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Print Price: $59.95

Format:
Paperback
164 pp.
217 mm x 279 mm

ISBN-13:
9780195153484

Publication date:
November 2002

Imprint: OUP US

A History of US: Assessment Book: Books 1-10

Third Edition

Joy Hakim

Series : A History of US

The 71 tests in this assessment package have been designed around the primary goal of A History of US: understanding information, not memorizing. Each test checks understanding of chapter content, which is coordinated with the teaching guides for each volume of the A History of US set. A portion of the questions assess knowledge of key facts and chronology. The rest of the questions require students to use critical thinking skills such as making comparisons, synthesizing information, and drawing conclusions.

Readership : Grades 5-10.

Reviews

"[An] exciting series... Ms. Hakim braids multiple narratives together to bring alive material long dead to children's imaginations."

--The New York Times Book Review
"Joy Hakim didn't rewrite history. But she did make it a whole lot more fun to read."

--Education Week
"Readers young and old will find themselves amused, amazed, and engrossed by this searching, opinionated survey. In every sense a fresh look at our history."

--Kirkus Reviews
"Merits every accolade, starting with the most personal: I couldn't put it down."

--Washington Post Book World
"The liveliest, most realistic, most well-received American history series ever written for children."

--Los Angeles Times
"A thorough and accurate narrative of our nation's history."

--The Philadelphia Inquirer
"I think this is the best American history written for young people that I have ever seen."

--David Herbert Donald, Harvard University; Pulitzer prize-winning author of Lincoln
"When master storyteller Joy Hakim wields her pen, you're in for a breathtaking adventure."

--Teaching K-8
"An attention to detail and drama alike make these recommended choices for not only readers ages 8-13 but for entire families."

--Children's Bookwatch
"Absorbing, real and even fun to read."

--Voice of Youth Advocates
"Books of real substance that speak directly to kids."

--Jean Fritz, author of Shhh, We're Writing the Constitution
"One of the best nonfiction series of the decade. Impossible to put down."

--School Library Journal

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A former teacher and editor, Joy Hakim won the prestigious James Michener Prize for A History of US, which has sold over 4 million copies nationwide.

Writing History - William Kelleher Storey and Towser Jones

Special Features

Designed to be used in conjunction with Joy Hakim's A History of US series.
Includes 71 tests with the goal of assessing the understanding of information as opposed to memorization of information.
Questions assess knowledge of key facts, chronology, and require the use of critical thinking.