Engages students in active learning

Provides a complete curriculum that makes learning fun

Every lesson is fully planned with videos, projects, and primary source analysis  

PDF worksheets, Google docs, online textbooks, and more

California Core Aligned Curriculum 

Students can work both offline and online

Multitude of lessons to choose from

Requires teacher to pick and choose lessons as it’s difficult to cover everything

Provides hands on activities and targets multiple learning styles

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Interactive, consumable, weekly newspaper to learn about social studies

Comes with lesson plans and online access

California standards aligned

When ordering, be sure to choose the 2018 version or the updated 2022 version

California Core Aligned Curriculum

Online Video Instruction with additional independent practice and assessments

Optional hard copies for additional offline practice

Provides computer generated lesson plans and pacing guides 

Great customer support hotline

Supplements History curriculum, providing a warm up or quick start to the day's lesson

Helps build and maintain subject specific vocabulary 

Activities include matching, short answer, true/false, word games, and map activities

Can be used as a full history course on its own or as an adjunct to one or more other resources

Each lesson consists of one to two pages of information, a series of nine multiple-choice questions, one or two essay questions, and a graphic organizer activity page

Graphic organizers at the end of each lesson help students to visually arrange information—another way to reinforce learning

Reading comprehension is a major function of the lessons

Presents history lessons by having students solve a mystery

Each mystery is organized into five days of work

Lesson plans included for the teacher, which offer suggestions for introducing each mystery and how to guide the activities

9-10 mysteries, so this would need to be used periodically with additional history curriculum

Complete, Core Aligned Curriculum

Aligned to California state standards

Self-directed instruction with minimal teacher supervision

Courses are Not Live and the Parent Supports Instruction

Live, Online Classes for Kids and Teens

Numerous Courses in a Variety of Subjects

Classes Vary Depending on Availability of Instructors

Some courses can be pricey

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