Crash Course US History: A Study Guide of Worksheets for US History - Softcover

Morante, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1732212503 ISBN 13: 9781732212503

Publisher: Pengi Inc., 2018

Synopsis

This book effectively translates author John Green's YouTube video sensation of US History Crash Courses into guided question worksheets. Students follow along with John Green's online Crash Courses and reflect upon events in US History using this interactive guiding question workbook. A quick type in on the Google search engine or YouTube of "Crash Course US History" will take one to the desired site of where 47 episodes can be found. Common Core English standards are followed in all questions inside of the Crash Course US History workbook helping students tap into level 3 and 4 DOK (Depth of Knowledge) thinking skills surrounding events that have occurred throughout US History while actively learning and listening to John Green's Crash Course US History videos. This workbook can be used to focus students either with or without headphones on a laptop while watching the desired YouTube video thus eliminating distraction in a desired setting. Questions posed are in accordance with high school AP US History standards (aka college level US History standards) and can be used in order to improve test scores, content understanding, and effectively build upon essay structure in writing. Target audience includes but is not limited to native English speakers and English language learners ages 16-24.Note: Those without access to YouTube access can still use these guiding questions as a guide in order find answers using a comprehensive United States History book, and by looking up answers using bolded key terms and vocabulary. A teacher's edition with an answer key will be available by the Summer of 2018. Questions posed in this book are meant to inspire paragraph development including intro, thesis, body, and conclusion paragraph structure while affording the reader opportunities to analyze, evaluate, and reflect about the social, political, and economic events in US History. Higher essay writing skills and test scores are guaranteed as a result of completion of the online Crash Course US History program.

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About the Author

Roger Morante graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor's Degree in English/Creative Writing (1996) and from Pepperdine University in Malibu with a Masters in Education (2005). He is currently an AP US History and Geography high school teacher in Los Angeles, California who works with low-income inner city teenagers and has had marketable success with his students' passage of the APUSH exam each May. Prior to his teaching career, he was formerly a sports and news journalist as well as an editor for the Santa Monica Mirror Newspaper in Santa Monica, California.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pengi Inc.
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1732212503
• ISBN 13: 9781732212503
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120