Next in order to religious knowledge, history is the pivot on which our curriculum turns.

Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, Vol. 6, p. 273

Show Summary:

• Today’s guest is Donna-Jean Breckenridge, veteran homeschool mom, grandmother and member of the AmblesideOnline Advisory
• Before getting to main the subject matter, Donna-Jean gives homeschooling moms a little encouragement and exhortation
• How This Country of Ours was chosen as a history spine for AmblesideOnline
• Why Donna-Jean decided to expand and update the book
• How Donna-Jean annotated, expanded and updated This Country of Ours
• What she hopes this new version accomplishes

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Books and Links Mentioned:

Philosophy of Education by Charlotte Mason

This Country of Ours, Vol.1 by H.E. Marshall: Annotated, Expanded and Updated by Donna-Jean Breckenridge

A Reasoned Patriotism Webinar with Dawn Duran

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It is never too late to mend but we may not delay to offer such a liberal and generous diet of History to every child in the country as shall give weight to his decisions, consideration to his actions and stability to his conduct; that stability, the lack of which has plunged us into many a stormy sea of unrest.

Charlotte Mason, Philosophy of Education, Vol. 6, p. 179