military history

From Lexington to Mosul: A complete study in US military history

Cost: $50/ family (Video Only) or $200/student with weekly writing assignments
Level: High School/Middle School*

In this sixteen-week course, students learn about every major military engagement, from the first shots fired at Lexington to special operations in the modern day. Other examples include:

• A detailed analysis on the attack at Pearl Harbor.
• Animated maps of battles like Shiloh, The Alamo, The Little Big Horn, Normandy, and more.
• Personal accounts of raids and rescue missions in Afghanistan, Libya, Iran, and Panama.

Along the way, we examine groundbreaking innovations, including:

• The U.S. Constitution
• The development of radar
• Stealth technology
• Air Mobility
• The Space Race
• Cold War spy tech

We take in-depth looks at the lives of men and women who lived the history, and learn why those bronze statues adorn parks, and who those parks are named for:

• The Marquis De Lafayette
• The Irish Brigade
• Chuck Yeager
• The Buffalo Soldiers
• Stonewall Jackson
• Alvin York
• John Ripley
• Audie Murphy
• Frederick Douglass
  and many more…

Students will watch a series of videos for a total of 28 hours over the course of sixteen weeks.

For those who choose the writing variant, following each week the student will answer a series of questions in essay form about the covered material.

All work will be submitted electronically. Questions are encouraged and students may contact the instructor at any time.

Vince Guerra is an author of a modern war series of novels, and is a homeschooling father of eight.  He is a direct bill vendor with IDEA.

*Due to the nature of the subject matter, some videos have content that may be inappropriate for younger viewers. Whenever this is the case, such content is noted in the video description, including the time stamp so parents can preview it for themselves. Students may opt out of those videos at the request of parents, and a different video will be provided.