The Nomadic ProfessorReviews of nomadicprofessor.com

For my homeschooled 9th grader’s history class this year, we are using The Nomadic Professor’s US History curriculum. As the Supervising Teacher (the teacher at home who’s administering and guiding), I appreciate that: ~There is no narrative taught. There are just historical facts. ~The curriculum has its bases covered for all types of learners (auditory, visual, reading/writing, and kinesthetic) and uses logical and critical thinking skills. ~They have comprehensive answer keys and grading rubrics, making correcting and grading very simple. ~You can choose the difficulty level for your student, so it’s very flexible, allowing for several options in terms of high school credits. ~They make the learning curve for a new curriculum/platform fairly easy with a lot of guidance, and their customer service is very helpful and responds to questions quickly. Overall, we are extremely happy with our choice to use The Nomadic Professor for history!

We are very impressed with Nomadic Professor for several reasons. First and foremost, the content is very thorough and as unbiased as I can imagine a history course as it tries to show all sides of the argument. It gives special attention to training the student to look to original sources and to understand the author's biases when interpreting history. Second, my son finds the content much more engaging than other online history programs as he can read or listen to the content, and there are videos where the professor gives brief lectures from the historical locations. Third, we are impressed that the Nomadic Professor team is very responsive to questions and feedback. My son has completed US History 1&2 and is now working on 3&4.

I could not be happier with this curriculum! My daughter is currently using the first year American History course. Though history has never been her favorite subject, she does appreciate the way the course format presents information in a more visual and engaging way. She also finds the audio recordings for each section helpful. It is a very comprehensive and rigorous course and for the first several weeks my daughter struggled to balance the work with her other courses. The last thing I wanted was for her to get a bad taste for history, so I reached out to the company to ask how we might adjust the course load and they were super helpful in offering several suggestions. Since implementing some tweaks she's scoring higher on the quizzes and her written assignments are of better quality. Best of all, a few times now she's brought up something she learned in the course, relating it to whatever we're discussing. That shows me she's retaining and really thinking about the information-as a parent, I couldn't ask for more!

My son went through the Alaskan history course and learned so much! He was especially fond of the video portions of the class. Be warned that some of the reading material is challenging, but it's on par with the grade levels for which it's intended.

The Nomadic Professor Courses are some of the best history curriculums I have found as a home school parent. They are thorough, engaging, and factual vs bias. My oldest has used the US History and World History programs. Having information presented in text, audio, and video form is a huge bonus. The document lessons allow for more in depth research and thought. Not only do I recommend this program to other families, but my son shares about it with his friends as well. If there is an issue customer service is prompt and has exceeded my expectations.

Same old information presented and taught to 21st century kids! The typical "brick and mortar" school system asks children — who are used to constant stimulation — to sit down and listen to lectures. Which, more often than not, they are incapable of doing. The Nomadic Professor offers a completely different, hands-ON approach to teaching. The Nomadic Professor's lessons are rich with images, videos, and audio lessons. As well as the physical aspect, guided notes, timelines, maps, building a physical "structure of terms" and even curating a museum! As a homeschooling parent, I have learned that my children retain information better by using as many senses during each lesson as possible. Using the Nomadic Professor's detailed outline, my kiddos are watching, they're listening, they're building, they're cutting, pasting, curating, and creating! They are engaged, entertained, and learning! That makes a lot of senses!  To be real, I can't say enough about this program. It's obvious the creators are well-educated and that they have committed themselves to putting it all into creating a completely new and different way to learn history. They've done an outstanding job!

My homeschooled high schooler has been *loving* the World History courses. The information is fascinating, the format engaging, and the quality is exceptional. Anytime I've needed to reach out to customer service with questions, they've been quick to respond, thorough in their explanations and help, and I couldn't be more pleased. We will definitely be doing more courses and recommending Nomadic Professor to friends!

My smart 14 year old nephew decided that high school wasn't working for him. While I was able to sign him up for Math & English Honors (and Spanish) through a State part time online school, we were left adrift for the Social Studies credits. There's so little out there for college bound homeschool kids who want strong academic classes in history. The structure is set up so that you can take a basic, standard or advanced class. While he's taking the standard, I think he might be able to take the AP test anyway - there's not all that much difference between the standard and advanced track. The Guided Notes unit assignments are helping him learn how to learn which will help for his college experience. The self-paced option means you pay monthly. This is very helpful in that his other 3 state classes are on the semester schedule and very deadline oriented. NP's pacing allows him to be more flexible with his time, as well as continuing this over winter and summer breaks. Something to keep in mind is that this course takes a college level approach to learning and studying. This is a HUGE plus in my opinion, but it did take awhile for him to transition from a middle school approach to learning. While 5/5 and strongly recommend, the only negative is the website is a bit slower from a teacher's perspective when running the various reports. My nephew has reported no issues in website response as a learner. In summary, yes - I consider us fortunate to have come across NP and plan to use it beyond US History 1.