Brain Box

In our focus on countries, I have found a game that helps us learn more about the country as well as practicing memory techniques.  Each box has a set of cards about the different English speaking countries.  On one side there are pictures and facts about the place.  For example, in the United States box, each card is a state.  Each card has information about the state.  On the back of each card are 8 questions that pertain to the information on the front of the card.  They are given a certain amount of time to look at the cards, then they have to turn them over so only the questions are visible.  Then they roll the dice to pick a question and answer without looking at the front of the cards. It is an excellent game for refining memory techniques.  The information about the countries is also very well organized, in small chunks, so that the students are not overwhelmed with too many facts at one time.  We will also use the cards as information sources for our country projects.