We had it here in the house for a couple of weeks. It was awesome! I didn't think it was light. It was 5 days a week and had the textbook reading, literature, original manuscripts from We the People book, mapping, tests and Bible. We loved it. We were going to use it over 2 years with a 6th and 4th grader when we were moving to DC. Unfortunately, we ended up not getting the detail and not needing to change our curriculum to US History. We are going to use it for my son when we are done with SOTW and use Notgrass' Exploring America for my dd since she will be in high school.