I have a free printable history board game. Also, look at Free American History Lapbook The Old West Through the Life of Wyatt Earp.
Instead of writing about so many events in American history, which can be boring if you are not focusing on some action packed event.
So, I created a free history board game when learning about events through the life of Wyatt Earp.
Of course, when I can’t find exactly what I want, I make it for you and me.
Like I mentioned before in another post, Wyatt Earp has been the perfect American history character to focus on when I needed quite a few events to introduce to Tiny or at least make him aware of them.
Hands-on History
From The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper to The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe to music, from the American Civil War to the First World War, from art to the idea of Manifest Destiny, Earp’s life spanned so many key events in American History.
We have literally been overwhelmed with so many rabbit trails we wanted to take.
So just to be sure Tiny has a good introduction to a lot of them, I created the board game along with playing cards.
And as your child plays the game, they are introduced to some events on the board game and others on the playing cards.
If your child lands on the star, then take one of the playing cards, follow the instructions and return it to the deck. If he lands on a yellow space, just follow the instructions.
This is a fun way to introduce a wide range of things that Wyatt Earp would have probably learned about during his lifetime.
Though he has already graduated, Mr. Awesome is still sweet enough to play with Tiny.
Just don’t do like us. Tiny got so excited that they printed the game off on regular paper instead of card stock paper.
Free Printable History Board Game
Too, like my French Revolution free printable history board game, I made the game really big, BUT you can print it out on regular size paper or print it poster size (4 separate pages under your print settings). We printed it on 4 pages this time.
Here are some of the resources we used too in this unit study.
MORE ACTIVITIES FOR LEARNING ABOUT WYATT EARP AND THE COWBOYS
- Free American History Lapbook The Old West Through the Life of Wyatt Earp
- Learning American History through the Life of Wyatt Earp – Hands-on Activities
- Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, The Cowboys Minibooks – American History
- Free Printable History Board Game – American History Through the Life of Wyatt Earp
- Free Notebooking Pages
- Learning American History through the Life of Wyatt Earp Part 2
- Gunfight at O.K. Corral – American History through the Life of Wyatt Earp
HOW TO GET THE FREE WYATT EARP LAPBOOK, NOTEBOOKING PAGES & BOARD GAME
Update: The lapbook is now complete. Download all the freebies below.
- Art cards by Frederic Remington about Wyatt Earp
- Cover pages for the outside of notebooking pages 1800s and 1900s. Look here how to fold ordinary worksheets to interactive minibooks.
- 8 Features of the SW United States
- The 4 Southwestern states
- American History during the Life of Wyatt Earp 1800s notebooking page
- American History during the Life of Wyatt Earp 1900s notebooking pages
- Who was Wyatt Earp
- Who were the Cowboys
- Who Was Doc Holliday
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Tombstone, Arizona – About Tombstone – Ed Schieffelin
- Printable Game with Game Pieces – The Most Famous Shoot Out – Gunfight at O.K. Corral
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Rebecca from Hip Homeschooling says
This is awesome! What a fantastic idea and great way to bring history to life! Learning through play is so much more effective (and fun). Thanks for sharing and linking up at Favorite things Friday! Hope to see you again this week!
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Tina Robertson says
Thanks Rebecca for scooting by today and thank you for hosting!
Sarah Eliza @ devastateboredom says
I LOVE board games! I would have learned so much more history as a homeschooled child (yes, I was homeschooled! Fun coincidence!!) if we had played more boardgames. This looks like an awesome one!!
Thank you for linking up at Free and Fun Friday!!
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Tina Robertson says
Hi Sarah,
Wow, I KNEW I could just pick great parties..lol lol.
Love having you here and yes homeschooling is so different now and I always try to teach it with a fun twist.
Have a super day and thank you for your link up!