US history

[Toska]

I have an 11gr ds coming home from public school.  He was homeschooled k-8 and is coming back home due to pandemic disruption of his education.  With only 2 years left, i am trying to accommodate his preferences and get in graduation requirements.

He is mildly dyslexic, so the text at or slightly below grade level would be preferred.  Would love to include movies as part of the curriculum.  I’d want to spend no more than 4 hours/week on us history.  I’m willing to spend some money for a preplanned curriculum.

I have looked at Sonlight 100, but most of the included historical fiction seems well below his interest level, stuff he listened to as audiobooks already.  So, I don’t think the sonlight package is worth the price for us.

So, what else is out there for high school US history?

 

 

[RootAnn]

Have you looked at FundaFunda's US History plan? (Link should be to a pdf)

Lots of movies, some books, and audio lectures. I didn't use it as written, but I found it a great resource for ideas.

[Kassia]

45 minutes ago, RootAnn said:

Have you looked at FundaFunda's US History plan? (Link should be to a pdf)

Lots of movies, some books, and audio lectures. I didn't use it as written, but I found it a great resource for ideas.

This is a great suggestion.

We used U.S. HIstory Detective for dd when she was in 8th grade.  She hates history but really liked this and it was very little work for me.  It would be easy to add on movies.  I would definitely add something for high school credit since there's really not much to it.  

 

I don't know if this would be helpful:

https://www.freehomeschooldeals.com/heart-of-wisdom-learning-american-history-through-movies-free-timeline-download/

 

[Momto6inIN]

We really like Great Courses History of the United States We also limit history to about 4 hrs/week and it was doable in a school year to watch 2-3 30 min lectures/week and answer the questions the rest of the time.

It's audio/video lectures, which might be a good fit so that he can listen instead of read. They are thorough and interesting!

[Farrar]

I think Oak Meadow's US history is nice and basic if you want a textbook program. You can choose your own text, so that's useful.

[Kassia]

25 minutes ago, Farrar said:

I think Oak Meadow's US history is nice and basic if you want a textbook program. You can choose your own text, so that's useful.

Oh, that's a great idea, too!  

[RubyPenn]

You might want to look at Guest Hollow.  They have lots of movie suggestions, too. https://guesthollow.com/store/high-school-american-history-year-1/

Movies and book lists by year:  https://guesthollow.com/the-history-shelf/