A History of US: Assesment Books 1-10

We are reading the books as part of our homeschool curriculum. I decided to add this to help make sure he is retaining the information. We have only used one test so far but it was a good review of the information we read.

It drove me a little batty that a table of contents was not included in the description. Then I realized that the table of contents doesn't include the chapters covered in each quiz. That's the kind of info I needed to see if it would fit with what I was doing with my boys. Not the prettiest, but hopefully between the below and the photos it will help someone else. (BTW I cut off the binding using a paper cutter and then put them in my planner.)Bk/Ch Quiz pg1/1-12 9, 111/13-24 13, 151/25-39 17,19, 212/p-12 23, 252/13-23 27, 292/24-36 31, 332/37-3/6 35, 373/7-15 39, 413/16-28 43, 453/29-42 47, 494/p-11 51, 534/12-20 55, 574/21-36 59, 61, 635/p-12 65, 675/13-20 69, 715/21-31 73, 755/32-6/2 77, 796/3-14 81, 836/15-26 85, 876/27-7/7 89, 917/8-18 93, 957/19-25 97, 997/26-37 101, 1038/p-14 105, 1078/15-25 109, 1118/26-37 113, 115, 1179/p-8 119, 1219/9-17 123, 1259/18-31 127, 1299/32-45 131, 13310/p-11 135, 13710/12-21 139, 14110/22-35 143, 14510/36-52 147, 149

Joy Hakim did a fabulous job with her 10 volume "A History of US" boxed set. We bought the set 3 years ago to use in our homeschool. I was thrilled to find this assessment book to compliment the set. The assessment book is written for secondary levels, however, I think the set and assessment book would be appropriate for grades 5 and up. There are multiple choice tests every 3-4 chapters. The answers are provided in the back of the book. This book contains tests for all 10 volumes in the complete "A History of US". This book makes one of my many jobs as a teacher a bit easier. The questions deal more with understaing the basic ideas of each chapter and less on memorization of dates. If you prefer your student memorize important dates, I would suggest having the student build a timeline as he/she reads through the set (volume 1 begins with pre-America history and each volume moves forward through time). We also plan to purchase the 16 part series PBS aired, which was written from this history set titled "FREEDOM: A HISTORY OF US".

We are using Hakim's History of US series in our homeschool and we discuss as we read, but I didn't have any other way to assess reading comprehension, except to write questions myself. I was glad to find this resource which has multiple-choice questions for all ten books in the series. There are 15 questions on each test, each test covering 4-5 chapters in each book, which means there are 6-8 tests for each of the 10 books in the series. So far I have found the questions to be comprehensive and reasonable; the answers do require some thought and are not typically 'easy'. I have found a few for which I think there may indeed be multiple 'correct' answers, so we discuss those more. Overall, this is a welcome, time-saving assessment book which I recommend for middle and high school levels.

History is made of people in circumstances making decisions based on their family histories, the times, their emotional state. This set of books is a brilliant examination of American history through the understanding of those elements. Critical thinking skills are very important and this book combines them with a knowledge of events and the outcomes that shaped our country. I was given these books when I started home-schooling my daughter. Family events made it impossible for me to continue and I placed her back in public shcool. After 3 months I was so disappointed in the mediocrity of her social studies book, I found and bought these on my own. This summer I'm going to teach both my children from these books. For a comparative event, search for Moctezuma's demise by Coronado.

Daughter is using Sonlight and is currently through the 4th test. So far have found one answer that was wrong and one test that really wasn't a good fit for the chapters covered. I'm reading the books along with her so am checking over the test as we go.

As a homeschooler this is nice to have to show what the student has learned. I would suggest it to anyone who is using The History of US as a course. There are 8 tests for each of the ten books in the series. It is broken down so that a single test covers a few chapters at a time and has 15 multiple choice questions. Although it is multiple choice the questions are geared toward understanding not memorization. The answer key is in the back. It even has a grade chart so you don't have to figure that out. There is also a few pages that cover Using Rubrics to Asses Writing for the writing assignments in the Teacher Guide.

I have been using this book series for years to homeschool my children yet only recently ran across this assessment book. It contains multiple choice questions for every single chapter in the form of tests grouped together with after every 3-5 chapters. We review the questions after each chapter is read and then use the tests at the end of sections. Great for comprehension and understanding the main ideas for each reading. I am so thankful that I found it.