About this episode

Cindy and Dawn discuss the Charlotte Mason approach to studying history with guest Amy Snell.

On this episode of The New Mason Jar, Cindy and Dawn talk with Amy Snell, veteran homeschooling mom of 5 and co-founder of the CMEC , about studying history in the Charlotte Mason paradigm How Amy first discovered Charlotte Mason's philosophy What is the role of history in the CM philosophy of education? How is that different from the typical approach to how history is being taught today? Why is pointing to the moral in a history lesson a problem? What is unique about the CM history sequence? How does the curriculum change as a student grows older? Encouragement for teaching history using the CM method For the full show notes for this episode, including books and links mentioned, please visit https://thenewmasonjar.com/138 .

People in this episode

Hosts: Cindy Rollins, Dawn

Guest: Amy Snell

Topics covered

• Charlotte Mason
• homeschooling
• history education
• educational philosophy
• curriculum development

Keywords

• Charlotte Mason
• history
• homeschooling
• education
• curriculum

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CMEC

Books & works: Charlotte Mason

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