Chronology, Context, and Critical Thinking
“They’re teaching a new history to kids today.” “They’re trying to rewrite history.” “That’s not the history I grew up with.” These are absolutely true statements—but they were true for your parents and grandparents and great grandparents, too. Here’s why. -The past, history, and historiography are different things—but people use them interchangeably. -The past is… Continue reading Are “they” rewriting history?
“They’re teaching a new history to kids today.” “They’re trying to rewrite history.” “That’s not the history I grew up with.” These are absolutely true statements—but they were true for your parents and grandparents and great grandparents, too. Here’s why. -The past, history, and historiography are different things—but people use them interchangeably. -The past is… Continue reading History, revised.
The enemy of good history is NOT the person who disagrees with you: the enemy of good history is oppression of the truth.
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?
The Homeschool Historian 