I'm a high school teacher in the United States with more than 20 years experience teaching history and English! I believe in making learning fun and incorporating critical thinking skills, as well as building lessons that provide teacher convenience features!
I'm a high school teacher in the United States with more than 20 years experience teaching history and English! I believe in making learning fun and incorporating critical thinking skills, as well as building lessons that provide teacher convenience features!
TEACH WITH HUMOR USING WORLD 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 history contents, the YouTube series Crash Course World History is a great 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!
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:
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 WORLD 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 World 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. Some worksheets are free answer and some are true/false -- and in the answer key, all false answers are annotated to give additional information.
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EPISODES INCLUDED IN THESE CRASH COURSE WORLD HISTORY WORKSHEETS
This resource includes a worksheet, a time-stamped worksheet, and a detailed answer key for episodes 31-35 of Crash Course World History:
• Latin American Revolutions
• Coal, Steam & the Industrial Revolution
• Capitalism & Socialism
• Daimyo, Samurai, Nationalism & Matthew Perry
• Imperialism in the 19th Century -- The New Imperialism
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Teach with Humor using World 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 history contents, the YouTube series Crash Course World History is a great 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!
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 World 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 Worksheets
Each worksheet focuses on a single episode of Crash Course World 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.
----TIME STAMPS OPTION TO HELP STUDENT AND TEACHER INCLUDED FOR ALL EPISODES!-----
This set of worksheets covers the following episodes:
• The Agricultural Revolution
• Indus Valley Civilization
• Mesopotamia
• Ancient Egypt
• The Persians and the Greeks
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 certain key issues that students watching the videos should master in order to have a clear and concise understanding of the topic under study.
---> Please note the bargain pricing!! At just $5.00 for 5 worksheets, that's only a dollar per worksheet, making this a truly affordable addition to your history repertoire!
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.
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 6-10 of Crash Course U.S. History:
• Taxes and Smuggling: A Prelude to Revolution
• Who Won the American Revolution
• The Constitution, the Articles of Confederation, and Federalism
• Where Did U.S. Politics Come From? -- Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
• Thomas Jefferson and His Democracy
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My Boy Jack Movie Worksheets are designed for use with the excellent WWI film "My Boy Jack" starring Daniel Radcliffe and David Haig.
ABOUT THE MOVIE: MY BOY JACK
My Boy Jack is a dramatic presentation (not a documentary) telling the true story of Rudyard Kipling and his son, who was killed in World War I -- but who arguably should not have been allowed to join up at all, since he didn't meet the vision requirements for battlefield work. As such, the movie raises profound questions about the duties of patriotism and of parenting, even as it portrays *both* life in the trenches and on the home front.
TOPICS COVERED IN THESE MY BOY JACK WORKSHEETS
Topics covered in the movie include
• nationalism
• British empire
• Motivations for war / Causes of WWI
• Total War
• Life on the UK home front
• Trench warfare
As you can see, all very appropriate and topical for world history and European history classes!
SET UP WITH TEACHER NEEDS IN MIND
The questions are organized into three separate files, each one covering a specific portion of the movie. The segments are timed such that in a normal high school period, you would have enough time to show a full segment of the movie and then use the associated question set with the students as either a quiz or discussion-starter activity.
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING: A THREE-DAY PLAN OR A TWO-DAY PLAN
In this way you could show the 90 minute movie over a three day period and do assessment on it as you go.
Another option would be to print out the Word files included in the download and have students fill them out as worksheets while the movie plays. In this way the entire movie could be completed in two class periods, including assessment being done as it plays.
68 Questions total, all true/false or multiple choice for super-fast correcting!
FULLY EDITABLE FILES
All questions are provided in both Word format for paper/pencil use and also in Examview format so that if you want to use them in CPS or Examview, you will not have to type them in.
Either way, you can edit the files if you want to customize them!
LOOKING FOR A CRITICAL THINKING OPTION?
To help students analyze the film in more detail -- and to help personalize the experience of watching it, so students feel much more drawn into the action, you might want to look at my My Boy Jack Critical Thinking Questions, also here at TES.
Movie Questions by Elise Parker.
Teach with Humor using World 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 history contents, the YouTube series Crash Course World History is a great 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!
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 World 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 Worksheets
Each worksheet focuses on a single episode of Crash Course World 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.
