Includes the spread of religion, in which one can see very definitely that Christianity’s primary home, from which it spread over the earth, was Europe.
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Simply Charlotte Mason has some excellent picture study resources for sale. While I usually try to recommend free resources, these are of such high quality, and the cost is reasonable, that including picture studies of fine art in your children’s schoolwork is now a manageable, 15 minutes a week, possibility.
I would like to emphasize that in the Goodness, Truth, and Beauty trio I like to promote education in, Beauty often gets shortchanged. These Picture Study Portfolios are are a good, not terribly expensive way, to work on the Beauty side of things.
A very readable and useful study on colonial life that is accessible enough for older children and still profitable for adults is Home Life in Colonial Days, by Alice Morse Earle. Originally published in 1898, it delves into exacting detail concerning the daily lives of Americans during the colonial and revolutionary period, their habits and dress, their implements, tools, and practices. It’s very interesting reading, not simply as historical background, but also as a primer in simple living, aided by handicraft and the practical arts. From what I have read of the book, it steers clear of political and religious issues, and focuses on the anthropological aspect, which, in a way, makes it a bit of an ethnographic study as well, and could be read from that perspective.
Please do read a sample at Amazon if you have a chance.
[ Edited: 17 March 2012 02:53 PM by W.M. Godfrey ]
For parents who would like to share the original version of Little Black Sambo with their families, including the original illustrations, Project Gutenberg has the book here:
Caveat: if you are using a Kindle, the decorative capital letters at the beginnings of chapters don’t line up terribly well with the test. The ePub version is much better.
“By the way, I recommend that Mom start one of her own as soon as possible. One of my biggest regrets is not starting mine in the ’80′s. If I had it to do again, I’d have a rather filled-in book by now.”
For those who have been asking me for the LOS Southern History curriculum, of the dead link fame, here is a page at Lew Rockwell by Clyde Wilson titled The South and Southern History
