Patent ID: 9186572
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for teaching geography to one or more persons on at least a first team and a second 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 at least the first and second teams, 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; commencing the music-integrated geography game of identifying the geographic region of origin by a facilitator playing and the first team receiving an aurally presented musical audio output from at least one of the recorded music tracks representing music from one of the geographical regions depicted on the surface of the at least one map game piece via a music player configured to play the recorded music tracks stored on said audio storage medium; the first team, upon receiving the aurally presented musical audio output, classifying the aurally presented musical audio output in one of the geographical regions depicted on the surface of the at least one map game piece and, thereafter, 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; receiving an indication from the facilitator as to whether or not the classifying and identifying are correct; if the classifying and identifying are correct, the first team marking the identified location on the surface of the at least one map game piece distributed to the first team, wherein the marked location on the surface of the at least one map game piece distributed to the first team corresponds to information related to said one geographical region depicted on the surface of the at least one map game piece; and if the classifying and identifying are incorrect, providing an opportunity to the second team to correctly classify the aurally presented musical audio output, identify a location of the geographical region on the surface of the at least one map game piece distributed to the second team, and mark the identified location on the surface of the at least one map game piece distributed to the second team, wherein the marked location on the surface of the at least one map game piece distributed to the second team corresponds to information related to said one geographical region depicted on the surface of the at least one map game piece.