America the Beautiful
We have a recorded online seminar available that explains the basics about this curriculum.
What are the differences between America the Beautiful and Exploring America?
America the Beautiful and Exploring America touch on many of the same topics, but they are quite different. The reading level for the lessons and literature is very different for the two courses. Exploring America also uses more literature and original documents. With a weekly essay assignment, too, it is much more challenging than America the Beautiful.
America the Beautiful spends more time on the colonial period, and Exploring America spends more time on the Civil War, so the first semester units do not exactly correspond between the two curricula; but in the second semester, they realign. America the Beautiful provides more detail on individuals through the biographies and highlights of each president's life. It also covers natural wonders, landmarks, and daily life extensively. Exploring America focuses more on political and social history, and it has more in-depth Bible study.
Download a chart comparing the table of contents from each curriculum to see how you can use them together.
Other Resources
Are you going to publish a middle school world history?
We have received multiple requests for a middle school world history. We have started preliminary planning and research, but this new curriculum will likely not be ready for at least 2-3 years.
Are you going to publish more state histories?
We do not have plans at this time. Georgia and Tennessee are the two state histories we have published.
