Effective Media You Need in Your Classroom

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1. Liberty Kids Series
Activities on Liberty Kids
Travel back in time to Revolutionary America and see the revolution through the eyes of children.
Connection to the Common Core:
HIST 3.1 Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.
HIST 3.2 Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
HIST 3.3 Generate questions about individuals who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities
HIST 3.4 Explain connections among historical contexts and people’s perspectives at the time.

HIST 3.5 Describe how people’s perspectives shaped the historical sources they created.

2. "When is Thanksgiving?: Colonizing America: Crash Course US History #2"
John Green Thanksgiving
This is a John Greene video from the CrashCourse channel on YouTube that discusses Thanksgiving. It can be a useful video to pull up toward the end of November to give the students some background knowledge on the meal feast they'll be having.
Connection to the Common Core:
GEO 4.4 Explain how the cultural and environmental characteristics of places change over time.
GEO 4.5 Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.

3. "The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism: Crash Course US History #8"
John Green Constitution
This is a John Greene video from the CrashCourse channel on YouTube that discusses the various  documents that governed and are currently governing America. The content is great but my only disclaimer is that Greene makes a beer joke.
Connection to the Common Core:
CIV 5.1 Explain how groups of people make rules to create responsibilities and protect freedoms.
CIV 5.4 Explain how policies are developed to address public problems.

4. "The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20"
John Green Civil War
This is a John Greene video from the CrashCourse channel on YouTube that discusses the Civil War.
Connection to the Common Core:
HIST 5.4 Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives.
HIST 5.5 Explain connections among historical contexts and people’s perspectives at the time.

5. "The Progressive Era: Crash Course US History #27"
John Green Progressive Era
This is a John Greene video from the CrashCourse channel on YouTube that discusses the Progressive Area, what it was and why it existed.
Connection to the Common Core:
ECO 6–7.1 Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
ECO 6–7.2 Evaluate alternative approaches or solutions to current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs
for different groups and society as a whole.
ECO 6–7.5 Describe the roles of institutions such as corporations, nonprofits, and labor unions in a market economy.

6. "America in World War I: Crash Course US History #30"
John Green WWI
This is a John Greene video from the CrashCourse channel on YouTube that discusses America's involvement in WWI.
Connection to the Common Core:
ECO 4.1 Compare the benefits and costs of individual choices.

ECO 4.2 Identify positive and negative incentives that influence the decisions people make.
HIST 4.2 Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments

7. "Women's Suffrage: Crash Course US History #31"
John Green Suffrage
This is a John Greene video from the CrashCourse channel on YouTube that discusses the involvement of women in the Progressive Era.
Connection to the Common Core:
CIV 5.1 Explain how groups of people make rules to create responsibilities and protect freedoms.

CIV 5.4 Explain how policies are developed to address public problems.

8. Native Americans - National Geographic
National Geographic
This is a video from National Geographic video that discusses Native Americans in North America.
Connection to the Common Core:
HIST 5.1 Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.

HIST 5.2 Compare life in specific historical periods to life today

9. "Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39"
John Green Civil Rights
This is a John Greene video from the CrashCourse channel on YouTube that discusses the Civil Right's movement and some advocates less well-known.
Connection to the Common Core:
CIV 5.1 Explain how groups of people make rules to create responsibilities and protect freedoms.

CIV 5.4 Explain how policies are developed to address public problems.

10. "Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47"
Obamanation
This is a John Greene video from the CrashCourse channel on YouTube that discusses current events taking place in America under President Obama.
Connection to the Common Core:
HIST 5.9 Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
CIV 5.4 Explain how policies are developed to address public problems.