American History - 7th Grader

[evalynn68]

Hello -

I have a very bright "rising if went to school 7th grader".

We are finishing up SOTW Vol 4 this year.
Over the last two years we have also done an intensive study of American History through a Unit Studies format.

I am looking to finish American History -
Post Reconstruction - present (or as far as we get) next year.
I was thinking of using Joy Hakim's books.

Does anyone know if there is a curriculum out there that cooresponds with her books ?

Does anyone out there know of a GOOD American History "secular" curriculum ?

Thanks,
Eva

[mcconnellboys]

I believe that it's either NPR or the history channel that has teaching curriculum to go along with Hakim's books. I believe there are tests, too. RRC might carry those now, I can't quite recall. As far as I can tell, Hakim's work is secular.

Do you mean that you want another book to use in addition to these?

Regena

[Jenny in Atl]

SL is not secular but it is very easy to modify and SL 100 is US History in depth, and uses the Hakim series. I'm a secular hs'er and have used SL since 2nd grade with little problems.

hth's

[Kareni]

Hewitt sells a syllabus that covers the use of the entire Hakim series in one year.

Regards,
Kareni