The First Americans
Book 1 (Prehistory-1600)

This is fantastic as a history for kids. I guess it's geared toward 10 year olds since the pilot of the time ship is, but it has a lot of good information & questions. (The time ship thing wasn't overdone, just used occasionally.) For instance, Hakim didn't pull any punches when describing the colon......more

This year my elder daughter's history textbook is an eleven volume series called A History of US. Like The Story of the World series, it adds some life and character to the dull old facts and figures of your old fashioned history texts. What's even better is that I get to read it along with the Sonl......more

This series of books about US History are OUTSTANDING! I used the series when I taught US History in 5th grade and I still refer to them constantly. They are written on a 5th grade reading level but their interest level is huge...old to young. US History is told through stories, accounts, pictures,......more

This is not my favorite time period but it is still very interesting and fun to read about. I just wish we had more history about the Native Americans because their culture seems really interesting. I enjoyed reading this book which mentioned from the Stone Age to the vanished colony of Roanoke.......more