Guest Hollow’s High School American History Curriculum

The curriculum includes dedicated map work components integrated into weekly schedules. MapTrek is specifically mentioned as a ranked resource used throughout both courses.

Weekly activities include a dedicated 'Map Work' section, and MapTrek is listed as a ranked 3 resource used throughout both courses

The curriculum includes some primary source engagement through workbook assignments requiring additional reading of brief articles. However, the focus is primarily on secondary sources like historical novels and documentaries rather than direct historical documents.

Workbook assignments require additional reading including brief articles found on the internet, but main resources are historical novels, biographies, and videos

The curriculum provides extensive guidance for implementation and adaptation but limited content knowledge support. Parent guides focus on logistics rather than historical content mastery.

Lengthy sections explaining course usage and adaptation methods, brief parent's guide for one book, but no evidence of substantive content or pedagogical training

The curriculum relies heavily on independent reading and multimedia consumption rather than explicit direct instruction. Teachers primarily facilitate resource management rather than delivering structured lessons.

Students use spine book as read-aloud, audiobook, or independent reading; schedules suggest options and adaptations but minimal direct instruction components

The curriculum includes some retrieval practice through weekly Summary Pages and workbook assignments. However, systematic spaced review across units is not clearly structured.

Summary Page completed weekly with who, what, where, when boxes; workbook includes various question types including multiple-choice and short responses

The curriculum appears to follow a chronological structure through its two-year format using A Patriot's History as the spine text. However, the heavy emphasis on literature-based learning may not systematically build clear chronological frameworks.

Uses A Patriot's History of the United States as core spine book across two years, with weekly lesson plans that follow chapter sequences

Explicit vocabulary instruction is not clearly evident in the curriculum description. The focus appears to be on comprehension through literature rather than systematic vocabulary development.

No specific mention of vocabulary instruction methods or materials in the detailed review