The Nomadic Professor: US History 3 & 4 with Media Literacy

The Nomadic Professor: U.S. History 3 and 4

The Nomadic Professor: U.S. History 3 and 4 isn’t your typical flip-through-and-forget-it history course. It’s a rigorous, modern high school history program built for digital learners who need serious academic chops. Designed to cover U.S. history from the 1880s through the War on Terror, this dual-volume course blends dynamic video lectures filmed on location—not just green-screen talking heads—with over 2,000 pages of narrated, annotated text and plenty of critical thinking exercises.

Across 40 units, your teen will explore turning points in modern history, from immigration waves and progressive reforms to global wars, civil rights movements, and foreign policy in a post-9/11 world. Along the way, he’ll be asked to evaluate propaganda, deconstruct political cartoons, and weigh historical perspectives—not just memorize names and dates.

• Video-based sessions that explain key ideas through real-world visuals
• Document-based lessons with primary and secondary sources
• Audio versions of the readings, read by the professor himself
• Built-in comprehension checks and self-assessments
• Guided notes, CLEP prep, and structured writing assignments
• Intensity options: standard or AP/CLEP track

When completed together, US3 and US4 provide the following transcript-ready credits:

• 1 credit in U.S. History
• 0.5 credit in Rhetoric and Logic
• 0.5 credit in American Literature

Students are encouraged to build a portfolio as they go, logging time spent, work completed, and samples of written assignments. The Instructor’s Guide, included, shows you exactly how to translate this into high school credit documentation.

This 10-month subscription offers flexibility for different pacing needs and comes with lifetime access to updates. Bonus: the program is self-paced, completely online, and visually polished. Content is faith-neutral but sometimes includes historical artwork with partial nudity, so plan accordingly.

This course isn’t just for college-bound students—though it certainly prepares him. It’s for any teen who needs to learn how to analyze, synthesize, and not fall for the first flashy headline he sees. With The Nomadic Professor, he’ll come away with more than a history credit—he’ll come away with discernment.