Has anyone used A History of US books for highschool American History?

[Amber]

I have looked at traditional dry highschool history textbooks and these

books. These have more pictures and are written more simply but

basically they cover the same material; however, I believe it is more

memorable and understandable. I would also use the blackline masters

for vocabulary as well as the teacher guides with additional videos etc.

Has anyone used these or do you feel they are too simplistic for

highschool?

Thanks,

Amber

[Kathie in VA]

I don't have a high schooler yet but I have noticed that

Sonlight core 100 uses these books and targets grades 7 - 11.

 

hth

[Laurie4b]

I think they are too simple for high school for a college-bound student unless you use them as supplements. The books don't cover the more abstract analysis that is expected at the high school level in a history program. We actually used a regular history text and lots of primary sources, literature written at the time, etc. to make it memorable.

[SusanAR]

I believe these are suited for upper elementary and/ or middle school. I used these when my dc were 5th/6th grade. They don't get iinto enough 'politics' /court cases etc, but they are great for getting the 'story' of history.

Susan

[HollyinNNV]

We enjoyed them in upper elementary school. I think you could use them in jr. high as well.

Holly in N NV

[Christine]

I have looked at traditional dry highschool history textbooks and these

books. These have more pictures and are written more simply but

basically they cover the same material; however, I believe it is more

memorable and understandable. I would also use the blackline masters

for vocabulary as well as the teacher guides with additional videos etc.

Has anyone used these or do you feel they are too simplistic for

highschool?

Thanks,

Amber

 

I used them for my highschooler (will continue to do so).

 

I also have in my possession 1 highschool & 1 college level Am His texts.

 

Personally, I prefer the History of US.

 

The thing is, I had to take 2 US History college classes. . .and I learned more from the History of US than I learned in either of those classes.

 

We do it as a kind of unit study at the highschool level though. I added primary source documents, biographies, historical fiction, as well as American Literature.

 

My second child is about to start it. I plan on adding more writing assignments and geography *stuff*, but otherwise I'm happy with it.

 

Oh, but the first book starts out "young". Didn't notice it so much in the other books, but the first one was very definately geared to a younger audience.

[Deidre in GA]

we used these for middle school and loved them. i could see using them as a starting point for high school but a lot of additional material would be needed to meat it up for that level.