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Posted: Feb 02 2012 at 8:30pm | IP Logged Quote MommyMahung
Hello Ladies,

I don't know if I'm posting in the right place, but here is my concern/question.

I want to teach my kids what I consider accurate history. My husband gave me the book, "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong". It was written by "ex"-history teachers who taught what they were told teach, but made sure the real stories and truth of history were also covered. The information I have read so far has been very interesting and from what I have found, accurate.

Have any of you used this book to teach history to your kids? If so, how did you go about doing it? Do any of you know of any other source that doesn't teach "traditional" history put out by the government?

From a mommy on a search for truth(s)...
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Posted: Feb 02 2012 at 9:45pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
there's the "politically incorrect guide to.." books

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Posted: Feb 02 2012 at 11:00pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Sounds like an intriguing title, for sure, MommyMahung. I haven't seen it though to comment. I have seen some of the "politically incorrect guides" and bet they may be similar. I did talk to my bil who is history PhD (conservative Catholic as well), and his take on the "politically incorrect guides" is to realize they also have a counter bias. So he always recommends looking at a variety fo sources. He has recommended to me the ISI student guides on history. He feels they are very balanced in presentation and give you tools for evaluating what you read. The one I read on US hisotry I did find helpful for evaluating bias and understanding how history is written and getting a better perspective.

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Posted: Feb 02 2012 at 11:21pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
oh Thanks Mary.. yes different perspectives help. Also some things written for women's history can have a different perspective too.

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Posted: Feb 03 2012 at 8:02am | IP Logged Quote cathhomeschool
We haven't seen the Lies My Teacher book either but have used the politically incorrect guides. Like Mary suggests, I had my boys read history books from several different points of view/biases.

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Posted: Feb 03 2012 at 8:26am | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
I think that the ISI guides are good because they point you toward source material. The closer you can get to source material, the more objective it will be. This is easier with American History as it is fairly recent with a lot of accessible source information but harder with world. One thing I try to keep in mind is that, with so much of history centering around war and conflict, it was the winner who got to write the historical account

But ALL history has bias. It is impossible to relate history without SOME sort of bias. It's just the nature of the beast.

I've not seen the book you are using, so I can't comment on it specifically. I think, in general, when you see history curricula outlined on these boards, there is no one text that people have found to be complete. Most people use a variety of sources for a well-rounded view.

However, I try to avoid the *most* biased sources in doing that. Some modern histories out there are not worthwhile, whether it is to gain "another" perspective or not.

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Posted: Feb 04 2012 at 2:02pm | IP Logged Quote MommyMahung
Thank you very much Ladies for the suggestions. History is a definitely a challenging subject! I started to consider ordering history books from other English speaking countries in order to show my kids how other countries view the USA.

The most important history is that of our faith and we have lots of fun with that! It's just this country stuff that gets in the way...

I appreciate the input! God Bless you all!
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Posted: Feb 04 2012 at 2:25pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
One thing to remember as well is what sort of impression are you wanting to leave your children with. This is another type of bias of course.. but I want my children to be/feel patriotic, proud of their country and things like the constitution. While still knowing that people arent perfect and when running the coutry they dont' always do the right thing. So I would want some bias (that I like) especially when the kids are young and more black and white in their views.. saving more of the various perspecitives for when they're older and can see how the same thing can be good and bad.. many shades of grey.

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