The Past
Good Morning! What a morning it has been. One filled with children, school, prayer, and always God. By the way, do you know what it feels like to type on a keyboard that had pop spilled on it two days ago? Help! if anyone has a fix for this situation, please send your solution to amothersrewards@gmail.com. Also, please forgive any spelling errors which may happen as a result - LOL.
As the children and I read of the Puritans and how they have been grossly misrepresented in today's society, the great need for accuracy in the teaching of our nation's history was made so very real. God forgive us for blindly following and accepting the teaching of men and women whose hearts are turned against God. Here are a few quotes to read and think on, along with a link to a website filled with free resources, lessons, and links devoted to the history of America. It truly is a treasure trove of America's history. God Bless America!
As the children and I read of the Puritans and how they have been grossly misrepresented in today's society, the great need for accuracy in the teaching of our nation's history was made so very real. God forgive us for blindly following and accepting the teaching of men and women whose hearts are turned against God. Here are a few quotes to read and think on, along with a link to a website filled with free resources, lessons, and links devoted to the history of America. It truly is a treasure trove of America's history. God Bless America!
"Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His heritage." Psalm 33:12
"I believe that our nation's growing lack of knowledge about our nation's past could eventually lead to its downfall." David Schults, High School Educator
"If the memories of the past are not passed on, they cease to exist." John Eccles, Nobel Laureate
"None of our nation's top colleges...require a course in American history. Nearly 80% of college seniors at these universities and colleges flunked the most basic and elemental questions on American history." George F. Will, Author and Coluumnist, Center for Survey Research and Analysis
"Most textbooks, produced by a handful of giant commerical publishers, are exposing generations of children to cultural and history amnesia that threatens the very basis of American free institutions and liberties, warn leading historians who are calling for better-defined, more rigorous state teaching standards." George Archibald, Washington Times
"A union depending not upon the constraint of force, but upon the loving devotion of a free people; and that all things may be so ordered and settled upon the best and surest foundations that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations." Rutherford Hayes
Please visit this site as well as some of the many, many links available on it. This is NOT just a site for those who homeschool!!! A grandmother I know has visited this site and thoroughly enjoyed visiting the other sites linked to it. It is a tremendous resource for those with school-age children, no matter what their educational setting. How much easier social studies projects and assignments would have been with a resource like this. As it has already been pointed out, even those without any children in the home can utilize this site. An added bonus is that American Heritage has been shown to increase student's performance in history and social studies, AND no teaching experience or training is necessary. It is also FREE of charge.
I have posted this information knowing that it isn't new news. A Mother's Rewards has posted about this site before. The need to learn the truth of our nation's history is even greater now than several months ago. Let us not only learn the truth of this country's origins, but humble ourselves and pray, seek God's face, and turn from our wicked ways (II Chronicles 7:14) as our Puritan forefathers did. May we no longer blindly listen to and accept every teaching from every textbook. Most importantly, may we long for God to be pleased and glorified in everything that is said and done. America...God shed His grace on thee.