Teaching History & Ask Us Anything

All are invited to come and join us Saturday September 28th!

Ruins of the Parthenon by Sanford Robinson Gifford, 1880

It is useful to remember that history is to the nation as memory is to the individual. As a person deprived of memory becomes disorientated and lost, not knowing where they have been or where they are going , so a nation denied a conception of the past will be disabled in dealing with its present and its future.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.

Last week

Peco

and I published The Flavors of Faux History: Preparing for the Collapse of Knowledge, emphasizing the importance of preserving historical books in a digital age:

As a society we tell stories about our past—our history—to remember where we came from and what our values are. No history is absolutely certain, and probably shouldn’t be, yet some histories are better than others, more trustworthy than others.

A good history can give society a stable understanding of itself and its purpose, while a bad history can lead us into confusion and conflict.

History has played a central role in our homeschooling and indeed was the favorite subject for all three of our children. Much of this has to do with how we went about teaching it, bringing the past to life in their imaginations.

I would love to inspire and support you in teaching your children history and thus invited

Dixie Dillon Lane

to join me this week:

This Saturday, September 28th at 2pm EST,

Dixie Dillon Lane

and I would like to invite you to join us for a live zoom meeting on “Teaching History” followed by a lively session of “Ask Us Anything”.

Dixie Dillon Lane

(who has a PhD in history) will share some insights about three important goals of history education (developing knowledge, imagination, and argument) and how these can inform homeschooling at different age levels. It is important that we ask ourselves: Why does studying history even matter if you can just Google names and dates when you need them?

I will share some of my own experience in teaching, especially younger children, chronological history from the Ancients to modern day and will offer some practical ideas to get you started.

After our presentation, we will open the floor to “Ask us Anything” for 30 minutes, which will allow you to ask us any questions in relation to homeschooling.

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This live meeting on Saturday, September 28th at 2pm EST will be free to all subscribers, while the recording will only be available to paying subscribers.

You can access the link to the meeting here:

Let us know in the comments if you are planning to attend!

We’d love to have you join in and look forward to “meeting” some of you soon!