Choose Your Own Adventure!
Below you will find links to and descriptions of all the assignments we use for Choose Your Own Adventure.
Click on the individual assignment links to get the full instructions and printable worksheets.
The assignments are divided into three categories based on what skills you will use to complete them.
Detective: A detective closely examines historical facts and puts them together in many forms. They work with charts to represent information clearly and logically. They enjoy answering questions and finding details.
Artist: An artist focuses on pictures to learn about the past. They produce drawings and crafts to present information to others in unique ways. They enjoy creating work that shows off their skill and talent.
Profiler: A profiler is mostly interested in people and how they think. They like to imagine themselves in historical situations and write about how they would have reacted. They usually present their findings through short writings.
CYOA Cover Sheet Your assignments must be turned in with this cover sheet to be graded.
5 Point Assignments
Acrostic Poem A word from the unit is written vertically and then each letter is used to start each line of a descriptive poem.
Bumper Sticker Create a witty bumper sticker about a specific topic. For highly creative students only!!!
Cause and Effect Chain Describe 2 causes and 2 effects for a given historical event.
Creative Line Art 1 2 3 Using a picture with random shapes and scribbles, create a scene from or representing the current unit.
10 Point Assignments
Dear Diary Write a series of diary entries as if you were a person in history truly experiencing a historical event.
Flash Cards Create flash cards for 10 of our vocabulary terms.
Illustrated Timeline Draw a timeline and add captions or small pictures to bring it to life.
Quest for Knowledge A series of activities to help get the most information possible out of a section of reading in the textbook.
Be the Thing Write a short personal response as if you were a specific object from history.
Advice Letter Write a personal letter to someone in history giving them advice on how to deal with a historical situation.
Trading Cards Create three trading cards for people, events or objects from a given unit. The cards each include basic information and a "relevance rating." Try to collect them all!
20 Point Assignments
Create a Crossword Make your own crossword puzzle using terms from the current unit.
HiStory Write a fictional story using key terms from the current unit.
Magazine Cover Design a one-page magazine cover for given section of the textbook
Storyboard Create a storyboard layout for a movie based on a historical event.
One Pager Creative response to your learning.
Social Network Create the layout of a social network page for a historical figure.(Not online)
Below you will find links to and descriptions of all the assignments we use for Choose Your Own Adventure.
Click on the individual assignment links to get the full instructions and printable worksheets.
The assignments are divided into three categories based on what skills you will use to complete them.
Detective: A detective closely examines historical facts and puts them together in many forms. They work with charts to represent information clearly and logically. They enjoy answering questions and finding details.
Artist: An artist focuses on pictures to learn about the past. They produce drawings and crafts to present information to others in unique ways. They enjoy creating work that shows off their skill and talent.
Profiler: A profiler is mostly interested in people and how they think. They like to imagine themselves in historical situations and write about how they would have reacted. They usually present their findings through short writings.
CYOA Cover Sheet Your assignments must be turned in with this cover sheet to be graded.
5 Point Assignments
Acrostic Poem A word from the unit is written vertically and then each letter is used to start each line of a descriptive poem.
Bumper Sticker Create a witty bumper sticker about a specific topic. For highly creative students only!!!
Cause and Effect Chain Describe 2 causes and 2 effects for a given historical event.
Creative Line Art 1 2 3 Using a picture with random shapes and scribbles, create a scene from or representing the current unit.
10 Point Assignments
Dear Diary Write a series of diary entries as if you were a person in history truly experiencing a historical event.
Flash Cards Create flash cards for 10 of our vocabulary terms.
Illustrated Timeline Draw a timeline and add captions or small pictures to bring it to life.
Quest for Knowledge A series of activities to help get the most information possible out of a section of reading in the textbook.
Be the Thing Write a short personal response as if you were a specific object from history.
Advice Letter Write a personal letter to someone in history giving them advice on how to deal with a historical situation.
Trading Cards Create three trading cards for people, events or objects from a given unit. The cards each include basic information and a "relevance rating." Try to collect them all!
20 Point Assignments
Create a Crossword Make your own crossword puzzle using terms from the current unit.
HiStory Write a fictional story using key terms from the current unit.
Magazine Cover Design a one-page magazine cover for given section of the textbook
Storyboard Create a storyboard layout for a movie based on a historical event.
One Pager Creative response to your learning.
Social Network Create the layout of a social network page for a historical figure.(Not online)