Joy Hakim's History of US

[AudreyTN]

How do you use it? Is it pretty much just a read aloud?

TIA:bigear:

[ArwenA]

We've just used it as a read aloud and added it to our studies when needed. I believe there are lesson plans somewhere, but I may be wrong.

[hsmom]

You can buy teacher guides and an assessment book. Also her site will have some lesson plans coming soon. We are going to use this, this year and I think I am going to go the read aloud add some activities route.

[FloridaLisa]

My dc read it independently or we listened to it on tape. While I didn't test on it, the reading formed part of the basis of our history discussion so I expected my dc to know it. Sometimes, my dc followed their reading with a written narration or an appropriate writing prompt.

Lisa

[Soph the vet]

We use it as a read aloud along with A Child's Story of America and SOTW 3 and 4.

[mooooom]

I have the Teaching Guides and they have it broken up by chapter sections. There are questions for each section, and I typed them up for the kids each week - with osme of my own added in, and they read and answered them independently. I also bought the Hewitt lesson plans which have a test for each book. And after each book they also did a project (Hewitt has a 3 page list of project ideas.) I love how these books are written, and I found 7-8 is a good time to use them independently (we used them in 3-4 w/ Sonlight but I didn't find they got much out of them or even remembered anything from then).

[MIch elle]

Eldest ds listens on his ipod while he looks at the book. I love audible (http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/enSearch/searchResults.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&N=0&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&D=hakim%2C+joy&Dx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&Ntk=S_Keywords&Ntt=hakim%2C+joy)!

[WTMindy]

We enjoyed it as a read-aloud alongside SOTW 3 & 4

[Christine]

How do you use it? Is it pretty much just a read aloud?

TIA:bigear:


I use it. . .and my schedule for it is on my blog. . .however, I mix Am. Govt' and Econ in with it. . . so it's slightly "light" seeming for a highschooler. (The schedule is only for history, not the other two.)

[AudreyTN]

Thanks everyone I really appreciate the input! :001_smile: