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chris
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Posted: Sept 21 2009 at 8:03am \| IP Logged

Hi friends,
I am wondering what resources you have used for Us history. I have heard that the Hakim series is not the most appropiate to use because of the anti- Catholic slant. What do you use?
thanks,
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Posted: Sept 21 2009 at 10:00am \| IP Logged

Chris,
For what age group?

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Posted: Sept 21 2009 at 5:21pm \| IP Logged

Hi willa,
I have 2 children ages 11 almost 12 and 9 years old.
thanks!
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Posted: Sept 21 2009 at 7:02pm \| IP Logged

I am using Hakim, but my child is older than yours (almost 14).

We really enjoyed This Country of Ours last year.

Another possibility, more textbook-y but guaranteed to be free of anti-Catholic bias, is
From Sea to Shining Sea: The Story of America.I haven't seen that one but it is used by the Catholic CM-yMater Amabilis.

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Posted: Sept 22 2009 at 6:40am \| IP Logged

Serendipity has a year long study of American History with a variety of book suggestions for different age groups. From Sea to Shining Sea is just one of them. I was looking at it yesterday. Looks fun.

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Posted: Sept 23 2009 at 10:08am \| IP Logged

I used From Sea To Shining Sea over a 2 year period with my then age 12-13 year old son. We basically read the chapters and a lot of historical fiction in between. We mostly used the reccomendations from MA. We both enjoyed it very much! He also learned a lot from the Jim Weiss CDs on Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.

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