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I'm doing AP US history with my 10th grader this year, and I was planning to find resources online and pull it together myself. But it just came up on my facebook feed the other day that Pandia Press has a new level 3 History Odyssey for American History coming out, and....that sounds a lot easier. I'm also putting together American lit and AP Art History for him, plus stuff for my three younger kids, so having history laid out for me sounds absolutely wonderful.

 

But I'm wondering if it will work as preparation for the AP exam. I know no one's used the American History course yet, but has anyone used the World History course to prep for the AP exam? I'm thinking we'd supplement with lots of free response questions and a test prep book. Thoughts? TIA!

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I had the opportunity to read through the first half of the American history course from Pandia because I was helping to edit it. It is a very solid, well-developed American history course. It uses an online textbook as it's main spine. It is probably one of the best homeschool high school history courses out there right now. I was very impressed with it.

 

Is it at the AP level? Honestly I am not sure, but it would be a good jumping off point. You could always add a few resources to it to make it an AP course. Or maybe just use it and add an AP study guide to it.  It is definitely a better developed course than the other History Odyssey courses in my opinion, and I will be using it with my youngest when he gets to the high school level. 

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I had the opportunity to read through the first half of the American history course from Pandia because I was helping to edit it. It is a very solid, well-developed American history course. It uses an online textbook as it's main spine. It is probably one of the best homeschool high school history courses out there right now. I was very impressed with it.

 

Is it at the AP level? Honestly I am not sure, but it would be a good jumping off point. You could always add a few resources to it to make it an AP course. Or maybe just use it and add an AP study guide to it.  It is definitely a better developed course than the other History Odyssey courses in my opinion, and I will be using it with my youngest when he gets to the high school level. 

 

Wow!  What a great link.  Thank you.  We are doing US history this year and will need to look into this more.

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I asked the same question on their facebook page after I asked here, and here's the response I got, in case anyone else is interested:

 

 

I think it would work well. This from the author: This course does not provide Advanced Placement credit. However, students can take an Advanced Placement exam without having taken a College Board-approved Advanced Placement course to prepare for it. As an Advanced Placement instructor, though, I will tell you that in order for your student to effectively prepare for the exam, you will need to provide him/her with a significant level of outside instruction and practice. The amount of information, and the skills tested on the AP exam are both formidable.

 

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Thanks so much, Jilly--that's really helpful! I think we're going to go for it; I still have to figure out what to get to supplement, but that's a lot less overwhelming than coming up with a whole course

 

Are you using it?  Just wondering what your thoughts are.  Pandia Press is having a sale and I am thinking of using the American History next year, but I can't find any reviews. 

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Just came across this thread again and thought I'd update: we did use the Pandia Press US History and supplemented fairly heavily with AP prep materials (khan academy, test prep books, practice essay questions, crash course, a guy named Adam Norris who has a website with extensive videos and other resources)....and it worked really well. He was able to do the Pandia Press mostly independently and then we'd spend a couple of hours a week together on the supplemental stuff, and he got a 4 on the exam. 

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