does anyone know of any fun games to play in history class for high schools?

Question

I am a history/ Secondary ED major and I am trying to think of other fun games to play during high school classes to try and make the classes more interactive

Answer 1

You could pick an era, particular battle, etc. and play pictionary on the chalk board.

How about re deciding an historic event in court during the time of..... having a judge, lawyers, witnesses and a jury (the rest of the class) to decide the outcome

Do a "Family Feud" type game with the class divided into two, and have 5 reps. from each side face off with each other. It would be fun because each rep. could confer with their group for a final answer.....

Twenty questions.. The class will try to identify a person, place or event by you giving them hints, one at a time and the class shouting out answers. You continue to give hints until someone comes up with the correct answer.

Answer 2

At my school, a lot of the World Studies teachers did a recreation of the WW fights.

Students got to reassemble the desks and use them as trenches to hide under while the students bombarded each other with paper balls.

A lot of my friends really enjoyed that.

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Also, to study for reviews, we would divide the class into three groups and play Jeopardy. The stapler was the button.

Needless to say it didn't last very long.