History

American History

Tenth grade 1.00 high school credit Core curriculum

Description

This is one of two high school American History course options offered at Nautilus Homeschool. It uses the same video lecture series as the honors-level course, but whereas the honors course includes extensive primary sources and classic literature for its supplementary readings, this course instead includes a variety of historical fiction novels written for young people.

We use as a framework the excellent and comprehensive course The History of the United States, from Great Courses. This course includes 84 lectures and should take a full academic year to complete at the rate of two lectures per week.

Alongside the lecture series, students study key primary sources including the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The course includes a large collection of historical fiction for young people. Most of these are marked optional, and you may choose from among these readings as time and interest allow. We recommend reading most of it if awarding a full high school credit for the course.

This course includes several excellent movies that elucidate key periods in American history.
During the last month students may optionally complete a research paper, on a topic in American History of your choice.

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