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America's Story #1
America's Story Vol. 1
A colorful Charlotte Mason-inspired journey through American history! History comes alive in the stories and adventures of explorers and pioneers who saw in America the chance to live a dream - to freely worship God, to have the chance to own land, and the search for wealth and opportunities. It is also the story of cultures that at times cooperated or clashed, as well as distant rulers and countries who saw a chance to expand their power through conflict or treaty. Volume One in this series for your elementary students This vivid collection of history is as varied and vast as the lands that stretch from the original thirteen colonies to the gold fields of California. Discover the people who braved and tamed a wilderness to form communities and eventually states that dot the landscape of this great land we know today.
284 pages, Paperback
Published March 9, 2017
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Angela O'Dell
66 books4 followersAs a homeschooling mom and author, Angela O’Dell embraces many aspects of the Charlotte Mason method, yet knows that modern children need an education that fits the needs of this generation. Based upon her foundational belief in a living God for a living education, she has worked to bring a curriculum that will reach deep into the heart of home-educated children and their families. She has written over 20 books, including her history series. Angela’s goal is to bring materials that teach and train hearts and minds to find the answers for our generation in the never changing truth of God and His Word.
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April 24, 2021
This has been one of my favorite history "textbooks" so far! Great pictures, engaging stories, and includes a Christian worldview that I SUPER appreciate!
August 17, 2024
I am a homeschooling mom just trying to figure out what I know, what I don’t, and which curriculum I want to use to teach my kids, so I am prereading several History curriculums. I decided to start with this one. It was fun, light, and educational. I enjoyed all of the illustrations and photographs in every chapter and the layout was perfect for me. I read this at my leisure in about two weeks and do think it is a fantastic introduction to elementary students. I also think Notgrass’ Our Star Spangled Story is superb from what I have read in my copy so far, as well.
The only error that I know of personally in this book is to do with the Trail of Tears and the Cherokee Tribe. I also did not appreciate the mathematical bias they used in this textbook on the subject, belittling or sugar coating it. Just tell it like it is. In this text, they grouped the numbers of the Cherokee Tribe with three other tribes who walked the Trail of Tears, quoted to total 45,000 men, women, and children, who were forced from their homes in the Indian Removal Act. While that was fine, they then quoted only the Cherokee Tribe for who died trying to make that journey, and the syntax is organized in a specific way that gives off the impression “this is how many died total.” While I caught the math because I am an adult, a child would not probably catch what they did. And they quoted it wrong from what I’ve been told. They said that only 4,000 of the Cherokee Tribe died and implied that only 4,000 of the 45,000 died (despite saying with the words that they are making the distinction. It was a funny way to write it, in my opinion, unless their goal was to do it this way). The problem here is that my family is Cherokee Tribe and have our tribal cards. My aunt, who went to a reservation and met with some other members was asking questions about the history and came home to tell me about the Trail of Tears specifically. She reported the tribe saying that the journey stole about half of the tribe’s lives. All the tribes, as stated in this textbook, are reported to have been hustled out of their home quickly with little to no provisions, ill dressed for harsh weather, and scant food. By this logic, I speculate that it would be logical to deduce that if one tribe suffering from these conditions lost about half of their people, than it wouldn’t seem out of the realm of possibility that the three other tribes facing the exact same circumstances might have also lost about half of their tribes. Wherever your opinion falls on the matter, the number stands to reason that it’s a lot greater than a mere 4,000 out of 45,000.
The only error that I know of personally in this book is to do with the Trail of Tears and the Cherokee Tribe. I also did not appreciate the mathematical bias they used in this textbook on the subject, belittling or sugar coating it. Just tell it like it is. In this text, they grouped the numbers of the Cherokee Tribe with three other tribes who walked the Trail of Tears, quoted to total 45,000 men, women, and children, who were forced from their homes in the Indian Removal Act. While that was fine, they then quoted only the Cherokee Tribe for who died trying to make that journey, and the syntax is organized in a specific way that gives off the impression “this is how many died total.” While I caught the math because I am an adult, a child would not probably catch what they did. And they quoted it wrong from what I’ve been told. They said that only 4,000 of the Cherokee Tribe died and implied that only 4,000 of the 45,000 died (despite saying with the words that they are making the distinction. It was a funny way to write it, in my opinion, unless their goal was to do it this way). The problem here is that my family is Cherokee Tribe and have our tribal cards. My aunt, who went to a reservation and met with some other members was asking questions about the history and came home to tell me about the Trail of Tears specifically. She reported the tribe saying that the journey stole about half of the tribe’s lives. All the tribes, as stated in this textbook, are reported to have been hustled out of their home quickly with little to no provisions, ill dressed for harsh weather, and scant food. By this logic, I speculate that it would be logical to deduce that if one tribe suffering from these conditions lost about half of their people, than it wouldn’t seem out of the realm of possibility that the three other tribes facing the exact same circumstances might have also lost about half of their tribes. Wherever your opinion falls on the matter, the number stands to reason that it’s a lot greater than a mere 4,000 out of 45,000.
November 28, 2023
best book on earth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this book is for you, if you have a history heart like me.
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