Teaching US History in Christian Homeschool
One of the most frustrating things for me when I got to the US History part of my Christian homeschool curriculum was the terrible resources available. The current trajectory of the dicipline of history is left-leaning historians writing revisionist history that goes too far in attacking Christianity’s role in the making of the United States. I am not looking for a glossy portrayl of the situation, but every single textbook that I picked up was a little over the top in its condemnation or even worse subtle reproach of the role of Christianity in the making of the United States. I didn’t want an entirely Christian view of the topic either, but something more balanced. What I learned is that this was largely impossible. This is one of the frustrating things of teaching Christian homeschool. I am not looking to indoctrinate my children, but the unfortunately reality is that there are so few balanced curriculum sets for US History out there. I eventually went with the Alpha Omega Curriculum
edition, just because of my luck with their works in other areas. I cannot say that I was disappointed, but the whole experience made me want to develop my own history curriculum for Christian homeschools that provided a nice balanced approach.
