Do You Know? | English Geography Game with Confidence-Based Scoring
Do You Know? is a high-energy, low-prep activity that combines world geography + confidence-based scoring to get students thinking, guessing, and interacting with content in a meaningful way.
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- Language
- English (ELL/ESL/ELD)
Want students to take risks, stay engaged, and build confidence—all in English?
Do You Know? is a high-energy, low-prep activity that combines world geography + confidence-based scoring to get students thinking, guessing, and interacting with content in a meaningful way.
Why teachers love this activity:
- Promotes risk-taking: Students engage without fear of being “wrong”
- Builds confidence: Students reflect on what they know (and don’t know yet!)
- High engagement: The point system keeps everyone invested
- Content + language: Integrates geography with comprehensible Spanish
- Low prep: Just project and go!
What students practice:
- Reading and interpreting questions in English
- Making educated guesses
- Expressing confidence levels
- Reflecting on their thinking
How it works:
- Read & Guess: Students read geography-based questions and choose their answer.
- Rank Confidence: Students decide how confident they feel. More confidence = more potential points (and more risk!)
- Reveal & Score Correct answer? Earn points based on confidence. Incorrect? Lose points based on confidence
The result: students are motivated to think carefully, take risks, and stay engaged the entire time.
What’s included:
- Ready-to-use slideshow
- Student activity page
- Clear, step-by-step teacher instructions
Why it works:
By tying confidence to outcomes, this activity taps into students’ natural willingness to take risks, while keeping the stakes low and the environment supportive.
Perfect for:
- English 1–2 (Novice learners)
- Brain breaks with purpose
- Geography or culture units
- Review days or sub plans
- Building a classroom culture of risk-taking
This is a resource intended for teachers of Multilingual English Language Learners. It is NOT an editable file that teachers can easily adapt for different languages of instruction (Mandarin, Italian, etc.)
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If you want students who are thinking, guessing, and confidently engaging in English, this activity delivers.
