Yo Ho Ho, and a Bowlful of Social Studies Questions

Multiple choice question, anyone? How about a "true or false"? Perhaps a fill-in-the-blank?

Pick a question, any question (from our upcoming Social Studies test) and see if you can answer it correctly. So went this afternoon's study game challenge for tomorrow's test.

Almost all the questions that will appear on tomorrow's test were individually folded up and put in a bowl for today's all-class game quiz. The students worked in two teams to answer as many questions as possible. Each question answered correctly by an individual student garnered points for his/her team.

Specific questions (answered correctly) could earn each team a certain number of points (just like tomorrow's test questions): Multiple Choice and True/False questions were worth one point, while Fill-in-the-Blank questions were worth two. A question on Egyptian Social Hierarchy and a chronological time line question offered four and five points respectively.

The game was fun and gave students the opportunity to see what they actually do know and what they have to spend more time studying this evening.

Happy cramming!

Cheers,
Ms. Pitman