crash course

1. Crash Course World History
Learning history online

2. Crash course
• A series of educational videos on YouTube Taught by John Green
• Consults with AP history teacher Raoul Meyer on script
• Partnered with Kahn Academy and PBS Digital Studios
• Watched: World History I-II

3. Note taking
I gained note taking skills. My
notebooks will be handed out

4. What I did
• Watched 69 10 – 15 minute videos on world history
• Took extensive notes
• Made a infographic about each video

5. Infographics
Will be handed out

6. Infographics
• Made infographics using Pictochart
• Used a variety of themes
• Fitting info you have into restrictive format
difficult
• Learned to complete work quickly
• Spelling and editing suffered
• Use fonts colors and design to grab
readers
• Avoid too much text
• Include data visualization
• Use great images and graphics
• Cites sources
A infographic should:

7. Infographic
Includes data visualization
Uses graphics
Uses images
Cites sources
Uses some text but
not too much
Uses colors and fonts

8. Tell Us
One interesting thing you learned from your Infographic

9. Thanks to
Jim, Shirley, Stan and Matt who helped me edit my Infographics

10. What I learned
• History
• Note taking skills
• Infographics making
• Graphic design skills
• To work quickly and efficiently
• To avoid YouTube comment fights
• Using pictochart
• Work ethic