$48.99
History Compass is a middle school- to high school-level course that gives the basic, foundational knowledge students need to think, research, and write like a historian in a short but jam-packed curriculum. History Compass is available only as a PDF eBook and it includes a separate Teacher Guidance PDF.
Grade level: 6th through 12th
Pages: 185
Course type: eBook (PDF). Includes a free Teacher Guidance PDF
History Compass is a semester-long homeschool history course that instructs sixth to twelfth grade students to methodically yet creatively think, research, and write like a historian. Coursework is designed to help students find and appropriately examine sources and then use the evidence they find to make their own, well supported claims about people and events of the past.
History Compass was written to accompany the History Odyssey series and serve as a prerequisite to any of the History Odyssey curriculum for middle school and high school students. History Compass frontloads, or teaches you ahead of time, the skills that will be required for the assignments and projects in History Odyssey so that you are prepared and can focus on and savor the content of the history course itself. Ideally, it should be completed before starting History Odyssey.
History Compass is a secular homeschool curriculum, meaning it does not present religious beliefs or texts as historically factual accounts. Rather, it references them as another source or perspective to be considered.
In addition to this study guide, you will need the following.
Middle and high school students learning at home or in co-ops, learning pods, micro-schools, or charter schools can use History Compass. The study guide is written directly to students in concise, easy to understand language so students can independently work their way through the course.
History Compass serves as a foundational course for the History Odyssey series. The critical thinking and writing skills amassed during History Compass will enable students to navigate any of the History Odyssey courses with greater confidence and finesse. For this reason, we recommend History Compass as a prerequisite to any History Odyssey course.
However, because the course is focused on developing skills rather than memorizing content, it is certainly constructive as a standalone course as well. The skills learned are transferable to academic work in science, language arts, and humanities.
Included with your purchase of the History Compass eBook is a Teacher Guidance file. Teacher Guidance offers additional structure for instructors leading students through the course including how to assess student work.
The foundational skill of historical thinking is asking questions. Students will learn what types of questions build intricate understanding of historical events, objects, and people. They will develop this skill with repeated practice throughout Unit 1 of the course. Projects include examining the broader historical context of:
Unit 2 focuses on developing essential research skills. Students will become efficient and effective researchers by learning how to:
All writing assignments focus on teaching students to use CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) as a framework for becoming a strong writer. Over the course of eight sequential lessons, students will compose:
Important Copyright Information: You are purchasing a license to use the PDF for your own children. You may make copies for your own children, but you may not share (email, download, print and distribute, resell, etc.) this eBook or any portion of this eBook to others.
Licensing is available for group, school, and co-op use. Please contact Pandia Press for details on group licensing (info@pandiapress.com).
