Joy Hakim
{{short description|American historian}}
Joy Hakim (born January 16, 1931) is an American author who has written a ten-volume history of the United States, A History of US, and Freedom: A History of US (a trade book to accompany a 16-part PBS series), all published by Oxford University Press. Hakim is also the author of The Story of Science, three volumes co-published by Smithsonian Books and the National Science Teachers Association.
Background
Hakim is a graduate of Rutland High School in Rutland, Vermont. She has earned a bachelor's degree from Smith College and a master's degree and honorary doctorate from Goucher College.{{cite web|title=Home - joy hakim|url=http://www.joyhakim.com/|website=www.joyhakim.com|accessdate=18 October 2016}}
She was a schoolteacher in Syracuse, New York, Omaha, Nebraska, and Virginia Beach, Virginia. Hakim was also an assistant editor of McGraw-Hill's World News in New York City, a reporter for the Norfolk Ledger-Star and a business writer for The Virginian-Pilot, also located in Norfolk. In 1978, she became the first woman to be an associate editor and editorial writer for the Virginian-Pilot.
Published work
Hakim's first published work was the ten-volume A History of US, from Oxford University Press in 1993. The book is written as a narrative history intended for young readers. The Story of Science is co-published by Smithsonian Books and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). The first volume, Aristotle Leads the Way was published in 2004; Newton at the Center was published in 2005; and Einstein Adds a New Dimension followed in 2007. A History of US was turned into a 16-part PBS television series.{{cite web|url=https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/historyofus/ |title=Freedom: A History of US. Home |publisher=PBS |date= |access-date=2013-06-06}} Stride, Inc. has made an abridged 4 volume Concise Edition of A History of US. Teachers materials to accompany the books are available from the teacher/educator CSOS team at Johns Hopkins University.{{cite web|url=http://web.jhu.edu/CSOS/tdmg/program/history.html |title=U.S. History |publisher=Web.jhu.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-06-06}} NSTA has also made teaching materials available on their website.{{cite web|url=http://www.nsta.org/publications/press/extras/hakim3.aspx |title=Science Teaching Materials - NSTA Press Extras: Einstein Adds a New Dimension |publisher=Nsta.org |date= |accessdate=2013-06-06}}
Hakim has had much of her work published as e-books. The 10 volume e-book version of A History of US, text-only e-books from Oxford, is now joined by the three-volume e-book version of The Story of Science. Aristotle Leads the Way, Newton at the Center, and Einstein Adds A New Dimension have recently been made available as illustrated e-books from the Smithsonian.{{cite web|last1=Books|first1=Smithsonian|title=Story of Science {{!}} Smithsonian Books Store|url=http://www.smithsonianbooks.com/story-science/|website=www.smithsonianbooks.com|access-date=2016-10-18|archive-date=2016-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022204236/http://www.smithsonianbooks.com/story-science/|url-status=dead}}
The recently published Reading Science Stories is an e-book filled with stories of scientific adventurers (Joy Hakim, June 11, 2015). Some stories are adapted from The Story of Science, some are new.{{cite web|title=Reading Science Stories|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25732845-reading-science-stories|website=Goodreads|accessdate=18 October 2016}}
Free To Believe (or not) is an illustrated e-book that tells the story of religious freedom in America. (Joy Hakim; 1 edition, June 2, 2016).
Recognition
Hakim's books earned her the first James A. Michener Award for Writing by the National Council for Social Studies and two Parents' Choice awards.{{cite web|title=Education World: Award-Winning History Series Takes Students by Storm! (An ex...|url=http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr235.shtml|website=www.educationworld.com|accessdate=18 October 2016}}[http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr235.shtml Award-Winning History Series Takes Students by Storm!] Education World e-Interview with author Joy Hakim
Now in a revised third and fourth editions, incorporating new materials and corrections, books from A History of US have been recommended to accompany the Common Core curriculum. The books are also used in some home school curricula.[http://www.k12.com/curriculum_and_products/history_main/american_history_before_1865/ American History Before 1865] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725093239/http://www.k12.com/curriculum_and_products/history_main/american_history_before_1865/ |date=2008-07-25 }} - K12 curriculum In 1995, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough went before the United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in support of a bill sponsored by Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) intended to improve the teaching and learning of history. McCullough gave a scathing attack on the state of textbooks, but cited Hakim's book as an exception: "Joy Hakim's new...multi-volume History of the United States is superb. But others are dismal almost beyond describing.".{{cite web|url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_senate_hearings&docid=22-340 |title=FDsys - Browse CHRG |publisher=Frwebgate.access.gpo.gov |date= |accessdate=2013-06-06}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.joyhakim.com/ Joy Hakim - official site]
- [https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/historyofus/ PBS Freedom: A History of US - official site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929122603/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?userid=vi564QHB3r&cid=1009278#bio Biography, from Barnes and Noble]
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111130190701/http://booknotes.org/Watch/174432-1/Joy+Hakim.aspx Booknotes interview with Hakim on Freedom: A History of US, February 23, 2003.]
- [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Hak In Depth interview with Hakim, December 6, 2009]
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Category:21st-century American historians
Category:American male non-fiction writers
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Category:American historians of science
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Category:Goucher College alumni
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Educators from Vermont