Exploring America - 5th Edition

Exploring America

Finding a high school curriculum that covers history, literature, Bible, and composition without turning your schedule into a juggling act can be difficult. Exploring America brings those subjects together in a single Christian homeschool curriculum that can earn up to three full high school credits: one in American History, one in English, and one in Bible.

Designed for high school students, this year-long course follows American history from early European exploration through modern times while helping teens examine historical events through a Biblical worldview. Along the way, students encounter the people, ideas, documents, and beliefs that helped shape the nation.

The course is built around 150 daily lessons spread across three hardcover volumes. The primary texts provide engaging history readings, Bible study, writing assignments, and literature connections, while the included American Voices reader adds depth through speeches, letters, essays, hymns, and other primary-source documents. Reading original voices from the past gives history a different feel. Suddenly, these aren't just names in a timeline—they're real people wrestling with real decisions, challenges, and convictions.

One of the curriculum's greatest strengths is its integration. History, literature, composition, and Bible aren't treated as separate subjects competing for time. Instead, students encounter them together, allowing historical events, literary works, and biblical principles to inform one another in meaningful ways.

The Bible component goes beyond a few scattered devotionals. Dedicated Bible study lessons help students examine spiritual themes throughout American history and evaluate events through the lens of Scripture. At the same time, the literature and composition assignments encourage thoughtful analysis, communication skills, and critical thinking.

Many families appreciate that they can dial the workload up or down without feeling like they're breaking the course. Students seeking a rigorous college-preparatory experience can complete the full program, including the twelve literature titles, writing assignments, and research paper, to earn all three credits. Others choose to focus primarily on the American History and Bible components, earning two credits while reducing the workload.

The optional Student Review Pack includes review questions, quizzes, exams, literary analysis, and grading support for families seeking additional accountability and assessment tools.

By the end of the year, your teen won't just know more American history. He'll have read challenging literature, wrestled with primary sources, explored Scripture, and spent time thinking about the ideas, beliefs, and events that helped shape a nation. That's the kind of learning that tends to stick long after the credits have been recorded on a transcript.