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A History of US: Assessment Book: Books 1-10 (History of Us) By Joy Hakim ( Oxford University Press, USA )
Release Date: 2002-11-07
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Product Description
The 71 tests in this assessment package have been designed around the primary goal of A History of US: understanding information, not memorizing. Each test checks understanding of chapter content, which is coordinated with the teaching guides for each volume of the A History of US set. A portion of the questions assess knowledge of key facts and chronology. The rest of the questions require students to use critical thinking skills such as making comparisons, synthesizing information, and drawing conclusions.
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great help ( esrgr8 )
We use this series in our homeschool history program. I also have the teacher guides which are helpful but I appreciate the tests in this guide. They are multiple choice questions that test the comprehension of the students reading which helps in grading.
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A History of US: Assessment Book: Books 1-10 (History of Us)
The book was in great shape. Thank you for getting it here faster than originally stated. I would not hesitate using you again.
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Easy to learn, easy to use
Joy Hakim did a fabulous job with her 10 volume "A History of US" boxed set. We bought the set 3 years ago to use in our homeschool. I was thrilled to find this assessment book to compliment the set. The assessment book is written for secondary levels, however, I think the set and assessment book would be appropriate for grades 5 and up. There are multiple choice tests every 3-4 chapters. The answers are provided in the back of the book. This book contains tests for all 10 volumes in the complete "A History of US". This book makes one of my many jobs as a teacher a bit easier. The questions deal more with understaing the basic ideas of each chapter and less on memorization of dates. If you prefer your student memorize important dates, I would suggest having the student build a timeline as he/she reads through the set (volume 1 begins with pre-America history and each volume moves forward through time). We also plan to purchase the 16 part series PBS aired, which was written from this history set titled "FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF US".
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It's about time!
History is made of people in circumstances making decisions based on their family histories, the times, their emotional state. This set of books is a brilliant examination of American history through the understanding of those elements. Critical thinking skills are very important and this book combines them with a knowledge of events and the outcomes that shaped our country. I was given these books when I started home-schooling my daughter. Family events made it impossible for me to continue and I placed her back in public shcool. After 3 months I was so disappointed in the mediocrity of her social studies book, I found and bought these on my own. This summer I'm going to teach both my children from these books. For a comparative event, search for Moctezuma's demise by Coronado.
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Helpful book ( sjhansell )
I'd just like to say I found this helpful for homeschooling my high schooler. There is a test at regular intervals. It is hard enough that you could not guess at it, but it is not so hard you have to memorize every date or anything. There is no pressure to prepare for cumulative tests. Yet there is enough to keep the student alert & thinking while reading.
This one book is expensive, but more affordable than purchasing the Teaching Guides for each individual book in the 10-book set. And faster to use, since you are already reading 10 books & adding tons more work can be a bit of overkill.
The Teaching Guides do have more info on introducing/teaching the material, worksheets, and essay-type assignments, if the student does better with that.
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