Active History

Are you looking for a review activity that gets students up and talking? This is my "go to" review activity that I call "Give a Clue." It reviews AP European History. This game is a great to...

Are you in a review game rut? I had played Quizlet Live, Kahoot and others so much, my students were tired of them. One day a student asked, “Can we play BINGO?” – and this...

Are you looking for a quick way to cover the Presidency of Bill Clinton? By the time I get to Clinton, I am RACING to finish before our state test. I struggled to find something engaging - then...

Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws were something I used to race through at the end of the year. I needed a way to make these topics come alive for my students. After we did this lesson in class this...

Are your students needing a digital "break" from screen time? This is a hands-on review for Civil Rights - vocabulary matching. I use this activity in stations to review! I also love to...

Are you in a review game rut? I had played Quizlet Live, Kahoot and others so much, my students were tired of them. One day a student asked, “Can we play BINGO?” – and this...

Looking for a new US History vocabulary review activity to add to your toolbox? This is a great review for the Civil Rights and Modern America using the tumbling wooden block game...

Are you looking for a hands-on review activity over your Civil Rights Unit? Are you wanting an activity that allows students to make connections and verbalize their thinking? This...

Do your students need a review over Civil Rights? Do you want to review in a fun way and not throw another worksheet at them? Swat the Star is the answer!   This is a fun way to review...

Are you in a review game rut? I had played Quizlet Live, Kahoot and others so much, my students were tired of them. One day a student asked, “Can we play BINGO?” – and this...

This is a fun way to review for your Civil War and Reconstruction Test or the 8th grade STAAR Test! Students "swat" the answer (using cheap fly swatters) - for a team competition. This set of "Swat...

Looking for a new US History vocabulary review activity to add to your toolbox? This is a great Civil War and Reconstruction review using the tumbling wooden blocks - History...