BJU United States History
Grade 11 High School Homeschool Curriculum Set
Includes Teacher's Edition books 1&2, Student Textbook, Activity Book, & Teacher's Edition Activity Book
The BJU Press (Bob Jones University) United States History 3rd Edition Homeschool Curriculum Set is a comprehensive, Christian-perspective social studies course designed specifically for 11th-grade students (High School). This complete multi-book set traces the narrative of America from the pre-colonial era of discovery through the turn of the 21st century, focusing heavily on the structural forces, cultural developments, and political frameworks that shaped the nation.
What is Included in This Comprehensive Set
- Student Text: A beautifully illustrated, engaging narrative history textbook providing deep historical context, timelines, primary source excerpts, and biographical highlights.
- Teacher’s Edition (Books 1 & 2): A massive two-volume spiral-bound resource mapping out full daily lesson plans, providing teaching scripts, offering background insights, and including reduced-size copies of the student pages with answers filled in.
- Student Activities Book: A consumable workbook packed with primary source analysis sheets, study guides, map exercises, historical document reviews, and chart-reading tasks to reinforce text chapters.
- Student Activities Teacher’s Edition: A complete answer key mapping out structural solutions and grading guidelines for every prompt inside the student activities book.
Core Curriculum Themes
The 3rd edition is anchored on a biblical worldview of history, guiding students to evaluate historical events through the lens of scripture. It emphasizes critical thinking, asking students to analyze the why behind historical outcomes rather than forcing simple rote memorization of names and dates. Key areas of focus include the development of American constitutional government, the impact of religious movements, and geographic expansion.
How to Teach and Grade This Set Without Additional Test Materials
If you do not have the separate printed testing booklet, you can easily deliver a rigorous, fully accountable high school credit using only the core items in this set:
- Use Chapter Review Questions as Open-Book Tests: Every chapter in the main Student Text ends with a robust "Chapter Review" section. Have your student treat these sections as formal exams. Because they require multi-sentence, analytical answers, they serve as excellent measures of comprehension.
- Grade the Student Activities Book as Daily Assessment: Treat the map work, historical document analysis, and study guides inside the Student Activities workbook as a portfolio of work. The Student Activities Teacher's Edition gives you exact grading keys to evaluate their accuracy, structure, and effort.
- Utilize Teacher Guide Discussion Prompts for Oral Exams: The Teacher's Edition margins are packed with high-level discussion questions, problem-solving scenarios, and review prompts. Sit down with your student at the end of each unit for a 15-minute oral review session. Grade them based on their ability to articulate main historical themes and cause-and-effect relationships.
- Assign Historical Essays or Research Briefs: Replace traditional multiple-choice tests with writing assignments. The Teacher's Edition introduces primary source documents and conflicting historical perspectives. Have your student write a one-page essay defending a specific position, using the text narrative as their foundational evidence.
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