nonna7 's review for:

U.S. History For Dummies by Steve Wiegand

2.0

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I decided to read this book to fill in what I thought were gaps in knowledge of US History. I didn't realize that it was really meant for students to "ace" their exams. I hope the author means middle school students because any self respecting high school student should already know most of this stuff. This book goes up to the Obama Presidency ending at 2013. It should be interesting to see what changes are made in an updated version. Anyway, it was gratifying to realize that I knew the basics - even at my advanced age. Credit goes to Sister Rose Judge, a member of the Philadelphia based order of nuns known as the Trinitarians, who taught American History at my Catholic high school. I'm sure she has long passed this life, but I had the opportunity to tell several Trinitarian nuns who have retired at my mother's retirement home in Philadelphia. They didn't know her, but then they did a lot of different things besides teaching. (Just a side note: when I was in high school, nuns still wore habits. Trinitarian nuns wore their hair parted in the middle with tight buns and wore hats. Their dresses were mid calf and black with white trim. It was quite amazing to see a nun with hair. There was also another much younger Trinitarian nun who was very pretty in a severe way. I don't know what she taught.) But back to the book, it's a good reference for your older grade school/middle school kids. Hopefully it will spark an interest in history. It has for me.