Series

Mr. Betts' Class

56 episodes

US history set to parody songs, aimed at grades 3-6. Mr. Betts rewrites familiar pop tunes into two-to-four-minute summaries of Jamestown, Lexington and Concord, Manifest Destiny, and Brown v. Board. The harder parts of the story are left in, so Andrew Jackson is both the people's president and the man behind Native removal. Mixed in are straight explainers and discussion pieces: five facts about Columbus, a sorting-out of the Declaration versus the Articles versus the Constitution, and a both-sides look at whether Parliament had the right to tax the colonies. Good for opening or reviewing a unit.

what this series covers

What Mr. Betts' Class covers

56 episodes in the library, tagged for 3rd–6th. Heaviest coverage: Social Studies. Between them they line up with 22 distinct standards across 1 framework.

Episodes per grade

3rd: 5
4th: 11
5th: 52
6th: 56

Episodes per subject

Social Studies: 56

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 22

D2.His.14.3-5Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
D2.His.3.3-5Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
D2.His.2.3-5Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
D2.His.4.3-5Explain why individuals and groups during the same historical period differed in their perspectives.
D2.Geo.7.3-5Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.
D2.Civ.14.3-5Illustrate historical and contemporary means of changing society.

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D2.Civ.5.3-5Explain the origins, functions, and structure of different systems of government, including those created by the U.S. and state constitutions.
D2.Civ.8.3-5Identify core civic virtues and democratic principles that guide government, society, and communities.
D2.Geo.2.3-5Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions and their environmental characteristics.
D2.Civ.12.3-5Explain how rules and laws change society and how people change rules and laws.
D2.Civ.3.3-5Examine the origins and purposes of rules, laws, and key U.S. constitutional provisions.
D2.Geo.4.3-5Explain how culture influences the way people modify and adapt to their environments.
D2.His.1.3-5Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.
D2.Civ.1.3-5Distinguish the responsibilities and powers of government officials at various levels and branches of government and in different times and places.
D2.Civ.10.3-5Identify the beliefs, experiences, perspectives, and values that underlie their own and others' points of view about civic issues.
D2.Civ.2.3-5Explain how a democracy relies on people's responsible participation, and draw implications for how individuals should participate.
D2.Civ.4.3-5Explain how groups of people make rules to create responsibilities and protect freedoms.
D2.His.6.3-5Describe how people's perspectives shaped the historical sources they created.
D2.Civ.7.3-5Apply civic virtues and democratic principles in school settings.
D2.Eco.1.3-5Compare the benefits and costs of individual choices.
D2.Geo.6.3-5Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.
D2.His.12.3-5Generate questions about multiple historical sources and their relationships to particular historical events and developments.