Recorded History Classes

for Grades 3-12

Learn together on your own schedule

with our full-year courses or single units.

Learn together on your own schedule with our full-year courses or single units. 

Make history your family’s favorite subject this year!

Our recorded classes are an open-and-go, whole-family solution for homeschool history. Learn on your own schedule with the guidance of expert historian and teacher, Scott Powell.

What You Get:
    • Access to all materials through our secure course platform
    • A full year of recorded classes (about 3/week for 35 weeks)
    • Printable handouts and class notes
    • End-of-unit tests with preparation sheets and answer keys
    • All 4 levels of course materials so you can use the same program for all your students, grades 3-12

Choose where your adventure will begin!

Our live and recorded classes for grades 3-12 follow a three-year rotation of topics:

  • America and the World We Live In
  • Europe, Russia, and the World We Live In
  • Asia, Africa, and the World We Live In

The Asia, Africa, and the World We Live In recordings will be released as classes are taught throughout the 2024-25 school year. The other two courses feature recordings from previous years and are available on demand.

Full-Year Recorded Classes

Asia, Africa, and the World We Live In

Students will learn about the histories of the increasingly important cultures of Asia and Africa in this year’s course. Topics include China, Japan, India, the Islamic Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Recorded classes will be released a day or two after the live class along with all class notes, handouts, and test materials.

See the full syllabus

$60/month (per family – all levels)

America and the World We Live In

Students will learn how America came to be the most important and influential country in the world today. Themes include the evolution of the American social contract from the founding era to the present day, the rise of modern technology and its social impacts, and America’s relationships with its neighbors and the wider world.

See the full syllabus

$60/month (per family – all levels)

Europe, Russia, and the World We Live In

Europe and Russia are among the world’s most important cultures. Tragically, their histories are filled with wars to this day. This course explores how these cultures emerged separately after the fall of the ancient world, and gradually converged only to be mutually alienated by the conflicts that have arisen between them. 

See the full syllabus

$60/month (per family – all levels)

Single Unit Courses

History of Technology and Society

This six-week course segment, taken from “America and the World We Live In,” shows students how technology has impacted human life.  It divides the history of technology into four chapters: pre-industrial, proto-industrial (the Age of Steam), industrial, and advanced industrial.

The course shows students how technology has affected human life-expectancy in such an incredible way, and why, despite the advances involved, people have responded with various anti-industrial social movements from Luddism & transcendentalism, to conservationism, preservationism, and modern environmentalism.

  • $80 one-time payment
  • Includes all levels (Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Jr/Sr High)
  • 17 video lessons plus handouts, review, and end-of-unit test
  • Purchase includes a discount for upgrading to any full-year recorded class (see options above).

Want to try some classes before committing?

Try some sample classes! We’ve put recordings of our live summer series plus sample classes from all of our recorded courses into a bundle. You can try out over 15 hours of history lessons for only $9!

Meet the Teacher

Meet the Teacher

Scott Powell is a historian and teacher who has been teaching homeschooled students online for nearly 20 years (as “History at Our House”). He is the author of three books including “The 4-Hour Historian”, “The History of Now”, and the upcoming “The History of Tomorrow”. His present-centric approach was developed from the conviction that history is an essential subject that is vital for anyone who wants to live a fully engaged life and make sense of the world they live in.

Ready for a live class?

Register for 2024-25 Live Classes for students in grades 3-12