Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny Review Games & Learning Activities

Manifest Destiny Flashcard Review

This learning activity can be done individually or with a partner.  Simply read the term, or question, and try to determine the answer prior to flipping the flash card.  Good luck!

Cherry Picker

Playing the slots:  Cherry Picker
How to play the game:
  • How to win:  Competing in teams of three the team will have six minutes to give, receive and correctly guess as many terms as possible.  The team that correctly guess the most terms will win.  
  • How to play: The competition consists of three two minute rounds, In each round partners will play a different role. During  the first round one partner  will have 2 minutes to correctly define to a second partner as many of the terms as possible. The clue giver may not use any form of the word/ term, clue givers are to use verbal clues only, i.e. they may not use physical actions. Partner three will keep track of the number of correctly guessed terms,  partner three must also ensure the clue giver follows all the rules.  If the clue giver makes an error, partner three will call "CHERRY PICKER", and give a 10 second penalty to the clue giver, once ten seconds transpires, partner 3 then call "PICK CHERRIES" and the game will resume. Only partners 1 & 3 will have access to the screen. The partner receiving the clues will not have access to the screen/ terms. After two minutes, partners will switch roles and the game will continue for two additional minutes.During the last round partners will again switch roles, for a third two minute round.  The person playing the the third role will count up correctly identified terms, and compare those points (1 point for each correctly defined term) with the other teams.  The team that accumulate the most points will win. 


Beat the Clock and Scatter

Make everything disappear! Drag corresponding items onto each other to make them disappear. This is a great game to try on your own!