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Comment on Benjamin Frankin on the “Errors of Mankind” by Michelle C.

Michelle C. — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:55:08 +0000

And isn't a crying shame that those capable of wonderful deeds choose evil instead? Great quote and exposition!

Comment on Benjamin Frankin on the “Errors of Mankind” by Quotable Wisdom | iHomeschoolNetwork

Quotable Wisdom | iHomeschoolNetwork — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:02:19 +0000

Comment on Our Worldview by T. A. Roth

T. A. Roth — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:54:58 +0000

Dear Rosemary,

Thank you very much for your comment. I understand and agree with your criticism of “separation of church and state”. The first draft of the article included a more complete description of English Church-state relations. Due to space considerations, however, I had to abbreviate and that phrase was a useful shorthand. The history of government opposition to religion, both through suppression and subversion, is a disgraceful one and one of many things I hope reading history helps people become more knowledgeable about.

Blessings, T. A. Roth

Comment on Our Worldview by Rosemary

Rosemary — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:00:28 +0000

Dear Mr. & Mrs. Roth,
I wished to make a few comments regarding your recent submission to Currclicks Weekly Newsletter; entitled Beyond American History. I much appreciated your dicussion of the value of teaching all history including American history. It gives me motivation to teach my children history with this underlying theme. If I may be so bold as to point out one bit of misinformation in your submission. The words “separation of church and state” do not appear in the the Constitution. More exactly, in the First Amendment the words are “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” I feel compelled to point this out to you, since this is the myth that those who oppose God and religion in our public life and schools adhere to most vehemently (and wrongly teach others so also). I believe it’s very important that you, as Christians and having set yourselves up as educators and supporters of learning and education, are accurate in this area. I thank you for your time in considering this matter. Sincerely, Rosemary P, Chicago, IL

Comment on About Us by Josh

Josh — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:16:38 +0000

Thank you so much for all your hard work putting these texts into ebook format. I have been looking for a while and there is nothing for homeschoolers that compares to your ebooks. I appreciate also that you have different formats and not just one type. Thanks again.

Comment on Ask Heritage: Why Assign Two Spines instead of One? by T. A. Roth

T. A. Roth — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:28:02 +0000

Hello Thomas. Heritage History has some great books in all these areas, (accept maybe middle east). I’d like to do a more thorough post on this in the next few days, but right off hand, I can recommend these books:

South America: Stories of South America by E. C. Brooks (super good), South America by Hezekiah Butterworth, The Peruvians by Arthur Noll (somewhat dry but short and very informative).

Africa: Stories of the Gorilla Country by Paul du Chaillu is one of my favorite books of all time, but is not a conventional history. It is perfect for middle school and indirectly gives a better portrait of tribal life in central Africa than just about anything. Marshall’s Our Empire Story has a section on the history of South Africa perfect for middle school. The Short biographies of Livingston and Stanley, by Golding are also well done, and the short biography of Charles Gordon by Jeanie Lang gives a simple but very helpful introduction to the Mahdist Wars of the 1890s.

China: The Story of China by Van Bergen is terrific. His Story of Japan is also excellent. William Griffis also has a book called “Story of China” good for middle schoolers, but I like Van Bergen’s better. Charles Gordon biography listed above also has a few chapters on Tai Ping rebellion.

Middle East: Hmm . . . This one is hard. I’ve been looking for good Moslem histories for years and they are scarce. Barbary Rovers by John Finnemore is a possibility. We have a biography of Mohammed, but that is out of your time frame. The Greatest Nations volume on Turkey by Horne gives an good overview of the Ottoman Empire, and it is beautifully illustrated. . . (text is condensed facts, rather than story-based, but very short and to the point).

I’ll post more, including links by tomorrow morning.

Thanks for asking, – T. Roth

Comment on Ask Heritage: Why Assign Two Spines instead of One? by thomas

thomas — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:37:00 +0000

I am revising a home school history curriculum and am looking for books on the history of south america, middle east, africa, and china during the period 1600-1913. The students are middle school range. What books would you recommend?

Comment on The Modern Europe Curriculum Is Here! by Pamela lesner

Pamela lesner — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:34:29 +0000

oops, I miss understood and spoke too soon:P looks like this is part of my package after all:D Yeah!!

Comment on The Modern Europe Curriculum Is Here! by Pamela lesner

Pamela lesner — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 04:24:58 +0000

yes!! of course I see this right after I just purchased the advanced set:P

Comment on Moslem History: Barbary Rovers by Renee'

Renee' — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:26:30 +0000

Thank you so much!