ABCTE US HISTORY tester :)
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A favorite recommended read for my US history study program.
VERY easy to read and understand, and I love how it provides the most key information, vs. overwhelming with too much detail.  I feel the same for the 2006-2007 edition, which I also own.
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Excellent find!!! This book should be included all history classes for students. It's a part of America's history that should not be ignored.
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Want to learn about our history just by watching TV then this is the product for you.  I originally found this at The Smithsonian in their gift shop.  It was way to expensive and thanks to my phone internet I found it on Amazon quickly for way less.  This is totally worth every penny.  Especially if you went to public school and didn't learn a single thing about American History.
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This year we're tackling American History in our home school. I was looking for material that was engaging, motivational and interesting.  When I was introduced to Joy Hakim's The History of US  by a local academy, I knew I'd found what I'd been looking for.  I use it with three students grades 5 to 7 with great success. The chapters are short and focussed, and the graphics add so much to the interesting text. I would also recommend using the teachers' resources available thru Oxford: they provide chapter summaries, reviews discussion questions, and bibliographies, and activities for further exploration.  My local library is now going to invest in this great series, too!
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Being a history nut, especially American history
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One very helpful way to keep all of your homeschooling history learning in line is a history timeline. This is no new idea and there are plenty of versions, both pre-made and bought or DIY and free. I know this is an idea I want to implement on an individual level when my boys are older students. I think it will be very neat for each of them to have their own "version" of world history- a catalog of prominent events and things that stood out to them the most thru their education. I know they are too young to take this project on right now, right now it would be mom doing all the work for them! But I also am aware that we are learning so much great history right now,while they are small, that I want to have a record of. In comes another amazing resource from Thinking Tree Books, Make Your Own Timeline of World History. When I talked with Sarah Janisse Brown, the creator of Thinking Tree Books, about the books she would recommend I try out with my boys this year, I mentioned to her that I was really interested in doing a history timeline but felt it would be a little presumptuous to start with my boys being so young. Sarah was so encouraging in her advice- She reminded me that kids learn best when Mama is learning right alongside of them. She suggested that I go ahead and start a timeline for all of us currently and I am so glad I took her advice! It has been a lot of fun already to not only learn about some amazing individuals and their contributions to World History, but also be able to peg them to a certain period. From there, it is pretty neat to have a evolving grid to hold new discoveries and dates up to and see how everything fits together!

The book itself is a joy to use- It has a vibrantly designed cover with a lush, matte finish. It is impressively thick at 365 pages- plenty of room for recording a whole lot of history! There is a straight forward and simple to use page format of A box for your time period date, a space for drawing or pictures and a lined box for journaling. I'll admit, at first I was a little intimidated by how open ended the format of this book is. It is truly designed to be customized to whatever your family needs it to be! I looked around the internet a bit and did some brainstorming and decided to break the book up into 26 equally portioned time frames. I used page flags to mark off the different time eras and make them quickly accessible.

Lately, we have been learning about Vikings- particularly reading thru Leif the Lucky and learning about the earliest discovery of North America. My oldest has been loving reading one of these delightful classics from the D'Aulaires! we also use the Usborne Children's Encyclopedia and Living Long Ago quite a lot after being introduced to them by Sonlight. I found a fun viking paper doll printable that my oldest colored. We cut it out and put in our Vikings time period pages and have enjoyed adding information about Leif the explorer as we go!

I am so glad to have come across the idea and started to implement a history timeline so early in my boys' schooling journey. What a treasure it will be to have our ventures thru history mapped out for us in this delightful book. That will be something this Mama will consider a family heirloom! ;)

 I received this book from the Thinking Tree LLC.
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Fantastic book. If you need to school yourself in Old Testment history this is the book for you.
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Am I an editor now???  Gotta push the book  I know...however, Im really pleased to be enthralled...yes, enthralled by Dr Naishs' book.. As a kid in the 50's I was lucky to have a Medical Practioner for a father who had many interests in Botany  Geology  Palaeontology  and so much more...he bought me  the Prehistoric Animals of Dr Augusta...illustrated by Zdenek Burian in1967..(not the earliest I know)..but was hooked and I still have it !!!..Since then....and we have no time now...Ive bought and followed the studies of Swinton,Colbert and so many others to Witton today..That said...I loved your history...(I have Hons. History..not Geology.....) and I therefore love to see the development of public awareness of our wonderful study...hopefully...Australia will be the new China of discovery..(of dinosauria anyway!!!!)..Cheers and all good things to you and your studies..robgooden1066@gmail.com
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My favorite way to review history.  Would be good for current students to gain an overview of the major world event before reading a history text.
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Grandsons love reading the history they are denied in school!!! Even I am learning info! Love it more then I realized!
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It's great to see American History it's not often enough we get to see our own countries start! I enjoy getting a feel for the times and I think this is done very well!
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I love reading these books as they give me abackground on how we all came to be "The United States of America". I am relearning or learning American history in a fun way. There is a lot of true historical detail with humor and romance mixed in. I am excited that this series which starts in the 1800's will continue all the way up until the present! Easy, fast reading with great characters that you can see people you know in them. They are who we came from and are now.
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I have a 1st grader gal and a preK guy and they both BEG for history because of History Pockets and Famous Figures of Ancient Times. (I use both in conjunction with Story of the World and extra library books and you tube videos and short documentaries.) It is a little extra work for mom, but so fun. The upside is that they listen to history being read for long lengths of time while they work on their projects.
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A great resource for U.S. History teachers!  As one myself, I feel that it's always a tough gig to get students excited about the Industrial Revolution of the late 19C and all the social and political issues that it spawned.  This multi-part History Channel documentary brings it to life with a great deal of pizzaz.  My high school students dig it.  They were inspired to discuss the ideas and people involved.  When the film ended, they wanted more.  What more could a teacher ask for?
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I took the exam today and score 76/80. I do not know much about the US history. English is my 2nd language. This book is not enough, and you do need to supplement this with other material. However, the practice questions are very useful. Pay attention to the writers/Themes. Th
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So far this book has helped me out quite a bit! Havent spent too much time on it, but will be soon as I approach my testing date. I am a visual learner & tend to learn watching videos, so receiving this video should help me out a lot as well.
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Hourly History reads are always excellent reviews that are doable in one sitting.  I'm always reminded of how much I have forgotten!  And I love getting being able to read cover to cover with my schedule!