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Winter’s Ghosts
12-Week Revolutionary Frontier History Course
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A novel and the record
Every lesson pairs chapters of the novel with primary sources, then asks the same question in a new way: what in the story is real, what is invented, and how do we know?
Course introduction
The frontier in 1776, in a novel and in the record. Your student reads the novel, then tests it against the record: reports, letters, church records, legends, resolutions and memoirs. What in the story is real, what is invented, and how do we know?
12 lessons in seven units over 12 weeks, then a capstone. Grades 9–12, about 3–4 hours a week. Read: the 3rd edition (2025) of the novel. Preview the chapters listed in the course guide.
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This course is included with an active Pharos Terminal subscription, along with every other course, new courses as they’re released, a new Nexus Point every day and the parent tracker. Lessons are aligned to West Virginia Department of Education academic standards.
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