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How to weave the Bible in with history
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Hello Ladies,
This is my first post!
I have always loved Charlotte Mason but never really trusted and let go. This week we finally are completely implementing the principals. We went with a Gentle Feast and it is very lovely so far. One reason I looked and looked at My Fathers World is because it does such a good job pointedly with Biblical history. For my children I want the Bible to be woven into history, I am still realizing things happened simultaneously as an adult. Are there living books or a spine that would help me do this next year when we finish modern? Or that we could read aloud in the meantime?
Thanks!!
We’ve worked at that this year and it’s been really fun. We are doing OT history along with several great ancient civilizations. We’ve used books like The God King and Exiled Prince along with Jashub’s journal and a bunch of crazy “time travel” kids books. The older kids are reading “On the Shores of the Great Sea” as their spine to get a continuous picture. It’s really been fun! We have a time line on the wall so we can compare events and that helps get the bigger picture.
Jessica,
Simply Charlotte Mason’s history guides weave Bible history and world history together. My children and I appreciate it greatly. It has definitely caused us to keep a focus on the fact that Bible history wasn’t some seperate history that happened on it’s own timeline. What we read in the Bible is taking place at the same time the Egyptians are building pyramids, the people of the Indus River Valley are advancing, the Chinese are making gun powder, the Trojans are at war, etc. I encourage you to take a look at the book lists in the guides (starting with Egypt since you will be finishing Modern).
I think most Christian-based history programs do this, so SCM’s history modules or Mystery of History would be good choices. There are a number of textbooks that do this as well (Abeka, Rod & Staff, etc.).
Tamara
I had read several times that the bible didnt weave in as much as it’s just taught along side. That’s a very good review, maybe I should look again at it. I am also very hesitant to be stuck in the ancients for three years. That is one reason we went with a gentle feasts plan. Though I have several SCM items and we do use them as well as they are called for in our plan too. Those two things I mentioned caused me to shy away from SCM history guides.
ErinD,
Yes there are so many, I was homeschooled using textbooks. I was really hoping to find a way to use living books to do it if it can be done. I am looking at Biblioplan’s textbook remember the days but it’s still not quite it. :0)
For 7th grade and up, I recommend Diana Waring history audio cd sets. They go along with unit studies, but can be used to supplement other history curriculum, including SCM modules. They cover history in 3 cycles. My son is using Ancient Civilizations and the Bible for 9th grade, and there is lots of Bible and archaeology woven into ancient history. We use CM methods and choose living books from each unit’s book list. But we liked the SCM history modules in prior years and I often added audio discs to it. For younger children, you could add audios of Mystery of History. We used MOH audio to supplement SCM and we all enjoyed listening in the van whenever we could. Lots of Bible is included in it, too.
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