Secure pictures of the principal events in history and paste them
on a series of cards. Have nothing on the cards but the picture, no
printing, or names. Take three blank cards about 2×3 inches and on
the first place the date of the event; on the second the names of the
leaders; if a battle, the opposing generals; on the third put the name
of the peoples concerned.
For example, first card, a picture of the Battle of Bunker Hill; second
card, June 17th, 1775; third card, General Wm. Howe and General Joseph
Warren; fourth card, British and American colonists.
A series of such cards should be made covering the events that are
being studied at that time. The pictures are shuffled and laid in a
draw pile on the table, and the cards are shuffled and dealt to the
players. The one to the left of the dealer draws and plays a picture
into the middle of the table, and then any cards which he holds which
belong with it. The next player has the next opportunity to play, and
so on around the group. The player who places the fourth card takes the
book and is entitled to draw and play a picture into the center of the
table.
Any card which is played in error that does not belong with the event
in the picture shall be forfeited to the one who started the play with
the picture card. The one getting the most books wins.