mamakelly Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 I had my dd use the SOTW cd's as a base for her history curriculum last year in 7th grade. She's a fairly strong auditory/hands on learner, and it worked so well for her. Any suggestions for American History cd's? Or any suggestions for a fun hands on program? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Homeschool In The Woods Time Travelers.. Will take you from Explorers of the USA {not their best one at all} through WW2.. You could tie in with many books in audio format from Audible that are both on their book list{s} as well as scouting out some from other USA Book Lists. :) Another thought would be Drive Thru History USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitterpatter Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Hmm. I don't suppose Hakim's A History of US has an audiobook format? Perhaps you could work from a book list...see how many audiobooks you can churn up at your local library for age-appropriate non-fiction texts and historical fiction. For example... http://www.bookshark.com/eighth-grade/reading-with-history/8th-grade-history-literature/ DD really likes the Who Was...? and What Is...? series, but she's a good bit younger. Our library has a lot of them in their digital collection in Kindle format. She lets her Kindle read them to her. Hopefully, someone has some more helpful suggestions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaChicken Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Definitely Hakim's history of us from audible. We've prerty much just listened to the series and loved it. their retention is high because it's interesting and engaging. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 If you don't like Hakim, a lot of the Russell Freedman books, Jim Murphy, etc. are available on audible. The TC US History lectures on audible are also very accessible. My crazy 6 yo listens to them. You just never know what kids will like, so try across levels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Oh yes, using a book list is a great idea too.. My eldest is using BookShark & we can obtain them all on audio via Learning Ally {vision disability}, but we can find a LOT from Bookshark 8 {similar to Sonlight 100} on audible. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPan Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Audible has Sterling Biographies! I don't know if this excites anyone else, but it sure makes my morning! :D Kolamum--ds is eligible for LA and the other disability services. I just haven't taken the plunge, sigh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakelly Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Definitely Hakim's history of us from audible. We've prerty much just listened to the series and loved it. their retention is high because it's interesting and engaging. Did you listen to all of them? I found the audio series available for download at our public library. It looks like one book is 5 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguistmama Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Our library has the Hakim series and my 10yo loves them. She loves audiobooks in general so getting through that much isn't an issue for her. Sometimes we have listened together and they are very interesting and engaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Besides Hakim, there's another series that is shorter. The Drama of American History by Christopher and James Collier. My library has them available through Hoopla. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamakelly Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Thank you guys! I love all the suggestions. I listened to a sample of the Hakim books, and it was amazing. I'm just trying to figure out a plan :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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