Monument Mischief

Monument Mischief is an activity in JumpStart Adventures 6th Grade: Mission Earthquest. It is designed to teach history at a sixth grade level.

Description
A.R.T.'s robots are destroying world landmarks. The player must move the pogo-pod around the monument. On the left side of the screen there is a passage about ancient history with blanks in it. When the pogo-pod lands on a particular brick, it will light up with a color that matches the color of one of the blanks in the passage and it will fill a word. If the player thinks it's the right word they should select it. When all the blanks are filled in, the user returns the pogo-pod to the top of the screen. The player must also avoid scorpion bots while on the monument. The three countries where the activity can take place are Egypt, Greece, and China.

Digital manual description
The ancient monuments of the world are eroding at an accelerated rate, thanks to ART’s corrosive chemicals. Use your knowledge of history to save the monuments from crumbling irrevocably into dust.

Curriculum: History
 * Pod Navigation: Right and left arrow keys move the pod to the right and left. Up and down arrow keys move the pod up or down. Enter key selects and releases an answer block. Tab key activates a pod gadget when you have earned one.
 * Jump the pod from block to block on the pyramid for the correct answer. When you land on a colored block, a possible answer will appear in a blank space on the scroll.
 * Each blank on the scroll has three different answers color coordinated with it.
 * When you think you are on the correct answer to a question in the scroll press Enter.
 * If you want to change a selected answer, hop onto the colored block of the answer you want changed and press Enter. This will remove the answer from the scroll. Then jump to another block with the same color for the answer you want.
 * Don't let the scorpion bots touch your pod. If they do, your pod will lose strength. If you lose too much pod strength, you'll have to return to EarthQuest.