Crash Course US. History Worksheets: Episodes 1-10 BUNDLE

10 separate worksheets -- one per episode, with all questions provided both with and without time stamps! Each packet provides both a one-page worksheet to save paper, as well as a larger-format version with plenty of room for student answers! Perfect for distance learning -- can be done fully online! Makes it easy for American history classes to step outside the textbook and use highly engaging video content! Convenient for teachers -- minimal prep yet high student engagements! Full answer keys included!

PERFECT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING OR A PAPERLESS CLASSROOM:

• Can be completed by students fully online, using any device!
  Just look for the "Easel Activity" link on this page to use this feature.
• PLUS, NOW THE ONLINE TRUE/FALSE PROBLEMS CAN BE AUTO-GRADED, SAVING YOU VALUABLE TIME!
  Just look for the "Easel Assessment" link on this page to get started!

Covers from the era before European Settlement through the presidency of Thomas Jefferson!

TEACH WITH HUMOR USING U.S. HISTORY CRASH COURSE!

Few classroom strategies are as successful as this simple approach: make learning fun! That, or course, is easier said than done, but when it comes to teaching American history content, the YouTube series Crash Course U.S. History is a fantastic place to start.

The script of each episode is packed with humorous observations about life and culture -- ones that help to make strong points about the history being communicated. Just as importantly, the host, John Green, has what it takes to keep students' interest: enthusiasm about the topics, a quirky way with props, and a funny, sometimes deadpan delivery of content. Students like watching the series, which means they pay attention to it and learn!

Primary Sources Emphasized!

Teachers like it too, though, because the content is solid, relying on the regular use of primary sources, including the "Mystery Document" feature which occurs in every episode, in which John Green reads from a famous document of the period and has to see if he can identify the author.

Where to Find Crash Course U.S. History

Each episode of Crash Course contains about 10 minutes of content plus a brief time for the credits. Episodes are available for free on YouTube at the following playlist:

Crash Course U.S. History

If you are new to Crash Course, I encourage you to watch a few videos as soon as you can. I expect you'll be just as enthusiastic about the classroom possibilities as I am!

ABOUT THESE CRASH COURSE U.S. HISTORY WORKSHEETS

Time stamps are provided for each and every question to help students zero in on the answers. If you do not care to provide your students with time stamp information, however, the packet also includes a "questions only" worksheet for each episode.

Each worksheet focuses on a single episode of Crash Course U.S. History and typically contains between 10 and 20 items for students to complete. Worksheets are formatted to fit on one page for easy copying and a detailed answer key is provided for each episode!

QUESTION TYPES INCLUDED:

Some worksheets are free answer.

Some are true/false -- and in the answer key, all false answers are annotated to give additional information.

Some are fill-in-the-blank or cloze format.

The worksheets cycle through these formats in order to keep student interest high, so using the worksheets is a varied experience for them.

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EPISODES INCLUDED IN THESE CRASH COURSE U.S. HISTORY WORKSHEETS

This resource includes a worksheet, a time-stamped worksheet, and a detailed answer key for episodes 1-5 of Crash Course U.S. History:

• The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards
• When is Thanksgiving? -- includes an auto-grading option through Easel Assessments!
• The Native Americans and the English
• The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies
• The Seven Years War and the Great Awakening -- includes an auto-grading option through Easel Assessments!
• Taxes and Smuggling: A Prelude to Revolution
• Who Won the American Revolution? -- includes an auto-grading option through Easel Assessments!
• The Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, and Federalism
• Where Did U.S. Politics Come From? -- Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
• Thomas Jefferson and His Democracy -- includes an auto-grading option through Easel Assessments!

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All questions are presented in video order so that students can easily follow along, but these worksheets are not mere outlines that merely ask students to generate their own notes. Instead, they focus in on the key issues that students watching the videos should master in order to have a clear and concise understanding of the topic under study.

ARE TIME STAMPS A PRIORITY? HERE YOU GO!

Teachers who like to provide time stamps for video questions will find the work already done for them in this resource! A question sheet without time stamps, however, is also included for each episode.

IDEAS FOR USING THESE CRASH COURSE WORKSHEETS

Only a teacher knows what constitutes best use for a particular class, but I always find it helpful to see what creative approaches other teachers are using. Here are some good options for these worksheets.

