Crash Course World History Worksheet 21: 15th Century Mariners

The enclosed video worksheet (Crash Course World History Worksheet 21: Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Zheng He-15th Century Mariners) provides a guide to keep students focused and actively learning while watching the video. The narrator does an excellent job, but does talk rapidly in order to present large chunks of information in a short amount of time. With that in mind, it is recommended that if students view his video on an individual basis, they are encouraged to replay sections of the video to capture all the information required to complete the video worksheet. You may also wish to pause the video to allow them to completely answer a question. 

The worksheet and associated video will work well in a regular or flipped classroom setting. The worksheet could also be a portion of an interactive student notebook. This is also an ideal lesson plan for a substitute teacher (assuming they have access to the video)! The use of this worksheet guide to the video is perfectly suited to many remote learning situations. 

Files are provided in both word and pdf format. A suggested answer key is included. 

The video associated with this worksheet is currently found at the following URL: https://youtu.be/NjEGncridoQ 

The document contains 35 short answer, completion and multiple choice questions on 6 pages. 

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. 

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