This is a brief excerpt from my report on a related topic:
In school we are not taught to think for ourselves. We are taught to read what is in a textbook and to listen to the teacher. That teacher may very well have learned the subject from an earlier version of the same textbook or from one with similar ideas. The agency that decides which textbooks are approved is made up of a few people, not elected but rather hired. The job of this small panel of "experts" is to select the thoughts and ideas that all children in our country should be taught.
From the beginning of our schooling we are taught to trust that the textbooks and the teachers are telling us the Truth. We are not tested on the merits of our reasoning on a subject. We are not tested on individual research into a subject. We are tested on how much our reasoning and beliefs align with the textbook or the teacher. If our beliefs do not represent as congruent to the “approved” beliefs, we don’t pass school.
So what do you teach your children? To think for themselves. Teach them to think critically. Teach them to use discernment. Teach them to engage in debate not to win, but to get closer to the truth with the efforts of many minds seeking it in earnest. Teach them the stories, and let them do their own research into history.
If you want to teach them history, teach them how to do research. Teach them that the truth is whatever the truth is, and that some people have told a story that may or may not have any elements of truth in it. Teach them to never stop looking for the truth on any subject, and to never assume that they have captured the totality of it.
Insanity is not believing something that no one else believes, but rather it is holding on to your beliefs so strongly, needing them to be true so badly, that you are incapable of seeing evidence to the contrary. The number of people that share your beliefs is irrelevant to truth or what is "sane".
I just mean the curriculum. I’m not sure if the program we used has added or deleted anything since we used it. She took the basic algebra, science, English, Bible, etc classes but with the craziness going on it wouldn’t surprise me if some of the classes have changed.
when I home-schooled my son, it was during the 90's when the 'multicultural connection' in every textbook added hundreds of pages of useless crap and thousands of dollars to the pricetag for school districts.
Find a homeschool group in your area and go to the book swaps. I concentrated on Catholic school texts for all subjects. No matter how old the civics or world history text is, it is easy to find sources bringing the topics up to date. just updating the old maps is a lesson in itself. I really didnt like the prepackaged homeschool plans. the old english grammar books are easy to use, spelling lists from back in the day will be more challenging, and the reading lists from pre-90s are so much better than the drivel they hand out now.
Hello fellow fan of history! I don't have kids yet, but I am making a website but may later modify it into a curriculum for a kid. Basically I am reading through the many many documents at the library of congress website, related to us history from 1812 to now. I am trying to get a really thorough timeline going with several lenses. A lot of northern US history is not represented well in text books, so I am still trying to get more sources on that. But a good start is with the discovery of America and the factual history of early America, and the pilgrams and how Christopher encountered both peaceful native American tribes as well as cannibalistic, raping, child-factory tribes "cannibs" or "carribs" but anyways, I would say take your time can collate writings and documents written by the source, then you can spread to other sources. Let me know if you have any questions over US history or if you have any incites (with documentation) of anything interesting about US history
Something to point out, I am not writing down history that is both accurate and mainstream, I only really dive into things that are either taught to us in an inaccurate way, or not taught at all.
I don’t know how you feel about Christian based curriculum, but for history and language arts, we liked Abeka. They do not whitewash communism and socialism, and that was important to me. For high school, we added in books such as a Patriots Guide to History, and fiction such as Animal Farm, 1984, and Atlas Shrugged. I had my kids read a lot of biographies in middle and high school as well.
This is a brief excerpt from my report on a related topic:
So what do you teach your children? To think for themselves. Teach them to think critically. Teach them to use discernment. Teach them to engage in debate not to win, but to get closer to the truth with the efforts of many minds seeking it in earnest. Teach them the stories, and let them do their own research into history.
If you want to teach them history, teach them how to do research. Teach them that the truth is whatever the truth is, and that some people have told a story that may or may not have any elements of truth in it. Teach them to never stop looking for the truth on any subject, and to never assume that they have captured the totality of it.
Insanity is not believing something that no one else believes, but rather it is holding on to your beliefs so strongly, needing them to be true so badly, that you are incapable of seeing evidence to the contrary. The number of people that share your beliefs is irrelevant to truth or what is "sane".
As a great psychopathic villan once said
"....Insanity...is...doing the exact same thing over and over again, expecting things to change." ~Vaas Montenegro, 2012
When I homeschooled my daughter I used a Christian based program. I’m not sure how much it has changed since she graduated 10 years ago though.
How do you mean?
I just mean the curriculum. I’m not sure if the program we used has added or deleted anything since we used it. She took the basic algebra, science, English, Bible, etc classes but with the craziness going on it wouldn’t surprise me if some of the classes have changed.
when I home-schooled my son, it was during the 90's when the 'multicultural connection' in every textbook added hundreds of pages of useless crap and thousands of dollars to the pricetag for school districts.
Find a homeschool group in your area and go to the book swaps. I concentrated on Catholic school texts for all subjects. No matter how old the civics or world history text is, it is easy to find sources bringing the topics up to date. just updating the old maps is a lesson in itself. I really didnt like the prepackaged homeschool plans. the old english grammar books are easy to use, spelling lists from back in the day will be more challenging, and the reading lists from pre-90s are so much better than the drivel they hand out now.
ebay is a good source too. good luck. .
Hello fellow fan of history! I don't have kids yet, but I am making a website but may later modify it into a curriculum for a kid. Basically I am reading through the many many documents at the library of congress website, related to us history from 1812 to now. I am trying to get a really thorough timeline going with several lenses. A lot of northern US history is not represented well in text books, so I am still trying to get more sources on that. But a good start is with the discovery of America and the factual history of early America, and the pilgrams and how Christopher encountered both peaceful native American tribes as well as cannibalistic, raping, child-factory tribes "cannibs" or "carribs" but anyways, I would say take your time can collate writings and documents written by the source, then you can spread to other sources. Let me know if you have any questions over US history or if you have any incites (with documentation) of anything interesting about US history
Something to point out, I am not writing down history that is both accurate and mainstream, I only really dive into things that are either taught to us in an inaccurate way, or not taught at all.
I don’t know how you feel about Christian based curriculum, but for history and language arts, we liked Abeka. They do not whitewash communism and socialism, and that was important to me. For high school, we added in books such as a Patriots Guide to History, and fiction such as Animal Farm, 1984, and Atlas Shrugged. I had my kids read a lot of biographies in middle and high school as well.
Doing it right! No "Timmy has two moms" read by a horned tranny??
Critical thinking
Which one?
Whatever you’re teaching your kids comes from the Rockefellers
http://www.thrivemovement.com/rockefeller-domination-education
I am uncircumcised.