Concurrent history streams: American & Canadian History – confusing?

I don’t think it would be confusing at all. In fact, I think they complement each other because so many American events influenced Canadian events. For example, you can hardly learn about the influx of the Loyalists into Canada without learning about the American Revolution. There’s lots of overlap.

A book I use for Canadian history for high school is Canadian History for Dummies and I think it does a good job of including American history events where they are relevant to Canadian history.

What level are you teaching now? We discovered the Dear Canada series that is the complement to the Dear America series (the diaries) They were really wonderful, and a lot of them were opposite sides of the conflict, so you can show both perspectives of the same events or timelines.  I wouldn’t give up British history though. We used the Usborne History of Britain as a spine and then did lots of projects for each era. https://www.amazon.com/Usborne-History-Britain-Internet-linked-Reference/dp/0746084447/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2XD32CND1C1BK&keywords=usborne+history+of+britain&qid=1688774184&sprefix=usborne+briti%2Caps%2C245&sr=8-1  I think that was my favorite unit so far – there was so much beautiful literature and art.