TIME STAMPS OPTION TO HELP STUDENT AND TEACHER INCLUDED FOR ALL EPISODES!
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EPISODES INCLUDED IN THESE CRASH COURSE WORLD HISTORY WORKSHEETS
This resource includes a worksheet, a time-stamped worksheet, and a detailed answer key for episodes 21-25 of Crash Course World History:-
• Columbus, De Gama, and Zheng He
• The Renaissance: Was it a Thing?
• The Columbian Exchange
• The Atlantic Slave Trade
• The Spanish Empire, Silver, and Runaway Inflation
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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 certain key issues that students watching the videos should master in order to have a clear and concise understanding of the topic under study.
---> Please note the bargain pricing!! At just $5.00 for 5 worksheets, that's only a dollar per worksheet, making this a truly affordable addition to your history repertoire!
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.
QUESTION TYPES INCLUDED ON THESE Crash Course U.S. History Worksheets
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 each episode 1-5 of Crash Course U.S. History:
• The Black Legend, Native Americans, and Spaniards
• When is Thanksgiving?
• The Native Americans and the English
• The Quakers, the Dutch, and the Ladies
• The Seven Years War and the Great Awakening
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This Thirteen Days Worksheet Uses a Cloze / Fill-in Format that Helps Students Pay Close Attention!
ABOUT THIS THIRTEEN DAYS MOVIE WORKSHEET
This worksheet is designed to be used by students as they watch the film, encouraging them to focus in on key details even as they enjoy the action, intrigue, and adventure of 1962's Cuban Missile Crisis.
Structure of worksheet: Key statements from the film's script are provided, but important words or phrases are blocked out. Students are to fill in the missing words or phrases as they watch the film. I have used these worksheets with my classes and have found them to be highly successful at helping students follow the movie better.
The worksheet is two pages long and has 30 cloze (fill-in-the-blank) problems to be solved while students watch the film.
TEACHER CONVENIENCE FEATURES INCLUDED IN THIS THIRTEEN DAYS WORKSHEETS PACKET
I have organized student materials and teacher materials in several ways so that you have a variety of options.
Student Materials: Two worksheet versions are provided for your convenience:
1) Re-usable. Make one class set and use it with multiple groups over multiple years. Save on paper, ink, and the hassle of making printouts!
2) Consumable. If you prefer to let students write directly on the worksheets, use this version instead!
Teacher Materials: Three answer keys are provided to you:
1) Answers provided in context for use in class discussions of the material. This answer key might also be easiest to use if you have students use the consumable worksheets.
2) Answers provided in context as above, but with timestamps to help you keep track of where each problem occurs in the film. These timestamps match the DVD version of the film.
3) A more traditional linear answer key to make correcting student work simpler. This answer key is probably easiest to use if you have students use the re-usable worksheets.
GET REAL IN GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMICS CLASSES WITH A CRITICAL LOOK AT OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
Sicko, released in 2007 by famed documentary-maker Michael Moore, addresses the crisis in health care in the United States. The film heavily focuses on the problems of Americans who actually have health insurance – but it is insurance that in many ways leaves them in the lurch when they have a major problem.
INCLUDED IN THIS SICKO MOVIE GUIDE AND WORKSHEETS PACKET
You will get 120 Sicko movie questions, all presented in video order so that students can follow along, answering as they pay attention to the movie – though it is equally possible to use the questions after viewing as a test or quiz follow-up, or even as a way to review content and spur class discussion.
All questions are provided as both multiple choice and free response problems.
You will also get 7 follow-up topics to get students thinking more deeply about the movie’s issues so they can formulate their own points of view. These topics work equally well for debate and discussion, essays, and projects, giving teachers a lot of flexibility.
Full answer keys are provided, along with detailed introductory teaching notes as well as guidance notes on the discussion and essay topics.
EASY DIFFERENTIATION WITH BOTH BASIC AND ADVANCED LEVELS PROVIDED!
All 120 questions are provided in both multiple choice and free response formats so that teachers can easily differentiate, with both basic and advanced worksheet versions available at their fingertips.
TEACHER CONVENIENCE FEATURES
Questions are numbered sequentially so that teachers can start and stop the movie whenever it suits them, instead of trying to match their instruction to worksheets that divide the movie up into pre-established segments.
