Stories of America, Volume 2

by Charles Morris, Sonya Shafer

Settle back with these stories of American history and watch your children's eyes light up with interest and patriotism. Mr. Morris's narratives make you feel as if you are listening to a kindly grandfather recounting tales from his past. Volume 2 presents stories from The Oregon Trail through the present day.

Genres: History, American History

239 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2012

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Charles Morris was an American journalist, novelist and author of popular historical textbooks.

Reviews

[Kristine Rogers]

I really, really love these books. They are worth reading as an adult or child for the content. There are wonderful stories, like Marion the Swamp Fox, which just didn't appear in my textbooks as a child.

[B Johnson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this to my kids for school. Chapter on slavery was appalling bad. Stated how slavery doesn't exist today...but in fact there is more slavery today than ever before!

[Kristie Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this for history in the elementary ages

[Tracy Reed · Rating 5 out of 5]

We've now read this twice over the years, having used it as a history spine for our homeschool studies. We use Simply Charlotte Mason, which coordinates this family book (and the companion Stories of the Nations, Vol. 2) with books for each child to read on their own level from the same time period as the entire family (all grade levels) studies the same period in history. We love it!

Our first time through was with my then 5th grader and 2nd grader. Our second time through was with my now 11th, 8th, 5th, and 3rd graders. I was pleasantly surprised with what my older two remembered from six years ago, though we all enjoyed reading it again. We love how the program is structured and have thoroughly enjoyed learning this way together. Paired with the "on-level" books, it's a fantastic way to learn history as a family!