American Writers Bingo Cards

Early American Authors Bingo Card

These cards are about Early American Authors. These authors from 19th century America wrote classic novels such as "The Great Gatsby" and Pulitzer Prize winning "The Good Earth". These include words like Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, Jack London, Mark Twain, and Stephen Crane.

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Words List For Early American Authors Bingo Cards

Booker T. Washington Edgar Allan Poe Emily Dickinson Ernest Hemingway F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frederick Douglass Harriet Beecher Stowe Henry David Thoreau Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Herman Melville
Jack London James Fenimore Cooper John Steinbeck Kate Chopin Louisa May Alcott
Mark Twain Nathaniel Hawthorne Pearl S. Buck Ralph Waldo Emerson Robert Frost
Stephen Crane T. S. Eliot W. E. B. DuBois Walt Whitman Washington Irving



How To Play American Writers Bingo

  1. Print out your free Early American Authors bingo boards, or make custom ones with Bingo Card Creator. Click here to get started.
  2. Give one card to each player.
  3. Call off words randomly, for example by using a call list. You can either just say a word, like "John Steinbeck", or you can make up a more involved clue involving John Steinbeck.
  4. When a word is called, each player should find it and mark it.
  5. The first player(s) to clear five words in any direction (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) wins a small prize.

Notes: How long a bingo game lasts depends on what pace you read the clues at and how many players you have. If you read faster, such as for older or more experienced students, or if you have more players, the game tends to end more quickly. In general, I suggest allocating between twenty and thirty minutes to a bingo game. Since they can potentially end as early as the fourth word called, though that is quite rare, I encourage you to keep playing in the event of the game being over earlier than you expected it to be. Almost 90% of bingo games with a 25 word list and 25 players will see their first bingo within 7 to 11 words being called.