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Welcome to the Best of History Web Sites Games and Animations section. Below you will find an annotated list of great history games and animations organized around broad historical periods. Each month this page will feature a new history game or animation for you to explore. We hope you enjoy this new section and encourage you to submit a recommended history game or animation to us via the contact form. Many thanks to Joshua Dale for his help in organizing and developing this new section. -Tom Daccord
Ancient History Games
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Gladiator: Dressed to Kill This game has the player choose the correct armor for three different types of Roman gladiators within a time limit. Each gladiator then fights and wins or loses based on what the player's choices were.
Housesteads Fort This is a 3D tour of a reconstruction of a Roman fort along Hadrian's Wall in Ancient Britain.
Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii in 79 AD This is a scavenger hunt that presents the user with several web sites and asks them to research the answers to various questions.
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Death in Rome This game presents the user with a scene where a Roman dies and the user then has to figure out how the Roman died. The player uses evidence from the scene and information both from witnesses and modern experts.
Pyramid ChallengeThis game presents the user with a series of challenges related to building a pyramid for the Egyptian Pharaoh. The construction of the pyramid succeeds or fails based on the player's decisions.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World This quiz has the user match the wonders of the ancient world with descriptions in a variety of formats.
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Medieval History Games
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Middle Ages This game quizzes the user on events in the Middle Ages.
Asian Middle Ages Chronology This game prompts the player to reorder several events that took place in Asia during the Middle Ages.
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Asian Middle Ages People, Places, and Things This game quizzes the user on Asia during the Middle Ages.
Destroy the Castle Build your own virtual trebuchet and fire giant sandstone balls at a castle wall. You decide on the size of your projectiles, where to place your trebuchet, and other factors critical to success.
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Early Modern History Games
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Places of the American Revolution This game quizzes the user on important locations in the American Revolution in the form of a matching game, flashcards, concentration, or a word search.
The British are Coming! This timed quiz game quizzes the user with questions about the American Revolution. The goal is for Paul Revere to beat the British, but he only moves when the player gets a question correct.
The Battle of Waterloo Game This game allows the user to replay the Battle of Waterloo and make the decisions that both generals faced.
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The Flames of the Rebellion This downloaded feature is a strategy game that allows two players to play either as the British or the Colonials and play out the Revolutionary War for control of the thirteen colonies.
Fact Match This is a concentration type game about the American Revolution.
Bill of Rights This game quizzes the user on the Bill of Rights in a variety of formats.
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Modern U.S. History Games
Modern World History Games
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Between the Wars Vocabulary This feature presents the user with flashcards about World Wars I and II. The questions it offers are very good, though it does not allow the user to enter an answer.
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Cyber School Bus This is a collection of games by the UN. There are several different types of games and quizzes about world issues and countries.
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Animated Maps
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Teaching History with Technology
Tom Daccord
July 13-15, in Boston
(sold out 2007, 2008)
Teaching English and Language Arts with Technology
Carla Beard
July 6-8, Boston
(sold out in 2007)
Teaching the "Flat Classroom"
Vicki Davis
June 25-26, Boston
Google Tools for Schools
Carol LaRow
August 3-5, Boston
Creative Teaching with Interactive Whiteboards
Darren Kuropatwa
July 16-17
Free and Open Source Applications for Educators
Alex Inman
June 9-10
21st Century Leadership Symposium
Dennis Richards, Tom Daccord, Justin Reich
August 6-7
Enhanced Podcasting for Educators
Douglas Kiang
July 1-2
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Alycia Scott-Hiser
June 23-24
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