Introducing Whirlwind World History | Homeschool History Curriculum from Guest Hollow

[@MomOfSeven123]

Our state requires 2 years of world history in high school. I took Whirlwind and have paced it to take 2 days for each Whirlwind day. On day one, we do the online book, workbook and timeline. On the second day, we do the day's shorter videos and reference books. Because we have two weeks to do each Whirlwind week, I usually can fit in a full length video one of the days. We've been doing it since July, and it has really worked out well!

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

Great idea for fulfilling that 2 year requirement on WH!

[@alyshaschmidt535]

Thanks for the video! I am super picky about history curriculums and haven't really connected with any, but this one sounds pretty great! I'll definitely be checking it out as my oldest son gets a little older!

[@guesthollow]

Wow Abbey! You have outdone yourself again with yet another flat-out AWESOME video on your experience!! We also totally enjoyed the first (treadmill) Chemistry in the Kitchen video and the similar humor!!! ;-D

[@Kim-pq1rx]

Thank you for these reviews. We are using Story of the World for grades 5-6 and the best part of it is the activity book, so finding something at the high school level with lots of activities is wonderful for my kinesthetic learner!

[@angib7345]

I don’t know how you just kept talking, but this was amazing! I just purchased this curriculum for our last freshman in the house. Your video was so informative but also engaging. Great job!

[@emily-lifeonaranch7093]

Hi mama thank you for this video. Happy homeschooling

[@annemenks5004]

Thank you again for this in depth look at Guest Hollows. I was searching through your videos and trying to see if you had info on the American History course they offer. If so, how easily do you think a 7th grader could use this program?

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

I actually just picked up American History Year 1 and 2. I plan to have my son work on that during his Junior and Senior year. I haven't had a chance yet to pick up and review the books to give an accurate answer. HOWEVER- I know Guest Hollow is planning to release a middle school version of American History Year 1 for middle school sometime before the start of the next school year. I recommend joining their facebook group since they are great at posting weekly updates and announcements about things like that

[@annemenks5004]

Thank you for the heads up on the middle school options!@@mypracticallyimperfectlife

[@melissaburrs872]

Great video on WH from Guest Hallow! I was thinking about having my soon to be 10th grader take this course next fall. She already has American history completed as well as half a credit for geography. Do you think this course would have enough geography in it to count as a half credit? I know I can probably work it out to be that way if I needed, but since we haven't used it yet I thought I would ask someone who has used it.

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

The workbook has several mapwork pages for each week which you could use plus the History of the World Map by Map that is included in the schedule is a great resource book. I think you could definitely give the geography credit

[@melissaburrs872]

Great!! Thank you for responding back to me.

[@daniellefarnell8586]

How long does your student need each day to work on this curriculum? Do you count it entirely as his literature, or also do a separate literature study? Thanks!

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

It varies from 1-2 hours depending on if he is doing a hands on project that day. Often we save recipes, things like the Minecraft projects or model building for the end of the day and he works on those at his leisure. The reading/KZbin videos/workbook take maybe an hour. If I see a documentary or full length movie we would like to do, we save those for family movie nights. I do have him doing BJU literature but he is the type of student who needs a more structured literature and writing program. But there are definitely enough great novels in the GH program that you could consider using it for literature

[@FPmedicaldoctor]

I love your content! It is so helpful for me to prepare my 11 yo for highschool. I know you have done the GH Geography and World history, but have you done the US history? Its 2 years which is kind of daunting.. thoughts? Thanks- Felicia

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

We plan to use US History for my son’s Junior and Senior years (he’ll also do the Gov/Econ course one of those years as well). I just got my hands on the program before the holiday season and plan to do a video about it and our plans later this winter

[@Hedge_Haven]

I've never used sticker paper before. Is this something that can be done with an ecotank printer, or does it require special tools?

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

I printed the stickers on my Ecotank printer without any trouble. I found the full size Avery sticker sheets worked well because the backing that you peel off is prescored. When we cut out the stickers that made it easy to get the backing off. Overall it was much faster than cutting and pasting the pictures

[@Hedge_Haven]

@@mypracticallyimperfectlife excellent! Thank you for all the helpful tips you share in your videos! They provide relief and encouragement. I'm about to watch your video about how you track grades and create your grading system. :) Thanks again!

[@melaniewood1224]

Curious if you used Guest Hollow's American History?

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

We haven’t yet but it’s on our plan for my son to do next year. Pretty excited to check that one out soon!

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

We haven’t yet, but I do plan to have my son use that next year. He’s also going to be doing American literature next year so that should work out great.

[@melaniewood1224]

​@@mypracticallyimperfectlife ok, I'll watch next year to see how you like it!

[@ChalkboardCreativeHomeschool]

This was a great review video? How old is your son? Were there any writing assignments (ie short essay) included?

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

He’s a sophomore this year. The course doesn’t include essay assignments (though there are plenty of prompts in the workbook you could use as an essay topic). I have him answer a question or prompt each week in his narration journal. His responses need to fill at least a page, so in a way I suppose you could call those short essays

[@amandaw1901]

Is there an off line version? My student gets easily distracted if lessons are online.

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

The GH textbook is online unless you were to try and print the webpages off directly to read. If you opt to not do the recommended KZbin videos, then you can do the majority of the other things offline. The workbook that goes along with the online textbook is a PDF, so I just printed that out for my student. There are lots of great books on the booklist. You could choose which of the other hands on activities you’d like your student to do and print those off for them if you needed to limit their access online

[@Hedge_Haven]

Is geography and map work built into this program, or is geography a separate curriculum?

[@mypracticallyimperfectlife]

Guest Hollow has a course called Geography and Cultures which gets much more in depth in geography. In World History, there is mapwork included but it will be largely historical maps as you go through the time periods

[@Hedge_Haven]

@@mypracticallyimperfectlife Yes, I discovered their Geography & Cultures Curriculum this past week and dove in! I also discovered Google Classroom this past week, to help me manage their online schedule. What a new and wild way to homeschool! It's exciting! I watched a collaboration you and several other KZbin homeschool mothers made featuring GH Geography & Cultures... It was so helpful, thank you!