Content: The Bill of Rights, James Madison, George Mason

Grade(s): High School

Difficulty: Moderate

Content: Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Era, 1800 Presidential Election

Grade(s): Middle and High School

Difficulty: Moderate

Content: War of 1812

Grade(s): Middle and High School

Difficulty: Moderate

Content:  This is designed as an exit ticket to review some Andrew Jackson concepts.

Grade(s): High School

Difficulty: Moderate

Content:  Andrew Jackson, Bank War, Indian Removal Act, Nullification, Martin Van Buren

Grade(s): High School

Difficulty: Moderate

Content:  Frederick Douglass, Abolitionism

Grade(s):  Middle and High School

Difficulty: Moderate

Content:  This is a mini breakout designed to help students with eight pre-Civil War vocabulary terms.

Grade(s): Middle and High School

Difficulty: Moderate

Content:  Civil War - including battles, generals, strategies, and advantages/disadvantages. This breakout does not include slavery, a topic that is not appropriate for gamification.

Grade(s): Middle and High School

Difficulty: Moderate

Content: World War I with a focus on American involvement

Grade(s): Middle and High School

Difficulty: Mild

Content: The New Deal

Grade(s): Middle and High School

Difficulty: Moderate

Content: Cuban Missile Crisis

Grade(s): High School

Difficulty: Moderate. Students determine the locks sequentially, meaning they work on one lock at a time and advance by solving each lock. There are four locks in total.

Content: 1964 Presidential Election, Civil Rights Movement, Freedom Summer, Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Gulf of Tonkin, the Daisy Ad, and Barry Goldwater’s convention speech

Grade(s): High School

Difficulty: Challenging! Perfect for a 90-minute block or having a whole class work collaboratively on a digital breakout.

Content: Richard Nixon, Watergate, protests against the Vietnam War

Grade(s): High School

Difficulty: Mild

Content: Ronald Reagan, Conservatism, Supply Side Economics, Iran-Contra, 1980s

Grade(s): High School

Difficulty: Mild

Play code (if you are asked for it): 6PE-G7C-XUG

Students determine the locks sequentially, meaning they work on one lock at a time and advance by solving each lock. There are four locks in total.

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