Three Slavery and Abolition worksheets: Multiple choice with 74 questions for a thorough review or test, plus 2 matching worksheets -- one basic, one advanced so you can have differentiated learning materials at your fingertips!
All three of these Slavery Worksheets / Abolition Worksheets cover the same basic content: the institution of slavery in the United States from about 1800 through 1860, as well as the growing abolition movement taking hold of the nation during that time.
The first worksheet is a comprehensive multiple-choice exercise focused on slavery and abolition, containing 74 questions that can be answered using most high-school level textbooks or online resources related to United States slavery in the 1800s.
The last two worksheets consist of matching problems designed to help students do a targeted review of key people and items that they should have mastered. Because the matching worksheets focus only on these highly important historical entries, they work very well as quizzes or tests.
Matching Worksheet A is the “basic” version of such a test because there are no extraneous answers provided as distractors. Teachers may find that Worksheet A is perfect for students who benefit from more streamlined materials.
Matching Worksheet B, on the other hand, is the “advanced” version of the same test. Questions and answers are identical to those on the “ basic” matching worksheet, but additional unused answers are also mixed in so that students have more entries to choose from.
CONTENT INCLUDED IN THESE SLAVERY WORKSHEETS / ABOLITION WORKSHEETS
These question cover the following range of topics commonly studied in U.S. history / American history classes:
• Anti-slavery societies and the plan for resettlement of freed slaves in Africa
• Influence of preachers / ministers / religion in the abolition movement
• William Lloyd Garrison and his abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator
• David Walker and his call for slaves to fight for their freedom
• Frederick Douglass and his abolitionist newspaper, The North Star
• Conditions for rural and urban slaves in the 1800s
• Solomon Northrup and his experiences as 12 Years a Slave
• Nat Turner’s Rebellion
• Slave codes
• Justifications for slavery
• Petitions for abolition in the nation’s capital, and the “gag rule” reaction
Teach with Humor using World 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 history contents, the YouTube series Crash Course World History is a great 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!
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 World 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 Worksheets
Each worksheet focuses on a single episode of Crash Course World 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.
TIME STAMPS OPTION TO HELP STUDENT AND TEACHER INCLUDED FOR ALL EPISODES!
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EPISODES INCLUDED IN THESE CRASH COURSE WORLD HISTORY WORKSHEETS
This resource includes a worksheet, a time-stamped worksheet, and a detailed answer key for episodes 16 - 20 of Crash Course World History:
• Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa -- also does a great job covering diversity of African civilizations of the period
• The Mongols: Genghis Khan and more
• International Commerce and the Indian Ocean Trade
• Venice and the Ottoman Empire
• Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols
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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 certain key issues that students watching the videos should master in order to have a clear and concise understanding of the topic under study.
---> Please note the bargain pricing!! At just $5.00 for 5 worksheets, that's only a dollar per worksheet, making this a truly affordable addition to your history repertoire!
Teach with Humor using World 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 history contents, the YouTube series Crash Course World History is a great 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!
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 World 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 Worksheets
Each worksheet focuses on a single episode of Crash Course World 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.
----TIME STAMPS OPTION TO HELP STUDENT AND TEACHER INCLUDED FOR ALL EPISODES!-----
This set of worksheets covers the following episodes:
• Buddha and Ashoka: Indian History, Caste System, and Karma
• 2,000 Years of Chinese History: The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius
• Alexander the Great
• The Silk Road and Ancient Trade
• The Roman Republic and Empire
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 certain key issues that students watching the videos should master in order to have a clear and concise understanding of the topic under study.
---> Please note the bargain pricing!! At just $5.00 for 5 worksheets, that's only a dollar per worksheet, making this a truly affordable addition to your history repertoire!
Help your students master the Russian Revolution and its Aftermath with this Lenin Activity Pack. Fits well into any unit on WWI or the Russian Revolution and provides students with a wide range of activities to engage them and keep them excited about history. Includes a wealth of primary source images related to Lenin and the Russian Civil War.
