Are Homeschool History Programs Accurate? w/ Dr. Warren Throckmorton

About this episode

The episode discusses the accuracy of various homeschool history programs with Dr. Warren Throckmorton.

In this episode, Susan Wise Bauer and Susanna Jarrett welcome Dr. Warren Throckmorton onto the podcast to review accuracy of various homeschool curricula. Links to Warren Throckmorton’s work elsewhere: Substack: The Throckmorton Initiative Book: Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Our Third President Upcoming book: The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths that Hijack History Podcast: The Christian Past That Wasn't: Formerly Telling Jefferson's Lies X: @wthrockmorton Facebook: warrenthrockmorton Bluesky: @wthrockmorton.bsky.social Excerpt links: Our American Heritage by Judy Hull Moore, Abeka. Quotations come from pages 1, 3, and 53 The Mystery of History blog by curriculum author Judy Hull Moore “Benjamin Franklin – A Jack of All Trades” US Constitution and Government Course Book , The Good and the Beautiful. See sample from the publisher’s website . Quotations come from page 2, History Case File page 1, and page 2. A Young People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn and Rebecca Stefoff. Quotations come from 52, 54, 58, and 88. Why Learn History When it is Already On Your Phone by Sam Wineburg The Story of the World Volume…

People in this episode

Hosts: Susan Wise Bauer, Susanna Jarrett

Guest: Dr. Warren Throckmorton

Topics covered

• homeschooling
• history accuracy
• curriculum review
• educational resources
• historical myths

Keywords

• homeschool history
• curriculum accuracy
• educational review
• historical education
• Dr. Warren Throckmorton

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Getting Jefferson Right: Fact-Checking Claims About Our Third President, The Christian Past That Wasn't: Debunking the Christian Nationalist Myths that Hijack History, The Christian Past That Wasn't: Formerly Telling Jefferson's Lies, Our American Heritage by Judy Hull Moore, The Mystery of History blog by curriculum author Judy Hull Moore, US Constitution and Government Course Book, A Young People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn and Rebecca Stefoff, Why Learn History When it is Already On Your Phone by Sam Wineburg, The Story of the World Volume 3: Early Modern Times Revised Edition by Susan Wise Bauer, History Quest: United States

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