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All 36 weeks of 11th grade history, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.
Open the free Week 1 lesson See plans
History is taught from primary sources: students read real documents, letters, and speeches, then analyze who wrote them and why.
Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | US History: Indigenous nations and colonial claims | C3 D2.His.1.9-12 |
| 2 | Colonial regions and Atlantic slavery documents | D2.His.4.9-12 |
| 3 | Revolution and Constitution road | C3 D2.Civ.1.9-12 |
| 4 | Constitution Articles I–III structural map | D2.Civ.3.9-12 |
| 5 | Early republic: parties, expansion, Marshall Court | D2.His.1.9-12 |
| 6 | Jackson era and Native removal documents | D2.His.6.9-12 |
| 7 | Reform movements: abolition, women's rights, temperance | C3 D2.His.14.9-12 |
| 8 | Sectional crisis primary stack | D2.His.16.9-12 |
| 9 | Civil War military and home front documents | C3 D2.His.2.9-12 |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Reconstruction amendments and backlash documents | D2.Eco.1.9-12 |
| 11 | Industrial capitalism and Progressive reforms | C3 D3.1–D3.4.9-12 |
| 12 | Colonies→1877 timeline defense | D4.1.9-12 |
| 13 | WWI and 1920s US documents | D4.2.9-12 |
| 14 | New Deal documents (multi-view) | C3 D2.His.4.9-12 |
| 15 | WWII home front and Japanese American incarceration docs | D2.Civ.10.9-12 |
| 16 | Cold War US domestic/foreign docs | D2.Eco.8.9-12 |
| 17 | Civil Rights movement primary stack | |
| 18 | 1968–1980 political realignments |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | End of Cold War and 1990s US | |
| 20 | US History 1877–1991 defense | |
| 21 | 9/11 and wars after (careful, documented) | |
| 22 | Great Recession documents | |
| 23 | Contemporary institutions: Congress, parties, courts | |
| 24 | US History thematic essay practice | |
| 25 | Immigration across eras documents | |
| 26 | Supreme Court case study (one landmark deep) | |
| 27 | DBQ timed |
| Week | Topic | Standards |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | Thematic US History review | |
| 29 | Primary stations full US arc | |
| 30 | US timeline 1491–present defense prep | |
| 31 | US History viva rehearsal | |
| 32 | History remediation | |
| 33 | US History defense | |
| 34 | US History viva (Junior year) | |
| 35 | US History map polish (Junior) | |
| 36 | US History credit summary |
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Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 history lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).
Plan on about 50–60 minutes a day for history. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.
No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.
Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.
Each full-year course is worth 1.0 credit on the parent-issued transcript. Colleges set their own admission rules, so check with the schools your teen is considering.
Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.