Archive for the 'Columbus' Category

History Through Art Program Update: Columbus at Salamanca

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

The HistoryAtOurHouse program features a unique History Through Art component.  The purpose of this component is two-fold: to help enliven student’s experience of history by seeing it presented through the unique medium of visual art, and to give students an appreciation of what great visual art is. Recently students worked through an analysis of the [...]

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Homeschooling History Book of the Week

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

My homeschooling history “book of the week” is the visual biography of Christopher Columbus by Susan Heimann (available at Amazon.com). In this book, Heimann’s presents the story Discovery of America in a forthright, accessible, and compelling narrative.  What historians don’t really know for sure, she explains.  When a term is used that requires explanation, she provides it.  And, every [...]

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Finding Wonder in the Achievement of Columbus!

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

If a modern history textbook doesn’t outright denounce Columbus as some kind of evil-doer, it probably claims that there was nothing particularly special about his westward voyage, or that it was a mere blunder.  This is both an injustice to Columbus, whose combination of insight and courage were unique, and a tragedy for modern students, [...]

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Celebrate America on Columbus Day!

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Happy Columbus Day America (or should I say, Columbia!)  Today is Columbus Day, one of the worthiest celebrations of American culture that should rank nearly as highly as the 4th of July. Despite the fact that Columbus has fallen out of favor with modern academics, who have succumbed to the multiculturalist perspective that the arrival of Western [...]

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