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Regions, income and old kingdoms

Social Studies

Regions, income and old kingdoms

An AR classroom game for Grade 3. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive sorting activity.

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A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Sort the provinces by region.

    Sort into

    • the North
    • the South
    • Chiang Rai
    • Songkhla
    • Lampang
    • Krabi
    Read the explanation

    Thailand's provinces fall into regions.

  2. Sort these into groups.

    Sort into

    • income
    • expenditure
    • pocket money received
    • the cost of lunch
    • money from selling something old
    • the cost of a book
    Read the explanation

    Separate income from expenditure.

  3. Sort the resources into groups.

    Sort into

    • natural resource
    • made by people
    • forest
    • a dam
    • minerals
    • the road
    Read the explanation

    Natural resources occur on their own; the others are made by people.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practises sorting Grade 3 social studies knowledge: northern versus southern provinces, income versus expenses, natural resources versus human-made things, and kingdoms before versus after Ayutthaya. Supports indicator ส 5.1 ป.3/1.

What's in the worksheet

4 rounds, sort 4 items into 2 groups - Chiang Rai and Lampang are northern; Songkhla and Krabi are southern - pocket money received and money from selling old things are income; lunch and books are expenses - forests and minerals are natural resources; dams and roads are human-made - Sukhothai and Lanna come before Ayutthaya; Thonburi and Rattanakosin come after

How to use it in class

Reviews several units at once, about 6 minutes, in teams. Put up a map of Thailand so teams can find the provinces in the regions round. After the kingdoms round, sketch a quick timeline on the board. If the income and expenses round goes badly, ask "Does this money go into your pocket or out of it?" Play it linked to the class and the scores go into the gradebook.

Common sticking points

- Lanna is the least familiar name for Grade 3, and it existed alongside Ayutthaya for a long time, so children hesitate. Say the game goes by when each kingdom was founded. - Lampang and Krabi: children who have never been there guess. Use the map. - Dam: some put it under natural resources because it holds water. Point out the water is natural but people built the dam.