REVIEW AND CLOSURE ACTIVITIES

 

QUESTION CATCHER

 

BLANK MAP

 

FLASH CARDS: FACTS OR STATES

 

REVIEW POSTERS WITH TAGS

 

GO OVER HOMEWORK

 

SONGS: COLORS OF THE WIND

                 BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS

                WE DIDN’T START THE FIRE

 

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

EXAMPLE:  ONE CARD WITH PRESIDENT AND ANOTHER CARD WITH EXECUIVE

 

CLASSIFY STATEMENTS

BRITISH, FRENCH OR SPANISH CHARACTERISTICS OF SETTLEMENTS NEW ENGLAND, MIDDLE OR SOUTHERN COLONIES

 

GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

 

SPIN THE BOTTLE

 

A/B/C/D CARDS

 

CROSSWORD PUZZLES

 

LIVING TIMELINES

 

QUIZ

 

CHARTS

 

COAT OF ARMS


FOCUS ACTIVITIES

 

(COMPILED BY: RICHELLE DOMBROSKI)

 

OVERHEADS

            EXAMPLES: CAUSE AND EFFECTS/INFORMATIONAL

 

BROCHURES

 

READ QUOTE

 

PICTURES OF FAMOUS AMERICANS

 

QUESTIONS:

            WHAT FACTOR HAS CAUSED MANY WARS IN THE WORLD?

 

PICTURES OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS/PLACES

 

VIDEO CLIPS:

            AMERICA ROCKS

 

WRITE SEVERAL KEY WOKRDS ON THE BOARD

            EXAMPLE: GOLD, LAND, FURS, SCATTERED FARMS

 

HISTORICAL ARTIFACTS

            TEABAG, PIECE OF BREAD, MESS KIT, RATION BOOKS, OLD BULLETS, COTTON BOLL AND HULA HOOPS

 

WANTED POSTER OF COLUMBUS

 

CARTOONS

 

PASSAGE FROM LITERATURE

 

            THE JUNGLE

            THE FEDERALIST PAPERS

 

RESUME

 

MUSIC: CHEROKEE FLUTE MUSIC

 

ARTWORK

 

MAGAZINE COVERS AND OR ARTICLES

 

 

CURRENCY FROM DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS OR FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

 

MAPS

 

READ SELECTIONS FROM BOOKS:

            ONE NIGHT STANDS WITH AMERICAN HISTORY