Three Free Online Quizzes – US Presidents, World War I and II

I stumbled across this quiz today on the US Presidents. It’s only 10 questions, but it would be a good, quick little time-filler at the beginning or end of class. It doesn’t have a lot of ads on the page either, unlike most online quizzes, which is a plus! I decided to look through all of their quizzes on the page and find any that were relevant to US History. See below for links!

You could use them as an introduction to a topic or to quickly gauge the overall knowledge of the class. These would also be an easy, fun way to do a little end of the year test prep/review. You can project the quiz on the board and complete it orally together or have students silently write their answers before you reveal the correct answer. I find that these quizzes are a fun way to fill a few minutes as a class when your students’ brains are fried and their attention-span is gone. In my opinion, an informal approach works best with these.

World War I Online Quiz

World War II Online Quiz

US Presidents Online Quiz

60-Second Presidents Videos

I’ve mentioned this resource before in a couple of my podcasts, but I decided it would be a good idea to post the link for all of the videos.  PBS created a video series called 60-Second Presidents in which they cover the basic info and accomplishments of each US president.  The videos are short but interesting and would be a great way to review a president the day after you discussed his administration.  The site also has activities that go along with some of the videos, but these activities seem to be best suited (in my opinion) to a civics or government class.  Click here to check out these short but sweet videos.