Exploring World History and Exploring America

Strong emphasis on primary source engagement through dedicated companion volumes. Both courses include substantial collections of original documents, speeches, essays, and historical texts.

American Voices contains compilation of documents, speeches, essays, hymns, poems; In Their Words includes original documents, poems, excerpts from novels, hymns, and speeches

Minimal teacher support provided through brief parent guides and basic writing advice. The curriculum assumes significant teacher independence and subject knowledge.

Eight-page parent guide booklets with course description and tips, limited 'Advice on Writing' section, but review notes this provides very limited help for teaching composition if students need structured guidance

The curriculum provides chronological coverage but with significant gaps due to its integrated approach. World History covers Creation through present day but allocates only one week each to major civilizations like Greece, Rome, and the Renaissance.

Part 1 covers Creation through Middle Ages, Part 2 covers Renaissance to present, but topics like Greek civilization, Roman Empire, Renaissance get only one week each due to heavy emphasis on biblical history

Mixed approach with textbook content providing direct instruction, but significant emphasis on independent study and project-based learning. Daily lessons present historical information in traditional textbook format.

Daily lessons include presentation of historical information as found in other history books, but courses assume independent study for the most part with project choices and assignments

Optional Student Review Packs provide systematic review through daily questions and periodic assessments. However, these components are not required parts of the core curriculum.

Student Review books have questions for each lesson ranging from simple recall to short essay, plus weekly quizzes and exams every five units, but Student Review Packs are optional

No explicit vocabulary instruction program identified. Academic vocabulary development appears to occur incidentally through extensive reading and writing assignments.

Review discusses extensive reading requirements and writing projects but does not mention specific vocabulary instruction or academic terminology development

Limited explicit geography instruction, though some geographic knowledge is embedded within historical content. The curriculum focuses primarily on history and literature integration.

Review mentions historical coverage and literature but does not specifically address geography instruction or maps as core curriculum components