INTEGRATING AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY INTO YOUR HOMESCHOOL

Why add Black, Asian, and Native American voices to your homeschool? Our podcast guest for this episode is a specialist in this area. Belinda Bullard has successfully graduated three children through homeschooling with a literature-based approach. Her business, Blessed Heritage Educational Resources, provides multicultural history curriculum featuring the African-American presence and contribution. If you'd like to give your children empathy and the ability to understand history from multiple viewpoints, tune in!   • — •  — •  — • LISTENER COUPON CODE ★Request your coupon code to use on any purchase at bookshark.com. • — •  — •  — • TIMESTAMPS 02:25 Teaching is also learning. 06:50 In teaching homeschool history, be willing to be comfortable with the uncomfortable. 09:09 Study primary sources such as the Constitution itself.  14:21 Teach your children about biases in news outlets and how to evaluate internet sources for credibility. 17:51 Aim to use first person voices, namely autobiographies.  25:30 Expose your children to festivals, movies, books, people, etc. that reflect a variety of viewpoints.  31:05 What's the evidence that your children are digesting their history studies? • — •  — •  — • Thanks to show sponsor BookShark. Request a homeschool curriculum catalog or download samples at bookshark.com. If you'd like to share an aha moment, an inspirational quote, a homeschool hack, a book you're loving, or a suggested podcast topic/guest, leave a comment at bookshark.com/podcast. We'd love to feature your reflection on a future episode.