All American History
By Celeste W. Rakes

Having taught American history a number of times, each time writing (and re-writing) her own materials, Celeste has shared her love of history with many students in her homeschool classes. Designed to be engaging and written in a comfortable style, All American History reads like a good book -- bringing America 's story to life piece by piece.

Containing hundreds of images and dozens of maps, All-American History Volume I is a complete year's curriculum for students in grades 5 - 8 when combined with the Student Activity Book and Teacher's Guide. It is also adaptable for younger and older students. The first volume covers Exploration through 1840.

All American History Volume II covers The Civil War to the 21st Century. Like Vol. I, it is a complete year's curriculum. The publisher states that Volume II is written for grades 6 - High School.

Each week includes a chapter from the Reader, maps, forms, and review questions in the Activity Book, and plenty of hands-on and further research ideas in the Teacher Guide. (As well as great teaching tips, ANSWERS to everything, and a great book list!) The teacher book also provides additional hands-on and further research ideas for the younger students you may use this with.

There are 32 weekly lessons, and each lesson contains three sections examining:

• the atmosphere in which the event occurred
  
• the event itself
  
• the impact this event had on the future of America
  

A complete set will include the Teacher's Guide, Student Reader and Student Activity Book. **After reading through the material, I highly recommend getting the Teacher's Guide -- the lessons just wouldn't seem as full or complete without it. Also, although the Student Activity Book is reproducible within your family, there are so many pages, that you will be glad that you purchased a student book for each child!

There really are very few American History curriculums for upper elementary - middle school -- this one is destined to be a favorite for years to come!

 

All American History Vol 1 Student Reader - contains all text and is the core of this curriculum. Hardcover

All American History Vol 2 Student Reader - contains all text and is the core of this curriculum. Hardcover

The History Through the Ages Timeline figure pack: American History, is recommended for use with All American History. Students do timeline work each week and these timeline figures make a wonderful program like this even easier to implement!