Recommended books for citizenship study?

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<p>My husband has decided to become a naturalized citizen of the U.S. Does anyone have recommendations for books that are (a) well-written and interesting, and (b) helpful for learning about U.S. history as preparation for the citizenship test?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>a friend who went through this a couple years ago was given review materials and an audio CD of the review materials when she filed her application. Ask your husband to stick the CD in the car CD player and listen to it over and over while driving, that’s what my friend recommended, and she said it got her prepared. As regards to supplementary reading, I have no particular suggestions. Good luck.</p>

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<p>A friend recieved his naturalization papers a few months ago. He said that the materials provided by the USCIS were sufficient for the preparation. His interviewer read 10-15 questions from the list of a 100 or so questions the Immigration Office routinely uses for such purposes, then asked him to write a simple sentence to demonstrate his English proficiency (something along the lines of “I work hard to support my family”). However, since October 1st, USCIS has been administering a new test, and it looks like the prep materials can be downloaded from this site:</p>

<p>[New</a> Naturalization Test](<a href=“http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=2de5bece24e7b110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=2de5bece24e7b110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD]New”>http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=2de5bece24e7b110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=2de5bece24e7b110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD)</p>

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<p>The new naturalization prep materials are really nice. The answers are given for each question followed by a paragraph or two discussing that particular point of history or civics. MUCH better than the old prep materials!</p>

<p>Everything you want to know (you can even read the rubric for scoring the English exam!) is at [USCIS</a> Home Page](<a href=“http://www.uscis.gov%5DUSCIS”>http://www.uscis.gov)</p>

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<p>This is all very helpful - thanks very much.</p>