| A History of US | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Joy Hakim |
| Subject(s) | United States history |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Publication date | 1995 (1st ed.) |
A History of US is a ten-volume (and one sourcebook) historical book series for children, written by Joy Hakim and first published in its entirety in 1995. The series is published by the US branch of Oxford University Press and is currently in its third edition. Originally conceived as a trade children's series, the books quickly found fans among classroom teachers; in response to the prompting of educators Oxford University Press developed ancillary teaching materials to accompany the series. Branded as 'alternatives to traditional textbooks' the series is regularly used in both public and private schools, usually in middle school classes. The books are all written in a personal tone, as if the author were a storyteller. The texts have been released to ample praise by teachers, home-schoolers, students, and many others. The series has won the James A. Michener Award in Writing and the Parent's Choice Gold Award.
Contents |
Content [link]
The books are titled:
- The First Americans: Prehistory–1600
- Making Thirteen Colonies: 1600–1740
- From Colonies to Country: 1735–1791
- The New Nation: 1789–1850
- Liberty for All? 1820–1860
- War, Terrible War: 1855–1865
- Reconstruction and Reform: 1865–1890
- An Age of Extremes: 1880–1917
- War, Peace, And All That Jazz: 1918–1945
- All the People: Since 1945
The eleventh volume is a sourcebook and index, containing full text of the primary sources—usually government documents, speeches, or famous writings—referenced throughout the series and words.
Reception [link]
The series won the James A. Michener Award in Writing from the National Council of the Social Studies in 1997 and the Parents' Choice Gold Award in 1995 for a Reference book for ages 9–12.[1] The series has sold millions of copies and was accepted as a textbook in several U.S. states.[2] David McCullough, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author of history books, praised A History of US before a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing in 2005.[3]
Although it has received positive reviews from most people, several others have criticized the works for its biased political orientation and personal voice.[4]
A series of reviews in 2000–2001 in The Textbook Letter, a publication of the Textbook League, criticized various aspects of the first two books of A History of US. In a review of volume 2, Making Thirteen Colonies: 1600–1740, Alice Whealey noted many claims regarding the history of Western civilization as erroneous, focusing on republicanism, Moorish Spain, and Abrahamic religious stories presented as fact.[5] Also regarding volume 2, Earl Hautala wrote that Hakim's inclusion of the Bible stories of Abraham and Moses is unjustified and incorrect from both a Biblical and a non-Biblical perspective.[6] William J. Bennetta argued that volume 1, The First Americans: Prehistory–1600, presented a politicized multicultural view of early history.[7][8]
References [link]
- ^ "A History of Us: The Story of America". Parents' Choice Awards. Parents' Choice. https://www.www.parents-choice.org/product.cfm?product_id=9012&award=xx&from=Oxford%20University%20Press. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ May, Michael (September 13, 2002). "Making Everyone Happy: The state textbook review process blends homogenized boredom". The Austin Chronicle. https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2002-09-13/102441/. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ "U.S. History: Our Worst Subject?". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. June 30, 2005. https://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_senate_hearings&docid=22-340. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ Ravitch, Diane (2003). The Language Police. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 100–104. ISBN 0-375-41482-7.
- ^ Whealey, Alice. "Joy Hakim Should Not Write About the History of Europe". The Textbook Letter 12 (1). https://www.textbookleague.org/121hakm.htm.
- ^ Hautala, Earl (March–April 2000). "Textbook-Writers Promote Religious Tales as "History"". The Textbook Letter 11 (1). https://www.textbookleague.org/111hakm.htm.
- ^ Bennetta, William J. (March–April 2000). "Multi-Culti Joy". The Textbook Letter 11 (1). https://www.textbookleague.org/111joy.htm.
- ^ Bennetta, William J. (July–August 2000). "More Hokum from Hakim". The Textbook Letter 11 (3). https://www.textbookleague.org/113hak.htm.
External links [link]
- Joy Hakim's official website
- A History of US series page, from the Oxford University Press
- Booknotes interview with Hakim on Freedom: A History of US, February 23, 2003.
 |
This article about a non-fiction history book is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a children's book is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
https://wn.com/A_History_of_US
History of the United States
The date of the start of the history of the United States is a subject of constant debate among historians. Older textbooks start with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492 and emphasize the European background, or they start around 1600 and emphasize the American frontier. In recent decades American schools and universities typically have shifted back in time to include more on the colonial period and much more on the prehistory of the Native peoples.
