Crash Course Native American History Full Curriculum | 6 Weeks

Teach all 24 Crash Course Native American History episodes as a coherent six-week, three-unit Grades 9-12 curriculum with episode lessons, weekly and unit assessments, a cumulative Final, planning support, and student-facing course guidance.

FREE CURRICULUM SNEAK PEEK: Download the free Native American History Full Curriculum Educator Planning Guide.

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The course is designed to help students reason from evidence while keeping nation-specific scope, sovereignty, identity, policy, law, land, continuity, and Indigenous perspectives visible rather than flattening Native histories into one story.

What's Included

• 24 individual episode lesson sets
• 5 weekly assessment sets (W01-W05)
• 3 unit assessment sets (U01-U03)
• 1 cumulative Final Assessment
• Educator Planning Guide
• Student Syllabus
• Print and digital classroom-use options

Course Structure

• Unit 1 | Episodes #01-08 | Native Nations, Identity, Land & Knowledge: sovereignty, identity, cultural diversity, land, archaeology/repatriation, and Indigenous knowledge.
• Unit 2 | Episodes #09-16 | Colonization, Federal Indian Policy, Resistance & Rights: treaty rights, contact, removal, boarding schools, reorganization, termination, civil rights, and federal Indian law.
• Unit 3 | Episodes #17-24 | Native Nations Today: Community, Resurgence & the Future: relocation, Alaska and Hawaiʻi, Indigenous women, tribal governments, language revitalization, Land Back, representation, and climate knowledge.

Assessment System

Weekly assessments W01-W05 each include 12 vocabulary terms, 10 A/B written-response questions, and 30 multiple-choice questions. Unit assessments U01-U03 each include 15 vocabulary terms, 12 A/B written-response questions, and 40 multiple-choice questions. The cumulative Final includes 20 vocabulary terms, 15 A/B written-response questions, and 60 multiple-choice questions.

Week 6: Episodes #21-24 are taught on Days 1-4 and the cumulative Final is the default Day 5 assessment. There is intentionally no separate W06 weekly bank. U03 remains available as a flexible Unit 3 checkpoint, review, or alternate assessment.

Flexible Classroom Use

Use the course as a six-week supplemental sequence, a Native American History/Indigenous Studies course component, a U.S. History integration, long-term substitute plan, credit-recovery sequence, summer-school unit, or compressed review. Teacher Guides and assessment banks are item-rich by design, so teachers can assign the full set or select the questions that fit their schedule.

Optional Classroom Video Guide Companion

Use the free Classroom Video Guide Companion Chrome extension with YouTube to automatically pause at question timestamps and display prompts during viewing. It can make whole-class, small-group, and independent lessons easier to facilitate, but the resource works normally without it.

Print and Digital Options

• Teacher Guides with answer keys and instructional support
• Digital Student Worksheets and Student Assessments
• Print-friendly Student Worksheets and Student Assessments
• Self-graded Google Forms quizzes
• Multiple Choice Quiz Print versions
• Educator Planning Guide and Student Syllabus

Prefer an Episode-Only Bundle?

• Crash Course Native American History #01-12 Video Lesson Set
• Crash Course Native American History #13-24 Video Lesson Set

Frequently Asked Questions

Are the videos included?
No. The curriculum is designed for use with the publicly available Crash Course Native American History videos.

Do I have to use every question?
No. Episode guides and assessment banks are intentionally item-rich so teachers can select the components that fit their class period, students, and purpose.

Is there a Week 6 weekly assessment?
No. Week 6 culminates in the cumulative Final on Day 5; U03 is available as a flexible Unit 3 assessment.

Can I use the course with Google Classroom?
Yes. The curriculum includes digital materials and Google Forms quiz support along with printable options.

Is this an official Crash Course product?
No. This is an independent educator-created companion resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Crash Course or Complexly. Crash Course videos are not included.

Independent resource notice: This is an independent educator-created companion resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Crash Course or Complexly. Crash Course videos are not included.