OAK HILL, W.Va. — When 8th grade students prepare for this year’s Golden Horseshoe test, they’ll have a new teaching aid which will be not only informative, but fun and competitive as well.
Governor Patrick Morrisey visited Oak Hill Middle School Monday to unveil the new board game “Mountain Moves.” The game is based on the game “LIFE” but is specially tailored to fit West Virginia. Questions are centered around West Virginia culture and history.
“As you get ready to study for your Golden Horseshoe test, I think this new game is going to have you ready,” said Morrisey to an enthusiastic crowd assembled in the schools gymnasium.
Morrisey used the assembled students to test out a few of the questions. One of them involved Kenova’s Pumpkin House and a couple of more were one well known to the Fayette County crowd.
‘When is Bridge Day?” asked Morrisey.
Several in the crowd knew the third Saturday in October. The final question asked what West Virginia State Park had an operating grist mill? Many in the crowd echoed Babcock State Park, located less than 10 minutes from the school. State Tourism Secretary Kayla Kessinger, also a Fayette County native, passed out tourism stickers as prizes for correct answers.
Morrisey hoped the game would inspire students to become ambassadors for the Mountain State.
“You can’t appreciate something or pass it along if you don’t know the story. This is to help all of you and 8th graders all across the state of West Virginia to really know more about the story and history of West Virginia,” said the Governor.
Morrisey provided the game to the three of the school’s West Virginia history teachers to use as part of their 8th Grade West Virginia studies lesson plans in the months to come.