Use this game-show format to review key learnings from “Puzzled by The Fog Warning?” in a friendly, team-building competition.

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This is a team-based “Jeopardy game” teachers can use to review five areas of learning from “Puzzled by The Fog Warning?” This game would be prohibitively difficult if students haven’t studied the painting, but it could be a cinch if they have explored the puzzle’s galleries. After touring the galleries have students organize themselves into three teams and show what they know.

Teaching Strategies

1. Organize three teams. (For example, Team 1: Everyone whose last name starts with letters A–H, Team 2: I-P, Team 3: Q-Z. Or, organize teams by table or location in the room.)
2. Designate a team lead who will provide the “final answer.” Team members support the team lead by sharing answers.
3. On the screen, select the icon related to the team. Let the team select their category and amount. They have 30 seconds to answer. The trainer reads the “answer.” The team lead states the desired “question” from the multiple-choice options.
4. Move to the next team and repeat. Teams do not steal another team’s “answer.” Keep rotating through the teams.
5. When all categories are complete (or time runs out), select “The winner” button for a final score.

NOTE: This game will take 30 minutes or more to play, depending on group dynamics. If time is limited, focus on few specific categories or a select number of questions. Adapt as you see fit. Select “The Winner” button to show the team with the most points.

Related Resources

• Winslow Homer’s The Fog Warning is in the Boston Museum of Fine Art’s collection. See the website for detailed information. Select the image to magnify.
• This interdisciplinary teacher’s resource offers a range of teaching moves and language for analyzing The Fog Warning.
• This fast-paced game explores Homer’s art and how his paintings chronicle America’s post-Civil War society.
• This interactive puzzle explores Homer’s life and the events that inspired him to paint The Fog Warning. Special attention is given to how Homer’s realism advances democratic values and offers a compelling view of American history.
• This game-based art survey analyzes the art of Winslow Homer and eight other 19^th century realist painters.
• This art-based writing lesson use The Fog Warning as mentor art for teaching the value of thoughtful titles.
• This inquiry study uses The Fog Warning as a springboard to explore harrowing existence of fishermen off the Grand Banks.