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I've made a point not to disparage curricula, books, services, or products that fellow homeschool moms have created for this community. In fact, I've gone out of my way to state that I respect the work that has been done to provide booklists, lesson plans, and other resources.
For world history and geography studies, I like for my kids to read plenty of stories from modern-day Africa. I've shared picture books and chapter books about African kingdoms in the past, and I love those stories, but books covering African people and events of the 20th and 21st centuries are also imperative.
Share on Facebook Save to Pinterest These 20th-Century Black History Books cover a period of history during which segregation tightened and racial oppression escalated across the United States. Uniquely, it also includes years of immense progress and explosive creative expression among Black Americans who found ways to survive and even thrive amid incredibly unjust circumstances.
Share on Facebook Save to Pinterest These morning time plans cover the subjects and activities that we'll do together as a family. Some things are done daily; others are one to three times per week. Along with the subjects listed below, we study the Bible (and sometimes watch these BibleProject videos), watch and discuss current [...]
Black American fiction takes readers on a journey to a past time and place alongside present-day stories with a historical twist.