10 Point CYOA Assignments

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1	10 Point CYOA Assignments
2	Click the link above to get assignment instructions. D=Detective, P=Profiler, A=Artist
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4	Annotated Illustration	A	Students draw a full-page picture of a historical object or location and write 6 captions to describe it.
5	Bracketology	D	A chart set up like a tournament bracket where students "battle" terms from the unit against each other.
6	Bio Box	P	A 3-D graphic organizer that highlights the key characteristics and events of a person's life courtesy of mrwoodside.com.
7	Brain Chain	D	List 10 important people, events, concepts, etc. and 5 generic history terms then create conceptual links between them in a graphic organizer.
8	Character Clash!	P	Complete two bio-poems side to side to highlight the similarties and differences between two historical figures or groups.
9	Circle Summary	D	Complete a graphic organizer as a history unit summary. Requires the unit to be broken down into 5 parts to work as shown here.
10	Comic Strip	A	Create a 3-5 panel comic strip showing an event from a historical perspective.
11	Dear Diary	P	Write a series of diary entries as if you were a person in history truly experiencing a historical event.
12	Flash Cards	D	Create flash cards for 4 key terms from the unit.
13	Illustrated Map	A	Draw a map and add captions or small pictures to bring the map to life.
14	Illustrated Timeline	A	Draw a timeline and add captions or small pictures to bring it to life.
15	Instant Messages	P	Create an instant message conversation between two historical figures about a historic event.
16	Introduction Speech	P	Write and recite an introductory speech for a historical figure. May require outside research.
17	Invitation	A	Create an invitation (the who, what, when, where, what to bring, etc.) to a historical event we studied in the unit.
18	Legal Brief	D	Write a legal defense for a historical figure who may have committed a crime.
19	Mannequin	A	Draw the clothing a historical figure would likely wear and describe some of his/her inner thoughts and feelings.
20	Personal Pyramid	A	Create a 3-D monument to memorialize a person from history.
21	Perspective	P	Imagine how a historical figure would view modern inventions and ideas.
22	Recipe for a Civilization	D	Write a recipe with a list of ingredients it would take to create a given civilization. This definitely requires abstract thinking.
23	Remote Control	P	Create a television channel line-up based on a recent unit. Decide what shows would on to match up to the culture.
24	Song Rewrite	P	Rewrite the lyrics to a song to make it about a historical period.
25	Time Machine	P	Transport yourself back in time and figure out what would happen to someone your age and gender in a given civilization.
26	Trading Cards	A	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!
27	Worlds Collide	A	Draw pictures contrasting key points of two civilizations.
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