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We have used the following:

Streams of Civilization, Vol. 1 (don't like Vol. 2, different author)

History of US, Joy Hakim (my son didn't like BJU US History, but I thought it was a good text)

BJU World History

 

We just bought World History: The Human Odyssey mentioned above. I bought it used for $10 from a used seller on Amazon called gabooks. It looks like a great text, we are using it for an encyclopedia type of thing right now, we are doing world history in one year, and at 1100 pgs. it would be hard to read it in a year. Wish I had read WTM earlier, this text would be wonderful as a spine read over 4 yrs. with whole books. If you are a Christian, the text seems a little indifferent about things important to us, like Hebrew history and concepts of God, etc., but it would be expected from a secular text. It can be easily backed up with a Christian text if you want a more Christian view.

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BJU is pretty good basic high school text. I would not suggest Abeka at all. You could also look at some basic textbooks used in colleges such as American Promise or American Nation (by Garrety, I like this one alot and they have a good support website), for Western Civ, there is Western Heritage (by Kagan) which is really good.

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