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Teachers and parents overseeing one or more students can sign up for a Premium account. By taking this route, you will benefit from a virtual classroom setup complete with a focused dashboard where you can monitor progress, manage grades and assignments, and adjust the number of available seats in your group. 

What credits do your courses offer?

• US1-2
  • 1 credit in U.S. History
  • .5 credits in Historical Methods
  • .5 credits in College Writing
• US 3-4
  • 1 credit in U.S. History
  • .5 credit in Rhetoric and Logic
  • .5 credits in American Literature

Can my student earn high school credit?

Each Nomadic Course fulfills 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.

What do your American History courses cover?

• US1
  • Content: Pre-Columbian America to the ratification of the Constitution
  • Skills: Thinking like a historian; reading historical documents; reading political cartoons; generating research questions
• US2
  • Content: The ratification of the Constitution to the end of Reconstruction
  • Skills: Research and writing; primary and secondary sources; researching in databases and search engines; citations and annotation; plagiarism; outlining and thesis construction; anticipating counterarguments; drafting and editing; introductions and conclusions; cohesion and clarity
• US3
  • Content: The 1880s through the beginning of WWII
  • Skills: Reading American literature; taking notes without guidance; logic and rhetoric; research and writing in new formats
• US4
  • Content: WWII through the War on Terror
  • Skills: Taking notes on a blank page; logic and rhetoric; research and writing in new formats; preparing for standardized tests; using Nomadic History Courses on your transcript

Is there an audiobook?

Yes. Every session is recorded as a downloadable audio file read by the Professor.

When should my student take these courses?

For high school students we recommend the following course of study. For middle school students, teachers and parents should make a judgment for their students after spending some time in the course previews and getting a feel for the reading level and student self-management requirements.

• 9th or 10th grade: US1 and US2
• 11th or 12th grade: US3 and US4

Who grades the student work?

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.

How much time will the courses take?

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 two courses in one school year (e.g., US1&US2, or US3&US4).

Further calendar and planning guidance is included within the course as part of the course Instructor’s Guide.