Brian Trimmer

In addition to his BA and MA in history, Brian Trimmer holds a teaching credential through California Lutheran University. He has been a classroom teacher for over fifteen years. He currently teaches world history and U.S. history at Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village, California, and AP® World History: Modern (Classroom Teacher) and United States History (Course Developer and Master Teacher) through HSLDA Online Academy. In addition to teaching human society, culture, and development, Brian highlights Christian worldview and God’s guiding hand in shaping the course of human history.

Brian has published three history-related articles on Google’s Knol informational website. Two of these articles are chapters straight from his Master’s thesis: Defenders of the West, the History of Naval Air Station Tillamook. He has also achieved expert author status on Ezine Articles with eleven feature articles on entrepreneurship and home-based business. He and his wife, Heather, have three children, all of whom are homeschooled.

Brian has been teaching for the Academy since 2011.

Brian Trimmer's Education

MA, Pepperdine University

BA, Columbia Christian College

Brian Trimmer's Course

Grades 9-12 | Yearlong course

U.S. History

The U.S. History course teaches students United States history from the early English colonization to the present day. In studying the past, students gain an appreciation for America and a better understanding of what it means to be an American. This course is NCAA-approved.

$650

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$765

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Grades 10-12 | Yearlong course

AP^® World History: Modern

This course introduces students to modern world history (1200 AD–present) at the college level. Students expand their knowledge of the people, events, and ideas that have shaped our world, tracing human history from the medieval period up to the present day, while preparing for the AP exam. This course is NCAA-approved.

$679

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$799

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