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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are you teaching your children, and at what ages/levels, about the history of race and racism in the United States?[/quote]

A lot. For one, I am not white. I am native. They know A LOT about native history in this country, particularly (of course) about the experiences of our tribe.

Then, my husband is an immigrant who grew up in desolate poverty (outhouse, no shoes, one shirt, eating rotting meat, the whole 9 yards), so they no what it means to struggle.

They also have friends from all backgrounds and races, as do my husband and me.

We also read a variety of books about characters of all races and understand on an elementary school level slavery and the racism that that resulted. We have also discussed how things have gotten better and how they have stayed the same.

They also learn a truly global history. In other words, we discuss the advancements and civilization of the Aksum Empire at the same time as the Roman/Byzantine Empire at the same time as the Mayans. Mali is then discussed alongside feudalism, the samurai, and Aztecs. Europe is not viewed through an isolated lens. In a classical curriculum, you study history in four year cycles of Ancients, Medieval, Early Modern, Modern and you look at what happens around the world during those time periods.[/quote][/quote]

Do you have curriculum recommendations for this content? I have a 2e kid I may need to homeschool due to terrible local school services.

Thanks for doing this AMA![/quote]

I admit that for the past few years I have been mostly piecing things together myself using the Usborne Book of World History as a spine and then checking a lot of books out of the library to cover the topics covered on each page, carefully balancing the different areas of the world myself.

This past year I have been closely looking at REAL History Odyssey to see if it might fit our needs and make things a little easier on me. I use their science curriculum and really like it, so I am hoping their history is good, too.[/quote]

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