STUDENT ACTIVITY PAGES
--Marx & Lenin Compare/Contrast Checklist Chart
--Marx & Lenin Venn Diagram
--Propaganda Analysis Worksheet: Pro-Lenin Political Cartoon
--Propaganda Analysis Worksheet: Anti-Lenin poster
--Propaganda Analysis Worksheet: Determine if images are pro- or anti-Lenin
--Russian Revolutions Crossword Puzzle
--Lenin Worksheet #1: Questions on his life through his exile
--Lenin Worksheet #2: Questions on the Russian Revolutions, the Russian Civil War, and Lenin's policies up until his death
TOPICS COVERED
* Karl Marx and his writings and beliefs
* Influence of Marx on Lenin
* Lenin's family background and his brother's revolutionary activities
* Conditions in Russia during Lenin's lifetime
* The death of Alexander III and the reign of his successor, Nicholas II
* Lenin's troubles at university, his arrest, and his exile
* Lenin's revolutionary activities abroad
* World War I's impact on Russia
* Lenin's return from exile in the sealed train
* The October Revolution
* The Russian Civil War
* Lenin's policies while in power
* Lenin's failing health and his death
TEACHER CONVENIENCE FEATURES
--Several different activities to choose from -- makes no-prep yet effective differentiation a snap!
--Complete answer keys provided for every activity
--Fully annotated answer keys for both Lenin Worksheets -- every answer explained in more detail!
--Rapid grading for Lenin Worksheets since all questions are multiple choice or true/false
--All worksheets formatted to fit onto a single sheet so you spend less time at the copy machine and save on your paper budget. Some worksheets are one-sided; some will need two-sided copying.
Fun history engaging content activities by Elise Parker
TEACH WITH HUMOR USING WORLD 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 history contents, the YouTube series Crash Course World History is a great 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!
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:
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 WORLD 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 World 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. Some worksheets are free answer and some are true/false -- and in the answer key, all false answers are annotated to give additional information.
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EPISODES INCLUDED IN THESE CRASH COURSE WORLD HISTORY WORKSHEETS
This resource includes a worksheet, a time-stamped worksheet, and a detailed answer key for episodes 26-30 of Crash Course World History:
• The Seven Years War
• The Amazing Life and Strange Death of Captain Cook
• Tea, Taxes, and the American Revolution
• The French Revolution
• The Haitian Revolutions
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Three Spanish American War worksheets: Multiple choice with 60 questions for a thorough review or test, plus 2 matching worksheets -- one basic, one advanced so you can have differentiated learning materials at your fingertips!
How did the United States first start to become a world power? That's a complex question, but one of the key factors was the nation's victory in the Spanish-American War.
About the student materials you will get in these Spanish-American War worksheets
This teaching resource contains three different worksheets. All of them cover the same basic content: the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish-American War.
The first worksheet is a comprehensive multiple-choice overview of the Spanish-American War, containing 60 questions that can be answered using most high-school level textbooks or online resources related to the war.
The last two worksheets consist of matching problems designed to help students do a targeted review of key people and items that they should have mastered. Because the matching worksheets focus only on these highly important historical entries, they work very well as quizzes or tests.
Matching Worksheet A is the “basic” version of such a test because it contains only 10 definitions, each one of which matches to a person or thing on the provided list. That is, there are not extraneous answers provided as distractors. Teachers may find that Worksheet A is perfect for students who benefit from more streamlined materials.
Matching Worksheet B, on the other hand, is the “advanced” version of the same test. Questions and answers are identical to those on the “ basic” matching worksheet, but additional unused answers are also mixed in so that students have more entries to choose from.
Content Included in these Spanish American War Worksheets
These question sets are titled “American Imperialism: The Spanish-American War” because they are not intended to be a comprehensive view of all 19th century American imperialism. Instead, they cover a limited range of topics:
• Cuba’s ongoing conflicts with Spain in the late 1800s
• American business interests in Cuba
• Jose Marti’s rebellion and Spain’s response
• Yellow journalism and growing war fever in America
• The destruction of the U.S.S. Maine
• Initial fighting in the Philippines
• War readiness of the U.S. Army in 1898
• Fighting in Cuba; African American regiments, Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders
• The provisions of the Treaty of Paris
• American reactions to the idea of empire
Other American imperialism topics, such as the Panama Canal and the Open Door Policy, will be covered in forthcoming question sets.
Finally, the Evita Movie Worksheet Set you have been looking for!
Designed to be used by students as they watch the film, this Evita movie worksheet will help students pay better attention and zero in on important details, something that they can find challenging without some scaffolding, since most students aren't used to watching movies that are wall to wall singing!
