Geographic origin of a music game

A method for teaching geography to one or more persons on a first team by having said one or more persons identify a geographic region of origin of aurally presented music in a music-integrated geography game environment, comprising:

• distributing at least one map game piece to the first team, wherein the at least one map game piece has a map surface displaying pictorial representations of geographical regions of the world;
• storing on an audio storage medium a plurality of recorded music tracks, wherein each recorded music track represents music selected from a respective one of the geographical regions depicted on the surface of the at least one map game piece;
• selecting by a facilitator at least one of the recorded music tracks stored on said audio storage medium;
• commencing the music-integrated geography game of identifying a geographic region of origin by the facilitator playing an aurally presented musical audio output from the selected recorded music track via a music player configured to play the recorded music tracks stored on said audio storage medium;
• receiving from the first team a classification of the aurally presented musical audio output in one of the geographical regions depicted on the surface of the at least one map game piece, wherein said classification includes identifying a location of the geographical region on the surface of the at least one map game piece to reinforce geographical awareness and retention of the region's location in the world;
• evaluating by the facilitator the classification and determining if the classification is correct;
• if the classification is correct, marking on the surface of the at least one map game piece the identified geographic region of origin associated with the aurally presented musical audio output and awarding by the facilitator a scored point to the first team;
• if the classification is incorrect, providing an opportunity to one or more persons of a second team to correctly classify the aurally presented musical audio output;
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• if the second team correctly classifies the aurally presented musical audio output, awarding by the facilitator a scored point to the second team.

A board game relating to teaching geography by having game participants identify a geographic region of origin of aurally presented music in a music-integrated geography game environment, comprising:

• one or more map game pieces, each game piece having a map surface displaying pictorial representations of geographic regions of the world, the geographic regions including continents, subregions of continents, and countries around the world;
• an audio storage medium that is configured to store a plurality of recorded music tracks, wherein each recorded music track represents music from one of the continents, subregions of continents, and countries around the world depicted on the surface of the one or more map game pieces;
• a legend game piece that provides a list of the names of the continents, subregions of continents, and countries displayed on the surface of the one or more map game pieces;
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• an instruction manual that provides instructions for the music-integrated geography board game and includes an answer key that lists the association of the plurality of recorded music tracks on the audio storage medium with the various continents, subregions of continents, and countries around the world depicted on the surface of the one or more map game pieces,
• wherein the instruction manual further includes pre-tests and post-tests comprising questions pertaining to the geographic regions depicted on the surface of the one or more map game pieces, the pre-tests to be administered to the game participants prior to commencing the music-integrated geography game to determine geographical and cultural knowledge, and the post-tests to be administered to the game participants upon conclusion of the music-integrated geography game to determine the game participants' geographic and cultural learning progress.