Built by a classroom teacher
Every game here was made by a 7th grade world history teacher to give students lots of quick, low-stakes retrieval practice on the key terms, people and places of each unit, wrapped in gameplay they actually want to keep playing.
The games, in unit order
- The Age of Rebirth — Renaissance & Reformation (1350–1650). Patrons, humanism, secularism, Renaissance figures such as Lorenzo de' Medici and Leonardo da Vinci, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution and the rise of absolute monarchs.
- Beyond the Horizon — Age of Exploration (1487–1522). The great voyages of exploration, the explorers who led them, world geography and the motives and consequences of European expansion.
- Lantern of Reason — The Enlightenment (1600s–1700s). Natural rights, the social contract, separation of powers and the thinkers behind them.
- The Last King — The French Revolution (1787–1793). The causes of the French Revolution, the Estates, the key events from Versailles to the Republic and the people who shaped them.
- Full Steam — Industrial Revolution (1760–1900). Key inventions, inventors, places and terms of the Industrial Revolution.
- Empire Chase — Age of Imperialism (1757–1914). The Scramble for Africa, the Berlin Conference, the Great Game, China's century of humiliation and Japan's rise.
- Over the Top — World War I (1914–1918). Key terms, battles, geography and figures of the Great War.
- Front Line — World War II (1939–1945). Key terms, people and places of World War II.
- History Hero — All Eras (1500s–1991). Review of the whole year: key terms, people and places from the Renaissance to the end of the Cold War.
Classroom notes
- No accounts or sign-ups. Students click a game and play.
- Progress saves in the student's own browser. It stays on that device and is never sent to us.
- Games run on Chromebooks, laptops and most tablets. Headphones help: several games have music and sound.
- History Hero's class mode lets students join one game with a class code. It connects devices directly to each other, so a few school networks may block it. Solo play always works.
Getting the site approved on your network
If your school filter blocks the site, ask your technology department to allow this domain. It is an educational site with no chat, no user uploads and no outside links.
Teacher accounts with class dashboards are on the way.