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Looking to help your teen improve their history scores for college entrance exams?
Do they just need some more help in making American History fun?
Then this just MIGHT be the book for your family!
Synopsis:
Join acclaimed historian Dan Roberts—known to millions as the voice of the A Moment in Time radio series—on a bite-sized romp through 500 years of American history. With just one minute a day, you can master all the essential facts of America's founding, Civil War, world conflicts, homefront transformations, and more!
Where was the lost colony? What tipped the balance in the Civil War? Were there second thoughts about dropping the atomic bomb?
Amaze your friends and stun your coworkers with these answers and more from Master American History in 1 Minute a Day. Join acclaimed historian Dan Roberts—known to millions as the voice of the A Moment in Time radio series—on a bite-sized romp through 500 years of American history. With just one minute a day, you can master all the essential facts of America's founding, Civil War, world conflicts, homefront transformations, and more. Packed with full-color photographs, paintings, and lively mini essays, Master American History in 1 Minute a Day is the perfect armchair companion for history lovers and history learners alike
Review
These small vignettes are interesting and really can be read in a minute a day. As to whether they are going to STAY in memory, that remains to be seen. We found that the more memorable ones DID stick, but only because we discussed them, or related them to something else. Which would make sense, as the adult mind looks for sequence and pairing.But if you unschooling homeschool, this might just be a great way to get INTO American history, by letting your kids pull up MORE info from the foundation reading, and then writing or giving an oral report on the topic at hand. So you could also be teaching English, writing and research skills, besides the history lessons! Either way, it's a fun and quick resource to have on hand!
About the Author:
If anyone can be accurately described as a Renaissance man, it would be Dan Roberts, executive producer and host of the award-winning radio series A Moment in Time. Created to excite and enlighten the public about the past and its relevance to the present and impact on the future, A Moment in Time is a captivating historical narrative that is currently broadcast worldwide.
After receiving a BA in history from Presbyterian College in 1969, Roberts served as an officer in the US Army, including a tour in Vietnam where he was awarded the Bronze Star in 1971. Roberts began training as a Presbyterian minister and completed his professional education at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1974. In August, 1986, he served as guest chaplain of the United States Senate.
In 1990, Roberts obtained a master's degree from the University of Richmond and, in 1997, a PhD in early modern British history and American colonial history from the University of Virginia. He is currently a professor of liberal arts and history at the University of Richmond and serves as chair of the department of liberal arts at the School of Professional and Continuing Studies. He has also been a guest contributor and columnist for Education Week, USA Today, Scripps-Howard papers, and Richmond Times-Dispatch. He is often heard as a history commentator on CNN, CNN Headline News, and Fox News.
Dan is a popular jazz pianist and an avid reader. He travels each year to a part of the world for research in his continuous quest to bring history to life. He also spends a great deal of time on the road as a popular speaker for corporations, organizations, and national audiences.
Roberts has three children: Heather Elizabeth Roberts Gill, Kathleen Taylor Roberts, and Daniel McDonald Roberts, III. He also has two lovely granddaughters: Ava McKenzie Hunt and Gerika Gill.
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