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The First Americans: Prehistory-1600 A History of US Book 1

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...I might not have used it for nap-time!

This series - The History of US - covers the history of the people of the United States. It is written in language that 8-12 year olds can easily understand. Difficult words are have accompanying pronunciations and definitions.

My 8 year old daughter and I are reading this series together and out loud. She finds it fascinating and a real page turner. Unlike my history texts (in the 70's) that tended to skip and flit about through time, this series starts at 50,000 BC and goes forward to the present.

Volume #1 covers the Neandertahals & Homo Sapiens, the Indians, Columbus, and the Conquistadors to approximately year 1600.

I think that this would be a good series for teaching history to homeschoolers. We are certainly looking forward to Volume #2. I promise that you - the parent - will also learn quite a bit!

The information in this series of books is very detailed, well researched, and has a fun approachable tone. My only concern is that it might sometimes border on being too flippant. But the report of history is very balanced and it's always asking the reader questions and letting the reader make conclusions about open ended topics.

My 11 yr. old and I are enjoying this book, and learning a lot from it. It is genereal enough to hold our attention and when we want to find out more on a specific chapter, we can go to the library or online, and get more indepth information. I plan on purchasing the rest in the series.

I am using this book as an introduction to American History for my homeschooled grand-daughter. It has been quite interesting, and I intend to purchase more books in this series.

This is a wonderful addition to my Social Studies Basal series. It follows the curriculum front to cover. This book contains so much interesting information. The students LOVE for me to read from this book because it helps them to visualize what life was like so long ago. I would recommend this to ANY Social Studies teacher looking for great literature to supplement their lessons.

Wonderful for kids to learn but not to long they get bored.
Also great for breaking up into sections for unit studies