Web Games for History, People, or Literature (and...a little help?)

As school starts for most, I'm wondering about the use of online, interactive games for exploring History and learning about great people from the past.

When Flash was introduced, we thought this was the answer to the dreadfully boring and uninformative history text, the literature dryly delivered by Mr. J. Evans Prichard. And we saw a lot of promising interactive games early on.

So, do you use them? Do you find them educational? Do you find them at all?

We started a list: Games That Teach History, and have collected more of and about web games for history. Can you or your students find more? What do you think of the ones there?
Ed

Tags: gaming, geography, history, socialstudies

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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on July 25, 2010 at 1:22am

I don't know if this qualifies as a game, but I plan on passing it on to my social studies teachers and to my graduate students at the university.

http://museumbox.e2bn.org/

I will try it on a scaled down level with my ELLs and I think they will really have a wonderful time learning content while they grow in writing and reading skills along with making huge jumps in vocabulary.

Denise

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Permalink Reply by Wendy on July 25, 2010 at 8:53am

Denise: The computer teacher did this with my class. They did encounter some difficulties in that the wrong box would come up when they pressed on the link. Not sure where the problem was, since I didn't do this with them. But, I agree, it is a great alternative to Powerpoint.

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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on July 25, 2010 at 7:40pm

When will the world be free of glitches:)

Thanks for the heads-up!

Denise

www.ellteacherpros.com
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Permalink Reply by Alline Sada on July 25, 2010 at 5:37pm

Try using Backflip.... it checks for valid email addresses

http://www.backflip.com

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Permalink Reply by Alline Sada on July 25, 2010 at 5:39pm

Directory of Educational Resources on the Web
http://www.alline.org

Web Games and Interactive Websites on pretty much anything you could think of. Just added a new section for iPod Touch Apps for Preschool and Elementary.

Hope it helps you out!