Revolutionary War - Games and Interactive Activities
This page includes Revolutionary War games, map makers, and other interactive activities.
The Noble Train - A Revolutionary War Adventure Game
Description: Can you guide the noble train of weapons and artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston? Students play the role of Henry Knox and have 56 days to bring the oxen-drawn sleds 300 miles in the dead of winter. Use your knowledge of the Revolutionary War to advance but watch out for blizzards, wolf packs, ice storms, and yetis. Super fun!
Who is Your Founding Father?
Description: In this innovative game, students determine the "Founding Father" by evaluating the accomplishments of Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, and Hamilton on a significance scale of 1-10. As students evaluate each accomplishment, the "father" responsible for the accomplishment moves forward. For example, if a statement such as "How significant is it that this person wrote the Declaration Independence?" appears, and the student judges it "9," Thomas Jefferson would move forward nine steps.
The John Hancock Challenge!
Description: In this interactive activity, students design their own signature in the bold spirit of John Hancock using different pen styles, effects, and Revolutionary War stamps. After creating their masterpiece, they can “publish” it by placing their signature directly onto a section of the Declaration of Independence—just like Hancock did. The challenge blends creativity with history, helping students connect personally to the courage and symbolism of signing the Declaration.
Not Boring Jeopardy - American Revolution Edition
Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on the American Revolution. It's super fun for classrooms, individuals, or small teams, totally customizable. Uncheck "teams take turns" to make it more exciting for kids.
Not Boring Jeopardy - Founding Fathers Edition
Description: This is a "jeopardy" like game on United States Founding Fathers. It's super fun for classrooms, individuals, or small teams, totally customizable. Uncheck "teams take turns" to make it more exciting for kids.
American Revolution Timeline - Online Game
Description: This fun and challenging game requires students to correctly order revolutionary war events along the timeline. Easy and Hard levels are available. Very fun, but very challenging.
Tic Tac DOUGH - American Revolution Edition
Description: Modeled after the 1970s game show, TIC TAC Dough requires students to get 1,000 points, or, score "tic" and "tac" by choose a panel between 1-9 and answering multiple choice questions about the Revolutionary War. Behind each panel is a number panel, the word "tic", the word "tac" or the dreaded dragon. If a student picks the panel with the dragon, the game is automatically over - just like the real gameshow.
Ms. Information Games - Causes of the Revolutionary War
Description: Ms. Information is traveling the country trying to re-write history with her false information! Can you stop her? She has traveled to Philadelphia change the story of the events leading to the Revolutionary War. Use your knowledge of these causes to foil her plan once and for all!
Ms. Information Games - George Washington
Description: Ms. Information is traveling the country trying to re-write history with her false information! Can you stop her? She has traveled to the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. to change the story of George Washington's life Use your knowledge of our first president to foil her plan once and for all!
Halls of History - Online U.S. History Game
Description: Welcome to Halls of History! This game will test your visual knowledge of American history. There are seven sections to the game, five of which cover historical eras until the Civil War, and two of which cover famous people in American history. Click on each image in history to enlarge and inspect and then answer the question associated with it. When you are done with the game, you'll get a percentage score for each section.
Currency Mismatch - Online Game
Description: This is a wildly fun game that requires students to drag and drop the correct presidential faces to their correct dollar bills. The game is timed and makes for awesome friendly competitions within a classroom.
Maptivation - Online Map Making
Description: This is an awesome resource that allows kids to label and color maps online. States, regions, nations, and more are available. It can be a bit "glitchy" at time as the kids say, but by and large it is perfect for online coloring, printing, and labeling maps. Fill tool problem is now FIXED.
Make your own Map Assessment Exercise
Description: This activity allows teachers to make, save, and deploy interactive map quizzes to students. Choose and design any of 200 maps, then add interactive questions to the map. Save and name the map, copy the code, and distribute the code to students. Students click on the numbered circles on the map to access the questions. The system gives immediate feedback.
Glamour Legends - Online Game
Description: This fun game allows students to dress up George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Harriet Tubman, or Christopher Columbus in more modern, or more primitive clothes.
Picture Identification - How well do you know your Founding Fathers?
Description: This fun ID exercise challenges students to identify all eight of the founding fathers pictured.
