Washington to the Mexican War Review Game Swat the STAR STAAR Review

This is a fun way to review for the 8th grade STAAR test! Students "swat" the answer (using cheap fly swatters) - for a team competition. This set of "Swat the STAAR" is over Washington's Administration to the Mexican War - plus the reform movements! Topics covered are listed below. I've included a blank star in case you want to add your own topics. You do NOT have to use all the stars - leave out the ones you don't need.

To play this game you will need 2 different colors of fly swatters. Simply print these stars out and laminate them (or use sheet protectors) and tape them on your wall. One member of each team will be "up" to answer a question that you ask orally. The first to swat the answer wins a point for their team.

Easy prep! Tons of fun competition.

Topics Covered:

Washington/Adams/Jefferson/Madison/Monroe/Jackson/Polk

Whiskey Rebellion

Federal Judiciary Act

Farewell Address

Alien and Sedition Acts

XYZ Affair

Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark

Embargo Act of 1807

Impressment

War of 1812

Francis Scott Key

Monroe Doctrine

Era of Good Feelings

Marbury v. Madison

McCulloch v. Maryland

Gibbons v. Ogden

Worcester v. Georgia

Indian Removal Act

Trail of Tears

Spoils System

Expanded Suffrage

Bank War

John Marshall

Annexation of Texas

Oregon

54'40 or Fight

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Mexican Cession

49ers

Dorothea Dix

William Lloyd Garrison

Frederick Douglass

Sojourner Truth

Stanton & Mott & Anthony

Declaration of Sentiments

Horace Mann

temperance

Hudson River School

Transcendentalism

Henry David Thoreau

Urbanization

Lowell Mill Girls

Interchangeable parts

steamboat

cotton gin

telegraph

Plus a blank star to make your own if needed.

A list of questions to ask - but feel free to ask your own!

This product is aligned to the 2019 Texas TEKS.

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