Guest Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) I am needing some ideas for American History. Please share what you used and liked for American History. Edited June 2, 2017 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Secular or bible?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mike in SA Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 We used "The Unfinished Nation" videos with Brinkley's "American History: A Survey." It worked great - both the videos and textbook are classic, very well made, and perfectly correlated. For the older son, we added readings also correlated to the historic period so that he was done reading just as he was working on the main history content - letting him experience the history in context. We found daily worksheets for Unfinished Nation online, and pulled test content from AP US History prep books. Without further studying, he was able to score over 80% consistently (roughly a 5 on the AP test). The only problem: while the books are easy to find (and affordable), the videos are becoming scarce. I wouldn't be surprised to find them online for free somewhere. Here was our reading list, in order: Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter James Fenimore Cooper - The Last of the Mohicans James Best - Tempest at Dawn Carolyn Meyer - Where the Broken Heart Still Beats Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin Stephen Crane - The Red Badge of Courage Edmund Morris - The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird James Michener - Tales of the South Pacific JD Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye John Updike - Rabbit, Run and Rabbit, Redux 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjs4 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) nm...(thought I was on a different post) Edited June 5, 2017 by jmjs4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momto6inIN Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 1st DS hasn't taken it yet, it's up for his senior year next year, but he's planning on reading K12's American Odyssey text, doing a few selected lessons from Critical Thinking in US History, and watching some Annenberg Lerner online lectures. This particular DS is not into history at all, he's more of a STEM kid, and this course is a box checker for him. 2nd DS is much more of a history buff and wants to go deeper with his US History course, so he will use FundaFunda's schedule as a base and possibly take the AP exam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 We used the free Fundafunda schedule and loved every bit of it. I'm totally hanging onto all the pieces to use again with younger kids when they're ready. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Fundafunda here too:). Modified somewhat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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