Ancient American Civilizations

Discovering Our Past

Class Overview

This class is designed to teach ancient American history to high school students who study online with a tutor or participate in a homeschool curriculum.

Lessons from the Past

What to Expect

Lessons in this series are sequential and will include chapter readings, supplemental and optional reading, chapter quizzes, and a hands-on project of your choice. The more you learn about the past, the more you will understand about yourself and today's society and how we can make a brighter future for tomorrow.
 

For the Tutor/Parent

Suggestions for field trips in your locale are available upon request or you can recommend sites for your student(s) to visit that would be appropriate to your personal situations and class study.

 

Our studies will include:

• The latest archeological discoveries, comparing them to previous scientific finds;

• What is known about ancient American civilizations and populations;
• Discussions about cultures, habitats, religion and rituals, art, diet, apparel, and family structure.

Our Class Philosophy

This class is meant to be entertaining and a learning experience -- which means participation is vital to your success in the class. Participation includes field trips, videos you make showing your hands-on experiences, written reports about books you've read, videos or written reports about field trips you've taken, and written reports about projects you've finished, as well as completed multiple-choice chapter quizzes. Another vital aspect is student feedback so feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions about a lesson, project or assignment. I look forward to working with each of you as we discover our past.

Other Things to Know:

• Each chapter quiz may be taken three times to ensure the lessons are learned.


• Short videos demonstrating hands-on selections can be submitted at the end of the semester.


• Reports about field trips should be submitted in the dropbox within a week after the excursion.


• For those who enjoy extra credit and side projects, you can make a selection from the suggestion box or e-mail me with your own suggestion.


• All projects, videos, quizzes, extra credit and reports should be submitted no later than the last day of the semester.  

OTHER RESOURCES

Special History Field Trips

 

  

Our School Calendar

 

Our Textbook