Chronology, Context, and Critical Thinking
If you feel “behind” in teaching your kids about history, or you feel like you don’t know enough about it yourself; if you feel overwhelmed and unprepared, or dreading history because you hated it in school, this post is for you. First of all, there’s no such thing as being behind. That doesn’t exist. That’s… Continue reading Feeling Behind?
Of course they don’t understand. When you take a child to a museum, they won’t magically become adults, able to grasp the complexity of what’s presented on platforms or laid behind glass. They may not even be able to read the placards. They won’t be able to answer many questions on the car ride home… Continue reading Go anyway.
The West’s ability to understand (1) why we are where we are, (2) why we are who we are, and (3) what is happening in the world right now and what may happen next, is atrophying from over a century of miseducation and historical illiteracy. It’s the scandal no one even knows is happening. What… Continue reading A Warning & A Promise
The Homeschool Historian 