American History and American Government - American Revolution

American Revolution - "I Have, You Have"

Here's something that my class loves doing.

We play "I Have, You Have" with details about the American Revolution--even through it has multiple applications.

I prepare a stack of about 25 (depending on the # of kids in the class) basic facts about the American Revolution. One card is passed out randomly to each student. The person who gets the card that says START begins.

It goes like this:

"I have the person who rode to Lexington to warn that the British were coming. You have.

Next person says "I have Paul Revere. You have the person who was commander in chief of the Continental Army."

The game continues through all the cards. The last card says STOP..

If you play using a timer, interest is kept through many practices. Kids try to beat their previous time. This also practices listening skills as we don't repeat the question. We just add time to the timer.
Submitted by: Karen E. kehman@email-removed