A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.

Workbook for Students studying the Young Readers Edition of Land of Hope. Middle School - Grades 6-8

The FIRST Student Workbook to accompany the two-volume Young Readers Edition of Land of Hope

The Student Workbook is intended to be used with the Teacher's Guide. Both provide chapter summaries which teachers may use in teaching students to read for the main idea. The Student Workbook contains reading questions for each chapter of the LAND OF HOPE text; the Teacher's Guide has the same questions with answers. Primary documents accompany each chapter, broken into shorter segments to help with reading comprehension. These documents also have reading questions; the Teacher's Guide provides the answers. Documents are often the text of speeches, but may include diary entries and song lyrics. There are about two dozen map exercises; the Teacher's Guide has the keys. There are synthetical essay questions for each chapter and for final exams. Learning strategies and study "tricks" are also given.

The purpose of the Student Workbook is to assist students in working through the LAND OF HOPE text with a close reading, and also to add some depth through the supplementary documents. The map exercises are "hands-on" and should help students master the crucially important geographic knowledge that the subject requires.

About the Author
Wilfred M. McClay is professor of history and the Victor Davis Hanson Chair in Classical History and Western Civilization at Hillsdale College.

John D. McBride has more than fifty years experience in teaching US history. He earned a BA and an MA at Rice University (1968, 1971) and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia (1977). After an interruption for the US Army Reserves, he and wife Mary Jane raised two children while working as dorm parents at the Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he served as head of the History Department and developed a two-year Western Civilization curriculum. He has taught as an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, in both the Political Science and the History Departments. He worked as a volunteer instructor at Walker State Prison, Georgia's faith-and character-based prison. John enjoys using simulation games and debates and other group activities in his classes whenever possible. He is the author of Bloody Dawn: The Final Assault on the Alamo and other rules for reenacting battles with miniatures.

Reviews

"Professor McClay has brought faith, hope, and charity to this comprehensive and readable narration of our National Story."

-Will Fitzhugh, The Concord Review

"This affirmative, evenhanded review of American history, institutions, and character is refreshing, and comes none too soon, when so many accounts are merely trying to settle scores. Beautifully written and fair-minded, Land of Hoperanks among the finest surveys of the nation's past."

-Gilbert T. Sewall, American Textbook Council

"Every page pops with the extraordinary achievements, near misses, and frustrating failures of a nation formed by the common pursuit of liberty and happiness."

-Robert L. Jackson, Institute for Classical Education

"Our children stand at risk of not knowing who they are as inheritors and keepers of American freedom. Enter Wilfred M. McClay. This latest edition of his beautiful narrative forms a compelling vision of America's past."

-Andrew J. Zwerneman, Cana Academy

"Students fortunate enough to encounter these volumes will become better readers and more knowledgeable citizens."

-Lucien Ellington, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

"Our nation is facing challenges from those who contend that America was founded on evil principles and should be effectively dismantled. This superbly readable volume tells the story of America accurately-critiquing what we got wrong but praising the many things we got right. This approach will produce fair-minded citizens who are loyal to our ideals but who are also willing to challenge our leaders to live up to them."

-Michael Farris, president & CEO, Alliance Defending Freedom, and founder, Home School Legal Defense Association

"This Young Readers Edition brings the great American story into the lives of late primary and middle-school children. We use it in Hillsdale College's affiliated K-12 schools, and enthusiastically recommend it to any teacher or parent."

-Dr. Kathleen O'Toole, Assistant Provost for K-12 Education, Hillsdale College

Book Information
ISBN 9781641773119
Author Wilfred M. McClay
Format Paperback
Page Count 160
Imprint Encounter Books,USA
Publisher Encounter Books,USA
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 190mm * 15mm