U.S. history assigments

[Barb B]

Ds is taking US history here at home. I have weekly objective tests that I may add 2 essay questions to. Anyway, is this enough (with comprehensive midterms and final) or have you assigned other things with this. With his other classes I am wondering if a 5 paragraph essay each week is too much (along with physics, spanish, english/lit, saxon adv math,a high school religion text)? Also wondering if I should require him to outline the chapters? Its hard being Mom, and teacher of all his classes! Sometimes I feel I assign too much and sometime think it isn't enough!

Thanks for sharing what you have your DC in high school do for American History!

Barb

[Barb B]

Sorry for the long question, so I'll simplifiy: If you use a text book for history what assignments/requirments do you give/have (tests, essays, . . .)?

Thanks

[Susan C.]

For BJUP, we don't do the activity book because there is a lot of repetition between that and the section review questions and chapter review questions. For geography we did buy a map pack. I have them read the chapter, do section reviews, chapter reviews, and the tests that come with it. If there are essay questions on the test, I look at them and determine if I want them to do it. I prep for the test by looking at the chapter objectives in the teacher's edition and discussing them with them. That's it.