Indigenous people lived in what is now the United States for thousands of years before European colonists began to arrive, mostly from England, after 1600. The Spanish had small settlements in Florida and the Southwest, and the French along the Mississippi River and the Gulf Coast. By the 1770s, thirteen British colonies contained two and a half million people along the Atlantic coast east of the Appalachian Mountains.
In the 1760s the British government imposed a series of new taxes while rejecting the American argument that any new taxes had to be approved by the people (see Stamp Act 1765). Tax resistance, especially the Boston Tea Party (1774), led to punitive laws (the Intolerable Acts) by Parliament designed to end self-government in Massachusetts. American Patriots (as they called themselves) adhered to a political ideology called republicanism that emphasized civic duty, virtue, and opposition to corruption, fancy luxuries and aristocracy.
Podcasts:
-
by Ja Rule
Of Us
by: Ja RuleOne of Us
(One of us) Yeah, Rule
(One uf us) Yeah, nigga
If God were one of us
(One of us) What about that
What if he was
What if he was me
(One of us) What the fuck would I do
Lord, when I die pacify, crucify me
I rock a Devil cross, one's for the soul one's for the body
If I'm built then God dies, I wanna see God cry
Real tears from a burned out life in ten years
I sware I got the Devil in me, with no fear
If I hear I can't see, if I see I can't hear
It's the eerie little thing between deathness and blindness
Weakness and kindness, rejects and primaz
I'm on this when I'm hollerin', Dear Lord, take me (One of us)
(Baby) 'Cuz I ain't really happy here, can you blame me
This game done changed me, made me an animal
I can't even laugh no more, my kids smile for me now
I'm the one-and-only, my momma's only child
Lord, save me before I go crazy
'Cuz if you, live through the strain
just to die from the pain, tell me
Would you believe that you could breathe again
[Chorus]
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he sin and love to lie I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he freakin' live his life I wanna know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he use his name in vain I need to know
If God were one of us (One of us)
Would he believe that he could breathe again
Yo, yo
Now let's look at things through my right hand
What if you was that man
Would you run wit me Gun wit me
Would you understand the husstlin', the struggeling
Live amongst dope heads, raisin' your kids and runnin' from the Feds
We'd be bound to bump heads, 'cuz you livin' my life
All righteous, and you said livin' righteous was right
But there's two sides to life - one dark, one light
If you lighten up forever you can dig to the night
Wrap them guns over there, and bring 'em on ova' here (One of us)
'Cuz my God is bigger down your god down here
Now we ride jet sled baby, bubble in Ba-Namb
'Cuz Rule and the Lord got it goin' on
Been, known to do bad shit, I'm so heavenly, but so devilish
If, you, live through the strain just to die from the pain, tell me
Would you believe that you could breathe again
[Chorus]
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yo
Let's trade places, Rule be Spirit, God be flesh
And let's see just how, weak the flesh gets
Now you call on me, Every night bend your knee
Until your start to realize I ain't answerin'
Now you hang up the phone, Lord, pick up the chrome, Lord
Can I blame you, Lord, for needin'a feed what's yours
Got a wife that you love, yet you still lust whores
And I'm supposted to judge you, on earth where it's ugly
You might as well aim at the sky, slug me (One of us)
'Cuz I ain't bein' a Fair God, when life is so hard
I know what'chu goin' through, every move you make
Every crime committed every little mistake
I still got love for ya, fair is fair
As long as you repent you'll be good up here (Baby)
'Cuz if you, live through the strain
just to die from the pain, tell me
Would you believe that you could breathe again
[Chorus x4]
Yeah, uhh
Yeah, uhh, yeah, c'mon, tell me
Uhh, man, c'mon tell me
One of us, heheahah
If God were one of us
Murda Inc. shit
Nigga, ain't nothin' touchin' me
J to A R-U-L-E nigga
c'mon, c'mon
Ha, ha, come and get me, niggas
I wanna know
Yeah, yeah
Tell me, tell me
Can you hear me
Would he believe that he could breathe again
Niggas
One of us [x12]
Murda Inc. shit
Heh, Ja Rule, Slow Rob
Irv Gotti, Rebel, uhh
Get it right
Black Child, day's on
We all in here, Big D
Tauric
Huh, uh, Chris Gotti
Wuss' happenin' nigg
uhh, s'murda, uhh, s'murda, uhh, s'murda, uhh
This ain't fuckin' wit ya
*fff* yeah
*sss* yeeeah
*sss* yeeeah