For several years I have used Jeopardy as a delivery method to review test items and important information that my students should know for tests and exams. I am reprinting instructions that I found from Hardin County Schools in Kentucky. I would like to say “Nice Job!” to Dick Thornton and Eleanor Savko for creating this Jeopardy template and making it available online.
Please do not be discouraged by the “volume” of the instructions. They look difficult and intimidating, but they really are very easy to follow and you will be happy that you did. At the bottom of the page you will find a sample Jeopardy Game, and more importantly, the blank template for you to create YOUR OWN Jeopardy review game. Have fun! Your kids definitely will.
How do I create my own jeopardy game using this blank format.
The hard part has been done for you–you have the easy part! Before we begin, you will need to download the Blank Jeopardy game from BELOW. Open it by clicking on it. Go to File, Save As, Save it to your Desktop
2. Open PowerPoint and click in the radial button, open an existing presentation.
3. Find the Blank presentation on your desktop.
4. Choose Blank Jeopardy and click on Open.
5. Decide on your categories at the top. You need 5 categories.
6. If you want to change the color of the font, highlight the category, click on the font color button’s down arrow and choose the color of your choice. 
7. Double click in the first blank category and begin typing your first category. Continue to do this for all five categories. Click on File, Save As to save your work. You will want to give it a name, e.g. Science ch. 5 review.
This will leave your “blank jeopardy file”, blank for you to create other games.
8. Go to the lower left hand corner and choose the Slide Sorter View. 
9. Choose the second slide and double click on it.
10. If you do not have the DRAW toolbar at the bottom of your screen, go to VIEW, Toolbars, and click on Drawing. You should now see the Draw toolbar. 
11. Click on the Text button. 
Click again to position the text box on your slide toward the top and in the middle.
12. Begin typing your first answer.
13. Double Click on slide 3, repeat step 11 and type your question. Remember the format of Jeopardy. The answer is in the form of a question.
14. Periodically, save your work by clicking on the little diskette in your menu bar. 
15. Each slide is in order, going down the category e.g.: First category on the far left for 1 point is slide number 2 and 3. First category for 2 points is slide number 4 and 5 etc.
16. If you want to include two “daily doubles”, just change the color of the question and answer to yellow. We included two daily doubles because we play with two teams and would like each team to have the opportunity to score a daily double. But as you know, it doesn’t always work out that way!
Enjoy creating and playing Jeopardy!
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