• Print off copies and have students complete them as they watch the video.
• Send the PDF file electronically so students can complete them on tablet/laptop devices.
• Accommodate students who claim that the worksheets "go too fast:" Assign students to do only the evens or only the odds. After watching the video, pair students up to discuss and fill in missing answers.
• Create basic and advanced levels from the same worksheet: This is easily done by declaring that the "basic" level is odds-only (or evens-only) while the "advanced" level consists of all the questions.
• Encourage students to challenge themselves to do the advanced level by offering extra credit or by announcing that the basic level can only earn a C at best, but A and B grades are available at the advanced level.
• Run a game show: Have students watch the video carefully and take notes. Form groups afterwards and have them pool their notes, briefly discussing the whole video. Pass out the worksheets only AFTER this discussion and have each group fill out one collaboratively. Go over the answers out loud, calling on groups to respond. This option means making fewer copies: only one per group.
• Run a multi-round game show: Print out only one copy of the worksheet and cut it apart to make question strips. Have students watch the video carefully and take notes. Form groups afterwards and have them pool their notes, briefly discussing the whole video. Ask the questions out loud, handing the question slip used to the group that first supplies the correct answer. In this way the question strips become a point counter to keep track of group progress. After all questions have been used, have each group ask each of their questions of the other groups -- this provides an additional level of review and gives groups a chance to recoup points they missed on the first round. This option means making only a single copy!
• Let students self-assess their learning: Print out one worksheet per student, but hang onto them until students have finished watching the video. Then pass them out and have students work in pairs or individually to see how much they remember. Watch the video a second time to let them fill in the gaps. Finally, go over the material aloud to review with the class and let them fill in the blanks.
• Use worksheets as a traditional quiz: As above, but collect papers for grading before going over the items aloud.

I am sure there are many more fun and engaging ways to use these worksheets, but I do hope that you find them useful and that the video series helps you keep student interest in history high throughout the year.

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LOOKING FOR SMALLER PACKS OF CRASH COURSE U.S. HISTORY WORKSHEETS?

If you're only teaching certain eras in U.S. history, you might not want to buy worksheets for the whole series. Below you can find links to all the various packets I've made:

5-episode packs:

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 1-5 -- From Native Americans and the Spaniards to the Seven Years War and the Great Awakening

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 6-10 -- From the American Revolution to Thomas Jefferson's Democracy

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 11-15 -- From the War of 1812 to 19th-Century Reform Movements

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 16-20 -- From the Women in the 19th Century to the Civil War, Part 1

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 21-25 -- From the Civil War, Part 2 to Growth, Cities, and Immigration

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 26-30 -- From the Gilded Age to World War I

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 31-35 -- From Women's Suffrage to WWII

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 36-40 -- From the WWII The Home Front to the 1960s

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 41-47 -- From the Rise of Conservatism to Barack Obama

10, 15, and 17-episode packs:

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 1-10 -- From the Native Americans to Thomas Jefferson's Democracy

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 1-15 -- From the Native Americans to 19th Century Reform Movements

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 11-20 -- From the War of 1812 to the Civil War

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 16-25 -- From the Women in the 19th Century to Cities & Immigration

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 21-30 -- From the Civil War to World War I

Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets: Episodes 31-47 -- From Women's Suffrage to Barack Obama

U.S. history teachers in a *lot* of schools also teach other social studies subjects. Just in case that's the case with you, here are links to my other Crash Course worksheet sets!

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Crash Course World History Worksheets for Episodes 11-15: From Judaism and Christianity to the Crusades

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Crash Course World History Worksheets for Episodes 26-30: From the Seven Years War to the Haitian Revolutions

Crash Course World History Worksheets for Episodes 31-35: From Latin American Revolutions to the New Imperialism

Crash Course World History Worksheets for Episodes 36-42: From World War I to the Upsides and Downsides of Globalization

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Crash Course Government Quizzes / Worksheets for Episodes 1-5

Crash Course Government Quizzes / Worksheets for Episodes 6-10

Crash Course Government Quizzes / Worksheets for Episodes 11-15

Crash Course Government Quizzes / Worksheets for Episodes 16-20

Crash Course Government Quizzes / Worksheets for Episodes 21-25

Crash Course Government Quizzes / Worksheets for Episodes 26-30

Crash Course Government Quizzes / Worksheets for Episodes 31-35

Crash Course Government Quizzes / Worksheets for Episodes 36-40

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Crash Course Economics Quizzes or Worksheets for Episodes 6-10

Crash Course Economics Quizzes or Worksheets for Episodes 11-15

Crash Course Economics Quizzes or Worksheets for Episodes 16-20

Crash Course Economics Quizzes or Worksheets for Episodes 21-25

Crash Course Economics Quizzes or Worksheets for Episodes 26-30

Crash Course Economics Quizzes or Worksheets for Episodes 31-35

Happy teaching!

Elise Parker

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