Slavery is in the Bible. Our founding father's participated in what they had known to be a way of life. We approach the subject as "yes this was an awful way of life for ALL that were victims. African Americans, the Irish, white men with the Natives, etc. Today, we could never dream of owning slaves ourselves, but that is in part because we have learned so much from our history books." Just because a founding father owned slaves does not discredit his dedication to free us from the king. I for one am extremely grateful to live in a free country.
Thanks for sharing! Yes, slavery is a fact, and that’s why I choose to teach my children about it. I think we get into trouble when we try to pretend historical figures were always perfect. Everyone makes mistakes, and culture and context make a big impact on a person’s actions. These are fascinating topics to discuss with children, with a care for their developmental appropriateness of course!
The problem is as long as government exists we stay slaves. We are NOT truly free. If you decide to live according to ALL bible principals (Do as Jesus says) minding your own busines never bothering or hurting any one, but choosing to not participate in government, their laws or taxes (which Is slavery and THEFT) you get first the threat of violence put on you for not living how they want you to. If you still refuse to "obey" these tyrants, they will impose more threat of violence if you dont play their rules by participating by way of their man made court system...you are at risk of being kidnapped,caged and even killed. So no we are not "free" just because we are less oppressed than many other countries.
I second Story of the World. We have four boys(12, 9, 6, 2) and are also in a similar boat with a love of reading and less interest in worksheets. Thanks for a very generous posting.
Brand new to homeschool! I have a soon to be 4th, 2nd, and k. Where do I start with history?? Story of the world volume 1? American history? World geography? I’m mainly planning for my 4th grader and the younger ones will most likely sit in on the lessons. Thanks for your insight!
It’s from the Calvert School, but I don’t see it sold there any longer. There are some on Amazon but the cost seems a little high to me. I found my copy on ThriftBooks.com
I’ve had my eye on that timeline book! Would you say story of the world volume three or four would be best to correspond with studying american history? Thank you for this flip through!
Branch to Bloom thank you!!!!!! This helps a lot. My son isn’t exactly sure what he wants to study but is interested in things like D day, the Great Depression and world war 1 and 2
I chose to go chronologically because it gives so much context this way, which is why we did story of the world first. I suppose it’s the Montessori in me, but we did history from a broad context first and now are honing in on the specific interests. Last year we did an overview of American history, and this year we are studying the history of American government.
Branch to Bloom which story of the world do you recommend for an over view of American history then? I would like to do it that way. Give the over view. But then allow him to dive deep on what interests him. Next year my middle child will be ready to start on history and I thought it would be a good year to tackle some interests in American history for my oldest and then next school year circle back around to ancient times as a family to include my middle who will be in first. I’m saying this to you because I appreciate any perspective or experience you have. My oldest is 9
heartful. mom I would start with volume 3, because I like to move from the oldest time on the timeline, and move forward. There will be lots of interesting little rabbit trails for you to explore together along the way!
