Homeschooled for decades. We always used Christian Liberty Academy’s curricula. Simply outstanding.
My wife uses the ACE (Accerated Christian Eduction) curriculum for our son. I don’t know if it more “comprehensive”, but is good.
David Barton’s Wallbuilders books are excellent.
It's been discussed on FR at some length in the past. It's not without its flaws but it's a good solid text.
My other suggestion for a supplemental resource would be for you to get hold of OLD back numbers of American Heritage magazine -- best place to look is your local college or university library, or abebooks.com.
You want to get back before the early 70s, when long time editor Bruce Catton (yes, that Bruce Catton - of A Stillness at Appomattox fame) had died and his protege Oliver Jensen left the magazine. It went into softcover and not only got all politically correct and sloppy, it started repeating itself.
The text of all the articles is online at the American Heritage website -- but the real strength of the magazine is the marvelous illustrations and maps which are NOT on line. Maybe they will put out a DVD that will include all the pics (you could write them and ask). I have all the hardcover issues back to when it was The Journal of Local and Regional History or some such title, back in the late 40s.
It is especially strong in Civil War (naturally, given the editor), but also in Revolutionary War as well as political history. Catton was a liberal in the old sense, but he was a good historian and an honest man.
Also consider the possibility of teaching from original documents, if you have the time. That was the most fun I ever had in history class.
I like the methods recommended by the book, “The Well Trained Mind.” They have a series for younger students called “The Story of the World,” that might be ok, but it might be too young. I believe they also have a series in the works for older kids. I bought the first book, but have been using and assortment of real books for history.
>>> Also, I just got out of the hospital and am still on pain meds.
Glad you’re out.
Now, on topic - the “A Patriot’s History of the United States” is authored by a freeper. His other works might be useful in your homeschooling as well.
The poster of this thread has a question that the homeschooling community would be well-qualified to answer.
wallbuilders has great books but not sure if they are for different grades...they do have this book (see link) it is the primer....great for any age
We loved the Drive Though History series. I have not purchased the Am History DVD yet, though.
Mystery of History has three volumes and is good, but it’s a world history from a Christian point of view. I’m not sure that’s what you were looking for.
I have also used WinterPromise’s American History, which is a literature based program with additional activities.
Sonlight has a core program similar to that of WinterPromise ~ also a literature based program but with fewer hands on activities.
One of my favorite history learning tools is lapbooks. There is an outstanding AM Hist lapbook “Time Traveler’s History Studies” by Homeschool in the Woods.
http://www.themysteryofhistory.info/
http://www.sonlight.com/history-geography-4.html
http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com/
When I was homeschooling I always loved Bob Jones history.
I made a history line for the children that we posted on the wall along with maps of the world and the U.S. As we read history books and biographies from the children's library we noted on the time line and the map where and when these events happened. We did the same for fiction as well.
We also used films from the library such as NOVA. Also...Their grandfather was very very generous with subscriptions to National Geographic magazines ( both adult and children) and books.
Our kids were admitted to college at the ages of 13, 12, and 13. They did well so I suppose the had a good enough background from our eclectic approach.
While not a curriculum, the series of books by G.A. Henty make a nice addition.
When studying specific periods, we had fun with beautiful feet. If your child is a reader, he’ll/she’ll love it! Different curriculums are designed for different grade levels...here’s a link:
American Heritage Foundation has a full K-12 American history lesson plan system. It’s FREE. Please check it out at http://americanheritage.org/k-12_lessons.html
www.notgrass.com, it’s fantastic
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Here’s a list of resources compiled by the homeschoolers here. There’s a list of history resources, too:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2346553/posts
You’ve got to look at Tapestry of Grace. It is outstanding! It covers History, Philosophy, Literature, Art, History of Christianity, Government, etc. It rotates through ancient to modern history every 4 years (K-12). All of your children can be studying the same time period at the same time. It makes for lively discussions & ease on your part.
http://www.tapestryofgrace.com/index.php
in the early years i used Story of the World... Veritas Press... Mystery of History... we also did the Famouse Men of Greece, Rome and the Middle Ages series... we supplemented with literature and Learning Through History magazine... as my oldest reached middle school, i liked Notgrass History... we also did some Omnibus... next year he will be going through Starting Points—which is a worldview study by David Quine... we will be supplementing with DVDs from The Teaching Company... we used a lot of Christian History magazines this past year as we covered the Renaissance and the Reformation...