WOW Game Title: Revolutionary War Scramble
Content Area: Social Studies
TEKS Focus: The Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War – Growing tensions between colonies
Revolutionary War- The Declaration of Independence
Physical Education Unit: Locomotor skills, Physical Fitness
Grade: 5
Resource: Gracie Bouls, Roberta Rodriguez, Rick Zuniga adapted by Tammy
Arredondo
Equipment/Materials: Blacktop or field, cards labeled with significant events that lead
up to the revolutionary war (four sets), one large hula hoop and 48 Frisbees (or blank
index cards).
Set Up: Place the large Hula hoop (13 original colonies under British rule) in the center
of the play area. Divide the class into 4 different teams (pick four): Virginia, New York,
Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
NY
PA
NH
VA
= Frisbee to place the cards in.
Activity:
On the signal the first student will jog (hop, jump, gallop, skip) to the original 13 colonies
under British rule and pick up a card and place it in a Frisbee in order of the events that
lead up to the Revolutionary War. The other students will jump in place (fighting the
war) while waiting on their teammate to return from the original 13 colonies. The next
student in line will go to the colonies and play continues until all events are placed in
order from the 13 colonies to the states. The teacher will check to see if students have all
12 events in the correct order. If not the teacher should tell the team how many events
they have incorrect. Students must then take the incorrect events back to the colonies and
return them in the correct order in the Frisbee, one event at a time. Once all teams have
their events in the correct order the Teacher calls out “War” and the students jog (gallop,
skip, hop, jump, slide) around the play area one time and return to their team area. The
game can be played again. Time the students to see how long it takes to complete the
task the first time and challenge them to go faster the next time the game is played.
Variations:
 Change the events to correspond with another major event in U.S. history.
Review Questions:
Skill focus: What did your heart do in the aerobic game? Did it beat faster or
slower? Name two different places to check your pulse.
Academic focus: What was the result of the Revolutionary War?
French and Indian
War
Stamp Act
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Revolutionary War
Begins
The First Continental
Congress
Lexington and
Concord
Second Continental
Congress
George Washington
named commander
and chief
Declaration of
Independence adopted
Declaration of
Independence signed
British defeated at
Stony Point