The Nomadic Professor: World History 1 & 2 - 10-month Subscription
The Nomadic Professor swaps stale textbooks for global adventures—blending rich primary sources, on-location video, and writing instruction into a flexible, portfolio-ready course that builds true historical literacy and college-ready thinking.
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2026 Twelfth-Grade Curriculum Kit
The Nomadic Professor: World History 1 & 2 is a multimedia high school course that traces world history from 2000 BC to the present through video, text, and primary source analysis.
Students move across 16 regions, studying major civilizations, cultural developments, and global connections over time. The course uses on-location video filmed in historical settings alongside narrated readings and document-based lessons, giving students multiple ways to work through the material.
The emphasis is on comparison and context. Students evaluate sources, consider differing perspectives, and track how ideas and events develop across regions rather than within a single national narrative.
Each volume includes 10 units, with sessions that combine video lectures, reading, guided notes, and source analysis. The structure keeps the material moving while returning to key themes across different parts of the world.
Three track options—Basic, Standard, and Advanced—allow you to adjust the level of depth and writing required. Standard and Advanced tracks include additional humanities work, with writing assignments supported by rubrics and examples.
Course materials are available in multiple formats, including video, text, and audio, so students can work through the content in different ways depending on the setting.
Students have 10 months of access and work at their own pace within that window.
Together, World History 1 & 2 can be counted as:
- 1 credit in World History
- 1 credit in Humanities (Standard or Advanced track)
This course asks students to move between regions, perspectives, and time periods, building a broader understanding of how historical developments connect across the world.
Note: Some historical artwork included in the course may contain partial nudity.
How to Use The Nomadic Professor World History 1 & 2
- Set a goal of three sessions a week. Each session includes either an on-location video or a deep dive into primary sources, so this pace keeps things moving without overwhelming your teen.
- Understand the course structure. Every ten units wraps a course, and there are two volumes in total—World History 1 and World History 2. That's 100 sessions for the full set, which works out beautifully across a typical school year.
- Encourage your teen to use the guided notes and auto-graded quizzes as he goes. It'll keep him on track and make test prep a lot easier.
- If he's going for the Standard or Advanced track, make sure he's completing the extra writing assignments and discussion prompts along the way—those are what level this course up into 1 credit of World History and 1 credit of Humanities.
- Keep a portfolio of quizzes, notes, and written work to support transcript documentation later. The Instructor's Guide helps make this process painless.
- Bonus tip: Everything is available in podcast format too—great for teens who learn well while pacing, driving, or flopped upside-down on the couch.
In the 2026 kits this course earns high school credit under more than one heading:
1 credit of Humanities
History & Social Studies · 12th grade · Non-Religious kits
1 credit of World History Survey
History & Social Studies · 12th grade · Non-Religious kits
Counts once with The Nomadic Professor: US History 1 & 2 - 10-month Subscription, not twice.
These courses include more than a hundred on-location videos filmed by the Nomadic Professor in more than 40 countries, bringing history to life from where it actually happened.
Each course includes ten units, made up of five sessions each (four core historical content sessions and one document-based lesson), roughly divided according to the following chronology:
World 1
- Unit 1: to 2000 BC
- Unit 2: to 1000 BC
- Unit 3: to 500 BC
- Unit 4: to 200 BC
- Unit 5: to 100 AD
- Unit 6: to 340 AD
- Unit 7: to 580 AD
- Unit 8: to 820 AD
- Unit 9: to 1060 AD
- Unit 10: to 1300 AD
- Unit 1: to 1375 AD
- Unit 2: to 1450 AD
- Unit 3: to 1525 AD
- Unit 4: to 1600 AD
- Unit 5: to 1675 AD
- Unit 6: to 1750 AD
- Unit 7: to 1825 AD
- Unit 8: to 1900 AD
- Unit 9: to 1960 AD
- Unit 10: since 1960 AD
- Twenty units of 4-5 sessions each, including text, video, and a complete version of the course available via audio/podcast format read by the Professor!
