Growing up how much I learned about a subject depended entirely on the teacher who was teaching. Unfortunately, I did not have the best history teachers so I learned about the Native Americans but not much after they settled. In college I focused on World History as that seemed more interesting to me. If you have a high schooler who is in a similar situation – loves history but isn’t learning the subject very well – I have a great site to show to you. Brightstorm.com is a website that offers high school level courses in History, Geometry, Algebra II, and SAT/AP test prep on various subjects. You can Sign up for a free brightstorm account! and check out the course offerings. Each course runs around $50 for a 12 month subscription. You can watch the episodes online anytime you want and learn at your own pace. The “teachers” have great personalities and can really catch your attention during the lesson. I have signed up for a 12-month course on US History to see if I can learn a few things that I missed during my schooling years. The sign up and check out process was very easy. After I registered, I received an activation code. Upon receiving and confirming my account, I was able to choose a course and add it to my shopping basket. I checked out and immediately my course and episodes were available for me to start watching. I have an excited British girl teaching me about US history right now. She is giving a course overview and it sounds like we will be covering quite some ground in this upcoming year on a variety of history topics as well as the culture of the times. I look forward to the activities I will be doing as we will be required to use our critical thinking skills as well.
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