High School American History Question

We love, love, love the Stories of America/Nations series!  I read them aloud to my 5th, 6th, and 9th graders.  11th grader listens in, too sometimes.  Love the way they are written.  Wish SCM would make similar books for the earlier modules.  hint, hint, hint, Sonya!  

I haven’t found a good narrative for world history, so I would recommend using those books just as outlined on the book lists, incuding Stories of the Nations. It’s up to you if you want the lesson plans or just want to work your way through the book lists on your own schedule and pace.

@marmiemama, Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors is available for that time period. We don’t have plans to try to write our own books for Ancient Greece and Rome, because there are other really good books already available for those time periods.

Mrs. K. Some other options for world history could be Will Durant’s The Story of Civilization world history series (which can be bought individually): http://www.amazon.com/The-Story-Civilization-Volume-Set/dp/1567310230

or Susan Bauer’s new Ancient and Middle Ages History books (Renaissance forthcoming). They are said to be for ages 12+; they are very thick, so I would assume they are suitable for HS and adults.

Truthquest history for HS is also an option, Level II, with books for HS level:

http://truthquesthistory.com/store/products.php?categoryParentName=Books&categoryName=Age+of+Revolution&itemId=32

Also, you may want to check out AO’s high school years recommendations: http://amblesideonline.org/09bks.shtml#his

http://amblesideonline.org/10bks.shtml

http://amblesideonline.org/11bks.shtml

unofficial 12th:

http://home.comcast.net/~tjlm/20072008T12.html#36Wk

I just noticed your original question was concerning Am. History. ONes that Sonya has recommended in the past were William Bennett’s America: Last Best Hope series in Three Volumes; plus one with later events into the 21st cen.

VOL. 1 – http://www.amazon.com/America-Last-Volume-Discovery-World/dp/B0031MA8O2/ref=pd_cp_b_1

Vol. 2 – http://www.amazon.com/America-Volume-World-Triumph-Freedom/dp/1595550879/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y

Vol.. 3 – http://www.amazon.com/America-Volume-Collapse-Communism-Radical/dp/1595554289/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_z

A Century Turns – http://www.amazon.com/Century-Turns-New-Hopes-Fears/dp/B003WUYSQC/ref=pd_sim_b_11

And the other respected historican would be Paul Johnson’s American His. books:

A History of the American People – http://www.amazon.com/History-American-People-Paul-Johnson/dp/0060930349/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1378935940&sr=1-1&keywords=paul+johnson+a+history+of+the+american+people

and/or

Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties, Revised Edition

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0060922834/$%7B0%7D#reader_0060922834

and then there are afew personal suggestions on Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson by Judge Napolitano and others w/an alternative perspective on the New Deal and a much overlooked Coolidge.

You’re welcome! My pleasure; I LOVE history!