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American History
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Get complete lesson plans, schedule and teaching notes for the entire year with this homeschool American History package. Package includes the Level 120 American History Parent Guide and accompanying American History Student Guide. Package also includes all of the American History books and Biblical Studies books scheduled in these guides.


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Get complete lesson plans, schedule and teaching notes for the entire year with this homeschool American History package. Package includes the Level 120 American History Parent Guide and accompanying American History Student Guide. Package also includes all of the American History books and Biblical Studies books scheduled in these guides.
Overview of the History
Instructor's Guides
We've formatted History 120 for independent study, if desired. Your History and Bible Parent Guide and separate History and Bible Student Guide weave materials together cohesively to direct your students with confidence each day.
The Parent Guide mirrors the Student Guide, but also includes answers and extra notes. So you can discuss their reading, check their progress, and bolster their academic and spiritual learning.
American History
Sonlight's 120 American History course offers a fascinating look at the ups and downs of the nation's past. As your children transition to independent learning, they will examine the events, people, and debates that molded the United States.
This course builds on the foundation of William J. Bennett's bestselling trilogy our nation's history—condensed into an epic one-volume edition America: The Last Best Hope. In this riveting volume, Bennett covers America’s greatest moments in breath-taking detail.
The spine of the course is stellar. But to expand on Bennett, the Instructor's Guide includes extensive notes and articles. With America: The Last Best Hope (One-Volume Edition) and the IG combined, you have an extraordinary tool to help your children think about, and understand, American History.
And there are 17 more history books to enjoy!
Some expand on a time: Before Columbus explores what America was like before Europeans arrived; The Yanks Are Coming offers wonderful details of WWI; Colonial America offers a closer look at how some of the major British colonies were formed.
Some are about specific people: Traitor: The Case of Benedict Arnold tells the story of the most famous turncoat in American history. The Lions of Little Rock tells the story of two girls willing to take on segregation and the dangers their friendship could bring in order to stay friends. David Wilkerson left a comfortable suburban pastorate to minister to gangs in New York. Cameron Townsend wondered how much more effective he would be as a missionary if the people had the Bible in their heart-language.
And some are about specific events: the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, life in a Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth; writing the Constitution, fighting the battle of Gettysburg, and building the Panama Canal.
This course offers a wide range of perspectives, nationalities, and locations.
After their children have worked through Sonlight's 120 course, some parents have their children take the CLEP exam (the College Level Examination Program test that counts for college credit at some schools). These students pass.
Even though many of the Sonlight books are not "challenging" in their reading level, the quantity of titles, the memorability of the books, and the incredible range of topics make the whole program a thorough, enjoyable study of American History.
Biblical Studies
Teach your children to live out their faith. The Bible 110 program includes Scripture reading and practical lessons in how to study, interpret and apply the Scriptures in everyday life. Help your students build their theological framework, explore the evidence for our faith and develop discipline in prayer. Help you raise children who love God and know what and why they believe.
Estimated daily time for American History: Student: 45min.
Our high school courses are separated by subject to allow customers maximum flexibility. Feel free to buy either the History or the Literature, or both, or to mix-and-match with the History and Literature of other Sonlight courses.
- History 120 Parent GuideGet all the lesson plans and teaching helps you need to effectively teach History, Geography and Bible for the entire year.Retail: $64.00
- History 120 Student GuideGet the daily schedule and tools your student needs for History, Geography, and Bible for the entire year.Retail: $37.00
- Why PrayProvoke your prayer life to impact the world. This devotional offers a 40-day journey "from words to relationship" with God.Retail: $6.99
- The Bible Jesus ReadYancey confronts key sections of the Hebrew Bible (Job, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Ecclesiastes, and the Prophets) in search of a deeper understanding of Jesus and the central human issues He saw answered in...Retail: $16.99
- What's So Amazing About GraceThe world can't duplicate grace, and yet it craves the hope and transformation that grace brings. Explore the church's great distinctive in action. Shocking, scandalous, amazing.Retail: $19.99
- Finding TruthLearn the five powerful principles that penetrate to the core of any worldview from a former agnostic. See how the Christian worldview is not only true but attractive. Clearly written, well organized,...Retail: $22.99
- America: The Last Best Hope (One-Volume Edition)American greats like Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan leap off the pages of this gripping account. From the Revolution to the Civil War; progressive to civil rights reforms; the fall of the...Retail: $29.99
- Constance: A Story of Early PlymouthRunner-up for the National Book Award for Children's Literature in 1969, Constance is a classic of historical young adult fiction, recounting the daily life, hardships, romances, and marriage of a young...Retail: $12.95
- Before ColumbusA beautifully illustrated, scholarly look into the civilizations before the time of Columbus in America. Focuses on three main questions: Was the "New World" really new? Why were small groups of poorly...Retail: $13.99
- SacajaweaThe book Sacajawea Joseph Bruchac, Sacajawea, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark come to life in a beautifully told narrative. Closely adhering to the explorers' journals, this historical tale recreates...Retail: $7.99
- Shh! We're Writing the ConstitutionThis US Constitution book is a brief, fun overview of the sweltering summer of 1787, when fifty-five delegates gathered to establish a stronger central government. Gives students a foundation for understanding...Retail: $8.99
- The Yanks Are ComingA gripping account of how the United States joined WWI and helped turn the tide of the entire war. This fascinating narrative brings the war to life and reveals how the US mobilized industry, trained...Retail: $13.95
- Cameron TownsendThe exciting, thought-provoking and true story of Cameron Townsend-- founder of Wycliffe Bible Translators--and his mission to translate the Bible into every language.Retail: $11.99
- The Many Reflections of Miss Jane DemingHigh-spirited young Jane is excited to be part of Mr. Mercer’s plan to bring Civil War widows and orphans to Washington Territory—but life out west isn’t at all what she expects.Retail: $8.99
- The Lions of Little RockTwo girls separated by race form an unbreakable bond during the tumultuous integration of Little Rock schools in 1958.Retail: $8.99
- Out of Left FieldA story about the fight for equal rights in America's favorite arena: the baseball field!Retail: $9.99
- The Cross and the SwitchbladeModern classic about a pastor who gives up a comfortable life in the countryside to minister to gangs in New York City. Gripping.Retail: $8.99
- Colonial America: A Captivating Guide to the Colonial History of the United StatesDive into this exciting period of history, and learn more about how the United States became what it is today.Retail: $13.99
- Dragon's GateWhen he accidentally kills a Manchu, a Chinese boy is sent to America to join his father, an uncle, and other Chinese working to build a tunnel for the transcontinental railroad through the Sierra Nevada...Retail: $7.99
- Farewell to Manzanar BookThe Farewell to Manzanar book is based on a true story of one Japanese American family's attempt to survive forced detention, and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow...Retail: $10.99
- Moonshiner's SonThis historical fiction for young readers is a stunning book about the clash of two cultures--the culture of whiskey makers in Prohibition-era backwoods Virginia, and the culture of an anti-whiskey Christian...Retail: $7.99
- The Panama CanalA fascinating, colorful look at the Panama Canal, the idea behind it, how it was built, the men who built it, how it operates . . . and a whole lot more.Retail: $5.99
- The Slopes of WarA young soldier from West Virginia faces the Battle of Gettysburg knowing his two cousins may be fighting him.Retail: $11.99
- Traitor: The Case of Benedict ArnoldA study of the life and character of the brilliant Revolutionary War general who deserted to the British for money.Retail: $7.99


100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
Take up to one year to use your curriculum. If you don’t love it, return it! Complete details here.

