Showing posts with label Social Studies Trivia Game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Studies Trivia Game. Show all posts

Sunday, May 31, 2020

First Ladies of the United States Trivia Game

This trivia game includes twenty First Ladies of the United States. Each slide offers clues and the years that First Lady served in the role. The correct answer is highlighted on the next slide. How many do you know?

Directions

  1. Click on the first image below to enlarge.
  2. Click on the next arrow or on the next image at the bottom of the screen.

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United States First Ladies Trivia Game

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First Lady serving 1809 to 1813. Credited with creating the office of First Lady

Dolley Madison

First Lady who served 1933 to 1945. Wrote daily newspaper column & served longest term as First Lady

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady 2001 to 2009. Established the annual National Book Festival

Laura Bush

First Lady 1915 to 1921. Made many decisions after her husband suffered a stroke while in office

Edith Wilson

First Lady 1981 to 1989. Started Just Say No anti-drug campaign

Nancy Reagan

First Lady 1797 to 1801. Husband & son were both President of the U.S.

Abigail Adams

First Lady 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression. Spoke multiple languages.

Lou Henry Hoover

First Lady 1961 - 1963. International icon of style, fashion, & culture. With her husband when he was shot

Jackie Kennedy

First Lady 1963 - 1969. Started beautification project & 1st to have own press secretary & chief of staff

Lady Bird Johnson

First Lady 1789 - 1797. Married to the first President of the United States

Martha Washington

First Lady 1889 - 1892. Established White House china collection & raised money for Johns Hopkins Med School

Caroline Harrison

First Lady 1857 - 1861. Niece of a President who never married. Donated personal art to create National Gallery of Art

Harriet Lane

First Lady 1974 - 1977. Openly discussed past mental health treatment, breast cancer & alcohol & drug dependence

Betty Ford

First Lady 2009 - 2017 Raised awareness of poverty, supported healthy eating & created childhood obesity task force

Michelle Obama

First Lady 1845 - 1849. Banned dancing, hard liquor, & card games at official receptions. Husband died 3 months after leaving office

Sarah Polk

First Lady 1989 - 1993. Developed foundation for family literacy. Supported civil rights & AIDS awareness

Barbara Bush

First Lady 1886 - 1889 and 1893 - 1897. Became First Lady at age 21 & married in the White House

Frances Cleveland

First Lady 1861 - 1865. Son and husband both died while she served at First Lady. Supported Union soldiers & newly-freed slaves

Mary Lincoln

First Lady 1993 - 2001. Focused on national health care reform & later ran for U.S. President

Hillary Clinton

First Lady 1977 - 1981. Focused on mental health, elderly, & performing arts. Traveled to South American & held multiple meetings

Rosalynn Carter

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

State Mottos - How Many Do You Know?

Each of the 50 states in America has a state motto. Many are in other languages, but I've provided the translation as well. How many do you know?

To play:
  1. Click on the first picture below.
  2. Advance through the slides, keeping track of how many you got correct.
  3. How many state mottos did you get correct?
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State Mottos Trivia Game

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Crossroads of America

Indiana State Motto

Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)

Mississippi State Motto

Hope

Rhode Island State Motto

We Dare Defend Our Rights

Alabama State Motto

Excelsior (Ever Upward)

New York State Motto

Eureka!

California State Motto

Forward

Wisconsin State Motto

Equality Before the Law

Nebraska State Motto

In God We Trust

Florida State Motto

Friendship

Texas State Motto

By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty

Massachusetts State Motto

Labor Omnia Vincit (Work Conquers All)

Oklahoma State Motto

Union, Justice, and Confidence

Louisiana State Motto

Sic Semper Tyrannis (Thus Always to Tyrants)

Virginia State Motto

Live Free of Die

New Hampshire State Motto

Ad Astra Per Aspera (To the Stars Through Difficulty)

Kansas State Motto

North to the Future

Alaska State Motto

Under God the People Rule

South Dakota State Motto

L'Etoile du Nord (The Star of the North)

Minnesota State Motto

Qui transtulit sustinet (He who is transplanted still sustains)

Connecticut State Motto

Ua Mau ke Ea o ka 'Aina i ka Pono (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)

Hawaii State Motto

Virtue, Liberty, and Independence

Pennsylvania State Motto

Oro y Plata (Gold and Silver)

Montana State Motto

Ditat Deus (God Enriches)

Arizona State Motto

Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable

North Dakota State Motto

Montani Semper Liberi (Mountaineers are Always Free)

West Virginia State Motto

Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes)

New Mexico State Motto

Fatti Maschii Parole Remine (Strong Deeds, Gentle Words)

Maryland State Motto

Freedom and Unity

Vermont State Motto

State Sovereignty, National Union

Illinois State Motto

Equal Rights

Wyoming

Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you)

Michigan State Motto

With God All Things are Possible

Ohio State Motto

United We Stand, Divided We Fall

Kentucky State Motto

Liberty and Prosperity

New Jersey State Motto

Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation

Georgia State Motto

Into the Future

Washington State Motto

Esse Quam Videri (To be, rather than to seem)

North Carolina State Motto

Liberty and Independence

Delaware State Motto

Agriculture and Commerce

Tennessee State Motto

Esto Perpetua (Let it be Perpetual)

Idaho State Motto

The People Rule

Arkansas State Motto

Dirigo (I Direct or I Lead)

Maine State Motto

She Flies With Her Own Wings

Oregon State Motto

Animis Opibusque Parati (Prepared in Mind and Resources) Dum Spir Spero (While I Breathe I Hope)

South Carolina State Motto

Nil sine Numine (Nothing without the Deity)

Colorado State Motto

Our Liberties We Prize

Iowa State Motto

Industry

Utah State Motto

Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)

Missouri State Motto

All For Our Country

Nevada State Motto

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