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Government Baseball A Homemade PowerPoint Game By Jim Norton University of Georgia Play the game Game Directions Story Credits Copyright Notice Game Preparation Objectives The Story of “Government Baseball” You are in the World Series and the series is tied 3-3. To help your team win Game 7, you must answer Government questions to get hits and score enough runs to beat the opposition. “Government Baseball” is a great way to review for a test, bringing two of America’s great past times together. Instead of giving the winning team extra credit points, they can feel the joy of knowing your team won. Good luck! Home Page Game Directions The goal of the game is to answer Government trivia questions to get hits and score runs. To play the game you have to answer questions at particular levels of difficulty to get different types of hits to score runs for your team. If you don’t want to attempt a trivia question, you can click on a chance card and see what happens during your at bat. To keep up with who is on base, students can either set up a baseball diamond in the classroom where each student can move forward from base to base, or the teacher can keep track of the field on a chalkboard. In addition, teams can hit back-to-back homeruns by answering baseball trivia questions. To win the game you have to score more runs than the other team. Return Game Preparation Game board: All you need is a cleared out space in your classroom and a make-believe baseball diamond. You can also keep track by drawing a baseball diamond on a chalkboard to keep track of who is on base where. Trivia Cards: Print out questions for the trivia cards that relate to your next American Government exam. Bonus Question Cards: Click on the bonus ball to answer individual baseball trivia questions for back-to-back homeruns only after a homerun question is answered correctly. Scoreboard: Someone should keep score by making a scoreboard on a chalkboard or dry-erase board. Home Page Credits All teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited. Originally designed by Jim Norton, University of Georgia, 2003 “Government Baseball”. Home Page Educational Objectives Audience 9-12 students Subject Area Objectives Students will be able to…. Standard: Assesses the development of the relationship between the three branches of government, including executive vs. legislative power shifts and struggles and impact of the line-item veto and judicial activism. Standard: Describes the uniqueness of American federalism. Standard: Describes the development and nature of public opinion in America. Standard: Acquires and processes information by using thought processes (recall, translation, interpretation, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation). Home Page Copyright Copyright 2003 Jim Norton Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools. Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there. Home Page Home Page Game Directions Time to play “Government Baseball” Bonus Ball Trivia Chance Cards Chance Card 1 Struck out looking. That’s what happens when you’re afraid of the ball. Next… [...]... answer a question Next… Chance Card 11 Ground rule double Next… Chance Card 12 Deep fly to the warning track but caught You’re out! Next… Trivia Cards (Single) Nice hit Singled through the hole Back to game Single Question 1 The Dred Scott decision on the issue of slavery upheld the Southern viewpoint that the power of the Supreme Court does not extend to cases of race Congress could not pass a law depriving... represented attempts by the United States to deal with the National debt Spread of communism President’s political opposition Arms race Trivia Cards (Double) Double Line drive down the left field line Back to game Double Question 1 Which statement about Japanese Americans interned during World War II is most accurate? Many were forced to return to Japan at the conclusion of the war No Japanese Americans were... territories military strategies for defeating enemy nations agreements between nations to eliminate further development of weapons Trivia Cards (Triple) Triple Liner down the right field line Back to game Triple Question 1 In stating the principle of a "clear and present danger" in Schenck v United States, the Supreme Court established that constitutional rights are not absolute the Constitution guarantees . Government Baseball A Homemade PowerPoint Game By Jim Norton University of Georgia Play the game Game Directions Story Credits Copyright Notice Game Preparation. homeruns by answering baseball trivia questions. To win the game you have to score more runs than the other team. Return Game Preparation Game board: All you