It's getting to be close to the end of the year. By this point my students have taken their end of course SOL tests. And now for the eternal end of the year teacher question: What on Earth do I do with these kids?
WHI is a high-school credit course and the county where I teach allows for students who pass their SOL test to be exempt from their exam. I have about 8 students that need to take an exam. So, these activities need to be helpful for those students who are taking the exam but not bore the students to tears. 
One activity that I chose to do was a timeline that started with our very first lesson in August. I then used our textbook to pick out approximately 55 other events. These events had no dates on them. I initially made a master list (that included the textbook page). I then transferred those events, less the page numbers, to another Word Doc. Once the pages were printed I shuffled them and rearranged them into six file folders. Students then divided themselves into six groups and were responsible for putting the events in chronological order. After the group had their events in order they started putting all of the other groups' events in chronological order. The activity took most of the period: this was a win-win! The timeline actually went out my classroom door into the hallway.
After the whole timeline was finished students went through the timeline and were told to look for two things that surprised them. To "surprise" them would mean that they didn't realize that an event happened before or after another event OR events were happening about the same time in other civilizations. This was turned in for a classroom check grade.
Happy Teaching!
C
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