- Hundreds of on-location videos filmed all over the world
- Guided notes, daily quizzes, ten lessons in reading and writing about some of the most momentous documents and artifacts in world history, and more
- These courses aren’t static! We are constantly adding to them, improving them, and and taking suggestions about what would make for a better user experience.
Publisher: The Nomadic Professor
Author: Dr. William Kesler Jackson & Nate Noorlander
Age Recommendation: 14+
Grade Recommendation: 9th Grade+
Faith-Based: No
Subscription Info: Online 10-Month Subscription
Session Time: 30-90 minutes per session (50 session)
System Requirements: Internet access
Lessons/Projects: 50 Sessions (10 Units, made up of 5 sessions each)
Format: Online
Copyright: 2025
World 1-2
These courses fulfill the hours and content requirements for the credits listed above. Students, instructors, supervisors, and/or parents should organize coursework into a portfolio that can be used to justify the credits and grades claimed on final high school transcripts. The Nomadic Professor does not provide the high school transcript, however each Nomadic Course comes with an Instructor’s Guide with further details about how to document hours and content for transcript credit.
“This isn’t just a curriculum. It’s a story-rich, globe-spanning, media-powered journey from about 4000 BC to the near present, guided by a real historian who teaches with clarity, curiosity, and respect for your teen’s intelligence.” Read the Review.
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions about this product below:
- 1 credit in World History
- 1 credit in Humanities
Yes. Every session is recorded as a downloadable audio file read by the Professor.
Students take these courses between 9th-12th grades, to fulfill their high school World History requirement.
There are consistent graded elements in each Nomadic Course. Daily quizzes are automatically graded and recorded in the student gradebook. Other graded assignments must be assessed by a qualified supervisor, parent, or instructor, who will manually enter scores into the gradebook.
To assist with grading student work, all graded assignments include (1) an answer key, and (2) an easy-to-use checklist rubric. In most cases student work can be graded in a few minutes a day, or in short sessions at the end of each week. The gradebook is pre-weighted, and will immediately reflect changes as new scores are entered.
In some cases students can be trained to assess their own work, perhaps overseen by a supervisor, but this should be decided case-by-case.
Further grading guidance is included within the course as part of the course Instructor’s Guide.
Sessions are designed to be completed in 30-90 minutes, depending on the reader and what parts of the course they utilize. Each course has approximately 50 sessions.
Courses are designed to be completed in 4-6 months, depending on how many days a week students will be in the class. Most students will be able to finish both courses in one school year.
Further calendar and planning guidance is included within the course as part of the course Instructor’s Guide.
The Nomadic Professor: World History 1 & 2 counts as 1 credit of Humanities and 1 credit of World History Survey on a high school transcript. Its World History Survey credit is the same one The Nomadic Professor: US History 1 & 2 earns, so count it once. To turn its grade into a GPA, use our free homeschool GPA calculator: it works out each letter grade from your student's scores, figures the GPA by year and for all of high school, and prints a grade record for the transcript.
- June 30, 2026
Jenn C.
This is everything an advanced course should be. My daughter loves the videos, and there is something so cool about being able to see where history took place. I love that this is a course that demands deep thinking and making connections. The only downside is that it is not a readily available course. It is rolled out throughout the year, and the releases are not put out on time. My daughter still has not been able to finish the last unit due to it not being released yet.
- June 8, 2026
twoblue30
A great way to see where all the history was recorded. The Nomadic Professor explains things very well and is honest and upfront about all the lessons. This course is a little lengthy to read, watch and take notes but worth it for a 16/17 year old. I feel it's great for 10th and 11th grade students!
- September 24, 2025
Perfect for world schoolers
Vivienne M.
We have been world schooling for over 4 years now integrating the non religious customized elite curriculums by Timberdoodle and this course is a favorite of our 17 year old. We emphasize turning all experiences into learning opportunities and so this course is perfect as it integrates reading and viewing videos of onsite history lessons, so it’s like vicariously living through history at the sites they happened in.
