Basically books that are pro-Columbus, pro-founding fathers, and examines slavery in a factual light and doesn't editorialize by making it the root cause of every problem in the country?
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Basically books that are pro-Columbus, pro-founding fathers, and examines slavery in a factual light and doesn't editorialize by making it the root cause of every problem in the country?
OK I GOTCHU FAM. I'm a homeschool mom of 12 years.
The D'Aulaires have neat biographies. I've only personally read Pocahontas and Leif Erikson but they have Washington, Lincoln, and Columbus.
Value Tales is old af but you might be able to find their Columbus bio on ebay. More for a 7-year-old range, that one is.
Blood on the River is a chapter book about Jamestown that a 10-year-old could be old enough for.
The American Girl: Felicity series is neat, esp. for girls. It's six fiction books about a girl growing up in the American Revolution.
Notgrass History makes textbooks (so not stories) that are done really well.
I see a lot of ads for Tuttle Twins, but I haven't read them so can't vouch for them. But they're supposed to be books that teach conservative political values.
That's off the top of my head.
Excellent, thanks! We have D'Aulaires for Greek and Norse mythology, but didn't realize they did American figures too. Will look into Value Tales and Notgrass textbooks.
No problem!
The Tuttle Twins are based!
https://tuttletwins.com/products/
Nice! I've kinda-sorta peeked into them but never pulled the trigger. Do you think they come off as preachy at all?
Actually I can return the favor on Tuttle Twins. We were gifted a set of these, and read about half so far. My son likes them, but to me they are a bit preachy. They definitely stress personal freedoms; however, the outcomes seem oversimplified, but then again it's aimed at kids.
OK gotcha. I was that kid who rolled my eyes at my mom's set of "Let's Talk About (Disobeying; Interrupting; Lying)" books from the 80's. My own kid is like the 2.0 version of Snarky Child Me, so that was my hesitation on Tuttle Twins.
Good looking out. :)
No, they take difficult topics like Liberty, The Law, and Economics and make them incredibly simple. A kid isn't going to understand why The Federal Reserve is not a good thing for America, so they take The Creature from Jekyll Island and use simpler metaphors that kids can grasp to help them understand the benefits of Free Market Capitalism and Economics.
Here's what's great about these books: They help you argue with morons who don't know what they're talking about.
I've got a Pede who's a fan and a Pede who's not such a fan! You both make good points. Now I'm back to wavering again, lol. I should probably just buy a single book and see if I like it.