Looking for a condensed, enjoyable, not-too-heavy book of U.S. history for recent immigrant.

[J-rap]

For my son-in-law actually.  :)  My kids LOVED Joy Hakim's History of US series when we used it back in the day.  I'm looking for something similar but more of a condensed single volume.

 

The reading level of History of US is just about right since English is his second language.

[SoCal_Bear]

Do you know about the Concise History of US by Hakim (4 volumes) that is published by K12? You can easily get all 4 used for about $20.

[StillStanding]

We are enjoying US by Hakim as well, we are reading the 10 volumes.

 

I noticed you said it is for a recent immigrant to the U.S, is this for the civics portion of the citizenship test? There are lots of free material on the web.Example: http://americanhistory.si.edu/citizenship/

 

These are free just for an overview of American History:

http://www.ushistory.org/us/index.asp

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

 

[J-rap]

We are enjoying US by Hakim as well, we are reading the 10 volumes.

 

I noticed you said it is for a recent immigrant to the U.S, is this for the civics portion of the citizenship test? There are lots of free material on the web.Example: http://americanhistory.si.edu/citizenship/

 

These are free just for an overview of American History:

http://www.ushistory.org/us/index.asp

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/

 

Thanks!  He'll definitely be using it for the citizenship test eventually!  In the meantime, he really enjoys learning more about U.S. history.  Thanks for the links!