The movie Evita is perfect for both Spanish and World History classes and these Evita Movie Worksheets work equally well for both.
HOW THIS EVITA MOVIE WORKSHEET SET WILL KEEP STUDENTS ON-TASK AND WATCHING
The approach here is cloze or fill-in, which means that students won't get anywhere just guessing. They'll have to pay close attention to the movie in order to be listening for the next fill-in problem. The Evita movie worksheet works like this: key statements from the script are included on a worksheet, with important words or phrases blocked out. Students are to fill in the missing words or phrases as they watch the film.
I have used these worksheets with my classes for years and have found them to be highly successful at helping students follow the movie better.
LOTS FOR STUDENTS TO DO
The worksheet is several pages long and has 51 cloze (fill-in-the-blank) problems to be solved while students watch the film.
LOOKING FOR A REUSABLE EVITA MOVIE WORKSHEET? LOOK NO FURTHER!
Teacher convenience is a hallmark of my products. With that in mind, I have organized student and teacher materials in several ways so that you have a variety of options.
Student Materials: Two worksheet versions are provided for your convenience:
1) Re-usable. Make one class set and use it with multiple groups over multiple years. Save on paper, ink, and the hassle of making printouts. Answer blanks on this set are noted with the characters: -----. This is on purpose so that students do not feel they have a "blank" to write on. ----- is too short to be of much use and the position of the hyphens would block their writing in any case.
2) Consumable. If you prefer to let students write directly on the worksheets, use the set that has answer blanks noted with the characters: ______________________________. Please note that all blanks are the same size (except when shortening a blank will help with formatting the flow of the sentence). This is to avoid giving students unintentional hints or clues about the answers. The answers can be derived only from carefully watching the film.
Ratifying the Constitution Worksheets: Multiple choice with 48 questions for a thorough review or test, plus both a fast-correct and a full context answer key!
This Ratification Worksheet is a comprehensive multiple-choice exercise containing 48questions that can be answered using most high-school level textbooks or online resources related to United States slavery in the 1800s.
Perfect for review, homework, sub plans, and even a ratification quiz or ratification test!
CONTENT INCLUDED IN THESE RATIFICATION WORKSHEETS
These question cover the following range of topics commonly studied in U.S. history / American history classes:
• The Federalist point of view
• The Anti-Federalist point of view
• Major issues in dispute
• Publius and The Federalist essays
• Anti-Federalist literature
• Which states ratified first and last
• Which states were considered essential
• Arguments for and against a Bill of Rights
• Addition of the Bill of Rights
• Provisions included in the Bill of Rights
An expanded and updated version of my popular "Malcolm X Movie Questions," also available on this website.
FEATURES OF THIS EXPANDED EDITION OF MALCOLM X MOVIE WORKSHEETS:
--70 Questions to help students track key information presented in the Spike Lee movie Malcolm X starring Denzel Washington.
--Beautifully formatted student worksheets designed to minimize paper use
--All Questions presented in two formats: both multiple choice and open-ended
--Full answer keys provided for both multiple choice and open-ended question versions
--Essay topic sheet: Six topics that will encourage students to analyze, synthesize, and draw their own conclusions about this period in U.S. history
--Research project sheet: Seven project ideas to encourage discovery learning about various topics that arise in the film
ABOUT SPIKE LEE'S MALCOLM X MOVIE
Malcolm X is an excellent movie for U.S. history classes. It covers the major topics of Civil Rights struggle, African American leaders, Black Nationalism, and the era of the 1960s.
Use these Gandhi Movie Worksheets to Bring a Modern Independence Movement to Life!
We've all been there -- wracking our brains to try to figure out how to encourage students to pay better attention during a movie. These movie worksheets will take the guesswork out of figuring out how much each student is really following along and listening when the class is watching the Academy-Award winning 1982 film Gandhi, starring Ben Kingsley in the title role.
The worksheets provide 123 unique fill-in-the-blank problems for students to complete as they watch the movie. Each of the problems requires student to pay close attention, which will of course help them learn and retain more! An added bonus is that using the worksheets will also help students better figure out who is who on-screen, since many of the dialog segments are labeled with the character's name -- no more mixing up Nehru with Jinnah, for example!
