{"id":8669,"date":"2020-10-24T04:03:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-24T08:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corneliascottcree.com\/?p=8669"},"modified":"2022-02-28T15:37:56","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T20:37:56","slug":"curriculum-for-home-schoolers-american-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corneliascottcree.com\/curriculum-for-home-schoolers-american-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum for Home Schoolers – American History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Perhaps you discovered your children were not being taught American History, but rather some pie-in-the-sky ambitious ideas for whatever. Time to organize a reading program. This list is for both you and your children’s reading and discussion. History is the best teacher because it describes the intersection of ideas, people and processes. And it is true – it does repeat itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key Historical Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The US Constitution – You can get a free copy of this document from http:\/\/lp.hillsdale.edu\/free-pocket-constitution\/<\/a>. You may also find it online but this is nice for permanency and for a fee you can get more for family and friends. Download the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson wrote this when he was 35, so you can tell your kids this is not a nation of “old white guys.” Jefferson was so smart he could write Greek with one hand while writing, the the same time, Latin with the other. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Democracy in America <\/span> by Alexis DeTocqueville. This Frenchman traveled America and his observations still stand today. Americans are different and they do things differently from other nations. As you read together make a list of those assumptions, write them down and discuss them. It will help explain why illegals don’t seem to fit in, and why foreigners do not understand us. This book is avaiable from the liberary free as an e-book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Barton and the staff of WallBuilders have a great deal of material which is graded for different age audiences. You may be able to talk a big local church into sponsoring them for a local program where they match up American history with the Bible. It is as good a program as you will find on the subject. The Judeo-Christian Bible and common law dovetail. This will help you understand western civilization. Barton’s work can be found on Facebook and YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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