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Straighterline U.S. History 1 E-book?
#1
I recently decided to take a shot at a straighterline course, so I chose U.S. History 1. I was hoping that I could use a history book that I already have here at home, but I'm starting to think otherwise. I've read a few threads by different posters just how important it is to use the suggested books for straighterline courses. And I've been searching for the Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People e-book, but many of the recommended websites are out of stock. Which is baffling to me. How can an "e-book" be out of stock? Lol. And the e-books which are available is a bit costly.

Is there anyone willing to share their copy or know of a place where I can find one reasonably priced?

I'm starting to think that I may have purchased this straighterline course a little too prematurely.... :-(
Aleks-
Intermediate Algebra
Statistics
College Algebra
Pre-Calculus

Clep-
Intro. to Sociology (55)
Analyzing & Interpret. Lit. (54)


Fema- (15 crds.)

TECEPs-
Psychology of Women (Crd.)
Into. to Human Services (Crd.)
Marriage and Family (Crd.)

Penn Foster-
Principles of Management
Technical Writing

Straighterline-
Cultural Anthropology
Western Civilization 1
Environmental Science
Intro. to Criminal Justice
Intro. to Religion
Intro. to Communication


B.A. Psychology (I'm Done!!)
Arnold Fletcher Award

A.S. Business Administration (Current)
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#2
Does it have to be an ebook? I got a paperback copy on Ebay for a couple bucks.
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Classes used to complete it:
Liberty University Classes: English 101, English 102, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Introduction to Probability & Statistics
Advanced Placement: Art History
Straighterline Classes: Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Biology (w/ Lab), Personal Finance, Business Ethics, Introduction to Religion, American Government, Cultural Anthropology, Introduction to Nutrition, Introduction to Communications, U.S. History 1
CLEP: Analyzing & Interpreting Literature
COSC: Cornerstone
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#3
1DollarScan - Book Scanning Service does a great job of turning regular books into ebooks. I've used them for a ton of SL books with no issues.
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#4
Also, i'm not sure if you've seen this page, https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?...utput=html . I usually pull the ISBN from that link and find the used book on amazon for much cheaper than the new. I find that having the same edition helps significantly with testing at SL.
Currently studying for: Still deciding.

Done!
2020 - Harvard Extension School - ALM IT Management 
2019 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Data Science
2018 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Cyber Security
2016 - WGU - MBA Mgmt & Strategy
2015 - Thomas Edison State College - BSBA Marketing & CIS
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#5
Thank you all for your replies. I'm so sorry to respond so late. I'm a first-time mom and still learning to adapt to these changes.

Soon after purchasing the U.S. History 1 course from straighterline I bought the physical copy of the required text-then quickly realized that it wasn't going to help. So, I eventually rented the e-book from coursesmart. Today I took the final exam and failed with a 67%.

Has anyone retaken a straighterline course with better results the second time? I'm just wondering if I should take it again, or just attempt another course......
Aleks-
Intermediate Algebra
Statistics
College Algebra
Pre-Calculus

Clep-
Intro. to Sociology (55)
Analyzing & Interpret. Lit. (54)


Fema- (15 crds.)

TECEPs-
Psychology of Women (Crd.)
Into. to Human Services (Crd.)
Marriage and Family (Crd.)

Penn Foster-
Principles of Management
Technical Writing

Straighterline-
Cultural Anthropology
Western Civilization 1
Environmental Science
Intro. to Criminal Justice
Intro. to Religion
Intro. to Communication


B.A. Psychology (I'm Done!!)
Arnold Fletcher Award

A.S. Business Administration (Current)
Reply
#6
lisa_lox Wrote:Thank you all for your replies. I'm so sorry to respond so late. I'm a first-time mom and still learning to adapt to these changes.

Soon after purchasing the U.S. History 1 course from straighterline I bought the physical copy of the required text-then quickly realized that it wasn't going to help. So, I eventually rented the e-book from coursesmart. Today I took the final exam and failed with a 67%.

Has anyone retaken a straighterline course with better results the second time? I'm just wondering if I should take it again, or just attempt another course......

Is this one of the courses where if you do not pass the final you fail the course? I thought that was only the psych course and they changed it back. As long as your overall score for the course is 70% or better you actually passed the course.

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#7
Yeah....unfortunately the 67% is my overall score..... :-(
Aleks-
Intermediate Algebra
Statistics
College Algebra
Pre-Calculus

Clep-
Intro. to Sociology (55)
Analyzing & Interpret. Lit. (54)


Fema- (15 crds.)

TECEPs-
Psychology of Women (Crd.)
Into. to Human Services (Crd.)
Marriage and Family (Crd.)

Penn Foster-
Principles of Management
Technical Writing

Straighterline-
Cultural Anthropology
Western Civilization 1
Environmental Science
Intro. to Criminal Justice
Intro. to Religion
Intro. to Communication


B.A. Psychology (I'm Done!!)
Arnold Fletcher Award

A.S. Business Administration (Current)
Reply


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