Vanna Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 I'm looking for recommendations of a US History curriculum that's not literature based and would be good to used for a co-op class. The class is being offered to 9th-10th grades, but it's possible the class may have older students enrolled. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanna Posted March 18, 2012 Author Share Posted March 18, 2012 I'm looking for recommendations of a US History curriculum that's not literature based and would be good to used for a co-op class. The class is being offered to 9th-10th grades, but it's possible the class may have older students enrolled. Thank you! :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanna Posted March 21, 2012 Author Share Posted March 21, 2012 (edited) :lurk5: Anyone? Bueller... Bueller... Bueller...? :lol: Edited March 21, 2012 by Vanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan C. Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 How often is your co-op meeting? Two we like are All American History (Bright Ideas Press), and A History of US by Joy Hakim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanna Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 How often is your co-op meeting? Once a week from Sept. to mid-May ... Two we like are All American History (Bright Ideas Press), and A History of US by Joy Hakim. Thanks so much for the recommendation! Time to check 'em out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We used History of US (Hakim) and enjoyed it very much, but it might be difficult for a co-op setting unless you can get all the books really cheap. You could make it less expensive if you only needed certain books, I think. Overall, the History of US books are well written and lend themselves well to discussions about what was happening at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 We used History of US (Hakim) and enjoyed it very much, but it might be difficult for a co-op setting unless you can get all the books really cheap. You could make it less expensive if you only needed certain books, I think. Overall, the History of US books are well written and lend themselves well to discussions about what was happening at the time. FWIW, Amazon has the 11 volume set for $89.50 right now. (Not sure if that's high for your coop. My son's graphic design book cost about that. And the Apologia science books are around that.) That is a non-trivial price for what some might perceive as one resource for one course. On the other hand, buying them used at $5 with $3.50 shipping is more expensive. An American Pageant is a book that I've seen referenced often for higher level high school history and intro college courses. I have one volume of the two volume set. I think it's pretty good and quite comprehensive. (I've only gone through a few sections so far, so I can't yet speak to any particular bias.) You could tell families to get a certain edition or newer and make assignments by chapter and era (rather than page number). Or you could pick an edition as the base edition and have them make the correspondences from a copy of the base edition table of contents. It looks like you can get copies of the 2005 edition for around $35. Daniel Boorstin's Landmark History of the American People is good, but is more episodic and less oriented to strict chronology. (It also stops with the moon landings, so you would need to supplement for more current events.) He also cowrote A History of the United States, which is still in print and seems to have a lot of used copies available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
at the beach Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 Maybe you'd like: http://www.roadmaptolastbesthope.com/home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanna Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Thanks again for the suggestions! The lead teacher has looked them over and seems to favor the Notgrass curriculum for History as of now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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