My son graduated recently with a history major and is up for a Legislative Aide position at our state capitol -- politics and policy is his focus. Like most Liberal Arts majors, I consider a BA degree a stepping stone, not a solution to gainful employment. Pair it with internships, projects, mentoring, networking, volunteer service and you have a winner degree.

We used this book and I would highly recommend it. Older editions are just fine. Since it is considered a "college" text, it is likely on a 2-year printing cycle, driving up the cost of new texts. Editions a, b and c are also similar, just with the sentences for assignments varying so multiple classes can use without sharing answers :) I found it concise, in need of little teacher prep and well worth my students' time. Hope that helps.

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DonnaYoung does have a good syllabus, but not much more. Hmmm...

I ended up putting my own course together ... not complete yet, but here is what I am doing: For a spine: World Geography Today (holt), Understanding World Religions (Braswell), Old Testament History (Greenleaf press) Videos: Longitude(book by Sobel) ... we just finished this and it was really good. Guns, Germs and Steel by Diamond with Guide from the PBS website Drive through History Books: Genevive Foster: Augustus Caesar’s World 44 BC- 14 AD and The World of Columbus Iliad and various books on Greek and Roman Mythology and warfare National Geographic Articles

Thanks for the link ... it looks like a great program for working on maps!

Does anyone know of, or maybe has created worksheets to go with Vol 1 of Streams of Civilization. Not a syllabus or tests, but something to keep a student focused. A "regurgitation" tool like: Worksheets Map work Graphic Organizers Timelines Maybe there is a site that already has this? This would be such a huge help. Thanks

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We chose a transcript format that does not include the dates of when the course was completed for this very reason. My son excelled in math, so did HS work in middle school and in HS focused on business and computer courses. I am giving him credit for all HS courses, no matter when he completed them.

http://www.notgrass.com/world-history-high-school-curriculum.php Notgrass has an excellent text from Christian a perspective but not overkill. You can choose to add the Bible and writing. It is not cheap, but has a high resale value.

Am I right that it is $399 for the course text and DVDs?

Here is what we have used: Understanding World Religions by Braswell ISBN: 9780805410686 with coordinating website: http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/hopfe/ We also visited a local Hindu and Buddhist temple with a homeschool group (we are Christians also). The students finished with studying and earning college with the Dantes exam so they would not have to repeat this course in college. http://www.getcollegecredit.com/downloads/factsheets/World%20Religions_20080509.pdf

These do look like good supplements ... thanks for the ideas. I'll keep searching for the Human/Cultural Geog option!

What a great find! The book I used last time I taught the DSST for World Religions at a coop was a bit "texty" for the lower level of the 7th-10th grade class. I'll still take suggestions for Cultural Geography/World History that would help tie it all in one nice package.

I'm a lurker, not a big poster, but am stumped and looking for ideas. Next year's 9th grade curriculum includes the Dante exam for World Religion, World History and Geography. I was hoping to find a curriculum that contained more the Cultural/Human Geography that also included World History. This would help put the World Religion Dante in context. (We used Notgrass 2 years ago and really enjoyed it). I'm not a fan of BJU and my 9th grader is not a lover of wordy texts. Any ideas?

Though it is usually found in the Public Schools, we choose to register our homeschool with Junior Achievement for the purpose of using their Junior Achievement resources for Economics. My son did the course fairly independently but he also did an extensive business project (creating a state history game for our state http://www.SpotlightGames.org ) The materials from Junior Achievement were free, but I did need to press them to receive validation as a school. I highly recommend their materials as engaging and comprehensive. With additional study from REA, my son passed both the Macro and Micro economics CLEPs. http://www.JA.org Cheri

After visiting several local 4-year universities, I was less than impress for the $$. What Gary North and CollegePlus have to say make sense. It is worth googling and reading about the benefits of a distance ed degree. We're finding it is the preferred option for us, not just an acceptable one.

I listed it as an elective on transcripts.

This is what I used for my 7th and 8th graders ... it is self paced, easily understood and compact. I even said "oh, now I get it!" Older editions are just fine ... there is Form A, B and C. Same book, just different sentence examples used. Any one is fine. The Least You Should Know About English: Writing Skills (Form B) by Paige L. Wilson and Teresa Ferster Glazier (Paperback - May 13, 2003) 26 Used & new from $2.94 (From Amazon)

After researching several options, including distance ed schools, we've decided to narrow our search of universities (both brick and mortar and distance ed) to those who will accept a significant number of CLEP credits. Our primary reason: finances. IMO, a school's primary reason for not accepting CLEP credits: finances. They have financial goals to meet (just as I do) and it certainly is not in their financial interest to give students a way to earn those credits without paying the school for them. The State of Minnesota is encouraging all high school students to obtain at least some college credits before HS graduation. The State will even pay for up to 6 CLEP exams for every student (including homeschooled) during their 9-12th grade years. While choosing a college that is CLEP-accepting will limit our choices, we've decided as a family that coming out of college with debt would be even more limiting. I have to say that going into this process, this isn't the road we intended on taking. But, after two years of looking into it and reading materials from Jeff Meyers and CollegePlus, it seems the best road for our high schoolers. Cheri