The Royal and Most Pleasant Game of Goose

The Royal and Most Pleasant 

Game of Goose

           In 5th grade we learned about life in Colonial Williamsburg.    In our journey, my students went to the Raleigh Tavern on the Duke of Glouchester Street.   Along with discussing politics, eating, drinking, and socializing were popular at these local gathering spots.    One way to socialize in Colonial times was to play board games.

          The Royal and Most Pleasant Game of Goose was introduced to my students.   I wasn't quite sure how the kids would react to a black and white piece of paper as a game.    No Ipads or computer games.    They came to realize that they could have an great time playing a simple board game rolling the dice and moving a simple marker with their classmates.

        The game is played with one die and a marker for each player.

          There are a few interesting spaces on the game board to make the game fun.   A space that no one wants to land on is the Death Space.      I could always tell when someone landed on the Death Space.      The kids would moan, yell, and laugh.   This is where the player has to go back to the beginning of the game board to space number 1.   A few spaces featuring a goose will send a player ahead.    You might also land on the Jail space where you will lose a turn.     They learned that it was all in great fun.

     The students even wanted to take the game boards home!     This game was in my TCI Social Studies Alive! America's Past teacher's manual. I cannot take credit for this game.

          I have taken this game to our school's book fair at Barnes and Noble.    Children always want to play and want their parents to watch.

      The Royal and Most Pleasant Game of Goose has become one of my favorite games.    In my minds eye, it is a very early version of Candy Land, if you know what I mean.   Give it a try with your kids.

      Please leave a comment if you have a minute.    Let me know if you could use my ideas in your class.

Beti 

13 Colonies Review

              REVIEW the COLONIES

    I try to do different things to review with my students before a test.
We are finishing up the chapter on the 13 Colonies. Large chart paper was perfect for the students  to write on. I taped these large pieces of paper around on the walls around the room.

            Before beginning the activity, the students were asked to write down three pieces of information about each of the Colonial groups, nine in all.  They were able to used their notes and text book to verify the correct details.

           

        Each student had an opportunity  to write information on the large sheets for each of the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. They had to read all the prior entries and not repeat information already written. The students could also edit incorrect information that others had written.

   At  the end of the class period the students had complied a long list of information that they knew about the colonies. They had shared their knowledge and understanding of the historical  information. Hopefully, this review solidified more information, knowledge, and understanding needed for the unit test.

Show and Tell Link up

          Thank you to  Stephanie from Forever in Fifth Grade for setting up a Show and Tell link up this month!

 Hop on over to her blog!
 foreverinfifthgrade.blogspot.com

     We have been working on events leading up to the American Revolution in my 5th grade class. 

      We had read the book You Can't Make Them Behave, King George!   

by Jean Fritz. Then the students worked on character traits using this worksheet.

    A discussion of who were Loyalists and Patriots was another topic of discussion.

  
      Enjoy your week and the end of the school year!
  Beti