History Matters
The cloze answers are far from random -- each one was specifically selected as an important history element that students should be aware of. Having students listen for and then write down these key terms such as partition and non-violence will help to draw their attention to those concepts, in essence highlighting them for the students.
I am always personally amazed by the mastery level I get from the students after using cloze worksheets like this -- when I stop the movie for the day and collect their papers, then read aloud a few of the cloze problems they solved in the last 40 minutes, a significant number of them can rattle the answers off from memory, showing that they really did learn something; the movie didn't just go in one ear and out the other.
Differentiation is Key
Because I know full well that a one-size-fits-all approach to instruction can miss more than it hits, I have provided both basic and advanced levels of the cloze worksheets.
In the case of the basic level, there are even two different worksheets for students to do. That way, if teachers want to make sure answers aren't shared from one class to another or across rows in the same class, the solution is at their fingertips.
Teacher Convenience is a MUST!
I know you're busy, so these Ghandi cloze worksheets are designed to minimize implementation time. Both advanced and basic worksheets come in two flavors: reusable and consumable.
Keywords: Gandhi, India, Indian history, Mahatma, nationalism, south Asia, Jinnah, Nehru, partition, Pakistan, British colonialism, the jewel in the crown, Raj, decolonization, de-colonization, Indian Independence, Amritsar Massacre
Are you showing the film version of Evita in your Spanish or history class? These movie tests will provide you with three different ready-made assessments so you can evaluate student learning and help students stay on task as they are watching!
Good for both social studies and Spanish classes, since the movie concerns the history and culture of a major South American Spanish-speaking nation.
THREE TESTS TO CHOOSE FROM
1) True/False
2) Multiple Choice
3) Essay Prompts
There are 50 questions between the first two tests, and eight different essay prompts, making it a snap to differentiate instruction for all levels.
IDEAS FOR USING THE TESTS
These questions are perfect for assessing how well students paid attention to the movie, certainly, but they can also be used as a springboard to preview important points before viewing or to help the teacher discuss the film with the class afterwards.
The tests are all designed to assess understanding after students have seen the entire film. Another way to differentiate instruction is to require students to take notes during the movie for use on the test... or to have students respond to the test questions and/or essay prompts using their memory only.
Looking for an *excellent* Industrial Revolution movie? Look no further than North & South, now playing on Netflix! With these North and South worksheets, you'll easily be able to assess your students' mastery of key plot points and real industrial revolutions problems/conditions.
ABOUT THE TV MINISERIES NORTH & SOUTH
(This is the BBC North & South, all about industrialization, *not* the American Civil War miniseries also called North and South)
North & South is a 2004 BBC television production that brings to vivid life Elizabeth Gaskell’s novel of the same name. As such, it is an excellent portrayal of the Industrial Revolution, taking viewers inside not only a working cotton mill in approximately 1850, but also showcasing in detail the living and working conditions that textile workers experienced in northern England at this time.
As the title indicates, the movie also delves into conditions in the still-agricultural South at this time, which makes the movie ideal for demonstrating the stark difference in English life that resulted from industrialization. It also makes an excellent tie-in to teaching the Romantics as a reaction against industrialization in favor of the beautiful, green landscapes characterizing the non-industrialized South at this time.
Before I found North & South, I couldn’t come up with a good movie to illustrate this key period. As soon as I first saw it, I knew my long search was over. The movie has a romantic frame plot that is hugely engaging for high school students -- they enter into the plot emotionally and literally moan, groan, and cheer as the protagonists suffer through the trials of falling in love. And because the students are so engaged and interested, they really pay attention! That means they absorb a lot of wonderful historical detail, including:
The challenges inherent in forming an early union
The suffering and dynamics associated with strikes
The problems encountered by manufacturers, too
The values and morals of Victorian society
The difficulties ordinary people experience with market forces in action as capitalism takes full sway of the economy
Dreadful living conditions in crowded industrial cities
The reality of working in a cotton mill, including the use of child labor, what happens when a worker falls ill, and the likelihood of fires
About the only drawback I have found to using North & South in class is that the full movie lasts four hours (it was a TV miniseries). Given the wealth of useful history it presents, however, I consider it four hours very well spent.
WHAT THIS NORTH & SOUTH MOVIE GUIDE CONTAINS
--4 detailed worksheets
--Answer keys
--3 Essay topics
--9 Example Essays