What better way to share New Jersey’s local history than with games? To create a fun and engaging teaching method, the Mr. Local History Project offers a variety of interactive puzzles and games for kids and adults. Look for different kinds of puzzles, from crossword puzzles to word searches, memory games, and more!
If you like the idea of growing our games catalog as part of our education program, tell your friends to play. Create an account and save your results.
Also, feel free to print or share.
Contest Wordsearchs of the Month
just click the link and play. Save your result, and that’s it. All entries will be given one entry to win a keepsake of their own.
Contest #1
Contest #2 Wordsearch
Non Contest – Somerset Hills History Word Search
Just click the image below and play! When you find a word, click on the first and last letter.
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Sliding Puzzle – Basking Ridge Map 1800s
Just like the days gone by. Once known as the “thumb puzzle” or “finger puzzle”, click the box you want to move to the open space. Continue until all the pieces are in their correct position.
Old-time finger puzzle. Don’t forget to post your time in the comments section below!
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