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Students are divided into teams. One person from each team is chosen as the clue-giver. Each clue-giver is given a list of terms. They alternate giving one-word clues to the other members of their respective teams. If a team guesses correctly after one clue, they get 10 points; after two clues, nine points; and so on.

Human Bingo

Create a bingo sheet, with questions in squares--throw in a few fun things, about people, just for grins. Pass out sheets and have students find a person for each square, someone who can answer that question. When sheets are filled in, student return to their seats. Pull student names out of a hat, have students mark bingo sheets. When someone gets bingo, everyone whose name is on the bingo must be able to answer the question for the class. If everyone can do it, it counts as a bingo. You can have edible markers for students to eat them. Another possibility is, for a bingo, both the student with the bingo and the students on the sheet must be able to answer the question.

Good for review before tests, since the questions on the bingo sheet can be either specific terms (e.g., "Can identify Eugene Debs") or general ideas (e.g., "Can name three reasons unions were weak in the Gilded Age")

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Taboo

Students create taboo cards--write the term, and five words that can't be used as clues. Then one person from the other team tries to get his/her team to guess the term without saying any of the taboo words.

Good for review of terms, students enjoy it.