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Virginia - Games and Puzzles
This section of MrNussbaum.com features online Vermont and United States-themed geography games.
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!
Ms. Information Games - Jamestown
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 Jamestown Village in Virginia to change the story of the colony's early history. Use your knowledge o Jamestown to foil her plan once and for all!
Virginia Word Search - Online
Description: This is an online word search with Virginia-themed words. Choose with or without a timer.
Where in the USA is Mr Nussbaum?
Description: This United States geography game challenges students to identify the state locations of as many USA Landmarks, Capitals, or Cities as possible in two minutes. Students can choose from the three aforementioned categories.
State History Rater
Description: This activity allows students to compare and evaluate the histories of up to four states at a time. Students rate the significance of ten historical events for each state on a scale of one to ten (the events are explained). Whichever state has the highest score wins the "race" and has the most important history.
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.

