, non content related questions
Here is a link to about a 100 general / random trivia questions that you can use in any setting if you either need a few more questions for you game, or if you want to add a couple fun, non content related questions
Speaking of game shows, I thought I would share a clip when I was on a short lived game show
called No Relation, hosted by Mike Rowe in 1996. It was fun experience
and in the end my family won a trip to Mexico.
called No Relation, hosted by Mike Rowe in 1996. It was fun experience
and in the end my family won a trip to Mexico.
