America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful ​is a one-year course centered in God's Word that makes learning U.S. history exciting for students in grades five through eight. This curriculum features:

• Open-and-go lessons that require minimal planning
• Colorful photographs and illustrations
• Primary source documents
  
• Bible study, vocabulary, creative writing, and hands-on projects

Here's what Tammy in Missouri said about this curriculum:

I used [America the Beautiful] with my sons who were in 6th grade and 8th grade. They both said they don't usually like history, but they really liked this. Both of my sons have asked to do Notgrass again this coming school year.

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America the Beautiful combines the flexibility and richness of a literature-based unit study with the simplicity of a textbook. A student can use this one-year curriculum successfully any time between grades five and eight. Whether you have one child or multiple children learning together, you can choose the activities that work best for your family.

The America the Beautiful Curriculum Package includes six books:

• America the Beautiful Part 1
• America the Beautiful Part 2
• We the People
  
• Maps of America the Beautiful
  
• Timeline of America the Beautiful
  
• America the Beautiful Answer Key and Literature Guide

America the Beautiful Part 1 and Part 2 are full-color, richly illustrated hardcovers that include the lessons to read and all instructions you need for using the other components. We the People features original journal entries, newspaper articles, advertisements, poems, songs, letters, short stories, speeches, and other historic documents from American history.

The map book includes 30 maps drawn specifically to accompany this curriculum. After each lesson, your child will add an event mentioned in the lesson to the full-color, illustrated timeline. The Answer Key and Literature Guide has all the answers you need plus notes and review questions about the ten literature titles we recommend.

Each of the ten literature titles is assigned at a particular point in the course and focuses on a different period of U.S. history. All ten titles are in print and available for purchase individually or as a package.

We offer two optional consumable books to help measure your child's understanding of the material. You can choose to use one, both, or neither. The Student Workbook  includes one handwork sheet for each lesson. It also includes weekly unit tests and literature review questions. The Lesson Review includes daily lesson review questions, weekly unit tests, and literature review questions.

Table of Contents / Introduction

Below you can flip through sample pages from all of the books. For a more detailed look at how the curriculum works, you can watch a video walkthrough with the author.

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