The Nomadic Professor World History

by The Nomadic Professorhttps://nomadicprofessor.com/

Social_studiesGrades 9–12

The Nomadic Professor World History: Audio-Video World History with Museum Project

The Nomadic Professor World History is a two-semester online curriculum featuring audio presentations by Dr. William Jackson and videos filmed on location across 16 world regions. The curriculum combines traditional chronological instruction with an optional humanities credit earned through creating a virtual World History Museum.

Best for

High school students (grades 9-12) and homeschooling families seeking a comprehensive, technology-rich world history curriculum with optional humanities credit

Evaluation Criteria

5 strengths · 2 neutral

Primary SourcesStrength

Document Lessons in each subsection engage students with primary sources as they curate artifacts for their World History Museum project.

Every subsection concludes with Document Lessons where students work with artifacts, images, and historical documents to create museum exhibits

Direct InstructionStrength

The curriculum provides explicit instruction through audio presentations and online text, with each lesson beginning with leading questions.

Dr. Jackson provides audio presentations answering specific questions, and students can 'read through the online text' with the same content alongside maps and images

Vocabulary BuildingStrength

The curriculum includes sophisticated vocabulary instruction through 'Structure Terms' that require students to understand relationships between concepts.

Students work on 'Structure Terms' vocabulary and must 'create some sort of structure—3D, paper, or digital—in which they connect all their vocabulary terms for the course through relationships'

Geographic KnowledgeStrength

The curriculum divides the world into 16 regions and includes systematic map work and geographic instruction.

Guided Notes include 'map work' and 'timeline activities,' and the course covers regions that 'usually get short shrift in other texts' including Oceania, Mesoamerica, and North America

Chronological KnowledgeStrength

The curriculum systematically develops world history chronologically across 16 regions, covering periods from ancient times through the present.

World 1 covers up through 1300 A.D. and World 2 continues to present, with content 'systematically and chronologically developing the history of each region as the course progresses'

Teacher TrainingNeutral

The curriculum provides comprehensive instructor resources including answer keys, rubrics, and detailed guidance, though specific professional development is not mentioned.

Instructors have 'access to all student resources, plus answer keys' and 'Rubrics are provided' with thorough instructions in a 22-page course handbook

Retrieval PracticeNeutral

The curriculum includes online quizzes for each subsection and guided notes that reinforce content, though evidence for spaced review is limited.

Students 'take quizzes online' for each subsection and complete 'Guided Notes' that 'reinforce lesson content'

Review Sources

cathyduffy

Cathy Duffy

Key Facts
GradesGrades 9–12
SubjectSocial_studies
PedagogyTraditional
Faith-BasedNo

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