Searching for the perfect end-of-the-year wrap-up activity? A comprehensive lesson to review the content, prepare for standardized exams, study for final exams, and bring another successful school year to a close? Look no further! The perfect activity doesn’t require loads of planning or preparation, and it certainly doesn’t demand more than you may be willing to give during these last few weeks of school. Using a complete analysis, annotation, and timeline activity is the ideal way to bring the school year full circle.
Middle school and high school students will appreciate the different aspects of this lesson, including analysis, annotation, timeline study, skills review, chronology study, and more. Not only does this activity offer 70+ topic cards, but it also has options for individual student and whole class implementation, a SPRITE organizer and key, and teaching suggestions and implementation directions. Squeezing this wrap-up activity in at the end of the year is easy and beneficial.
Implementation Strategies
Create an Archaeological Dig
Have students dig deep into the well of knowledge they’ve filled over the past year. This activity will get students out of their seats and on their feet! Divide students into groups or have them work individually with these task cards and then present information to the class.
Line up through History
Have students create a human timeline with these task cards. By engaging in the lesson hands-on, students are likely to retain more information and can really embrace their event to represent and present to their peers.
Final SPRITE Analysis
In pairs or groups, have students complete the SPRITE organizer one last time. SPRITE analysis is a skill that will benefit your students for many years (and many more classes!) to come. Ingraining these skills throughout the year will prepare them for future coursework by reminding them how to analyze and compare Social, Political, Religious, Intellectual, Technological, and Economic attributes.
Missed the window for end-of-the-year planning? No worries! This activity is great as an introductory lesson for a unit, at the beginning of the year, or even as a daily bellringer throughout the year!
The Early World History End of the Year Review Timeline Activity will adequately prepare your World History class for even the hardest of standardized tests or final exams! Or, browse the Modern World History End of the Year Review Analysis, Annotation & Timeline Activity to use with your Modern World History students. Teaching US History? Download the US History End of the Year Review Analysis, Annotation & Timeline Activity instead!
Bonus! Pair with the Social Studies Academic Vocabulary Graphic Organizer for Social Studies fluency!
The compilation of the previous year’s content can seem daunting for even your most advanced students. However, using engaging techniques like human timelines, task cards, archaeological digs, and graphic organizers, you can breeze through a whole year’s review with little stress! Embrace the chaos at the end of the school year with some activities to get students moving and learning.
Happy teaching!
