Picture books aren’t just for little kids. Some of the best books my family has read are illustrated children’s books intended for a young audience but well-suited for educating and entertaining tweens, teens, and even adults. In fact, my deep interest in Black history was initially nurtured entirely by my exposure to African American biographies […] The post Picture Books Aren’t Just for Little Kids first appeared on Heritage Mom. The post Picture Books Aren’t Just for Little Kids appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more

I’ve made a point not to disparage curricula, books, services, or products that fellow homeschool moms have created for this community. In fact, I’ve gone out of my way to state that I respect the work that has been done to provide booklists, lesson plans, and other resources. I consider many of the creators to […] The post Books & Things: Agreeing to Disagree first appeared on Heritage Mom. The post Books & Things: Agreeing to Disagree appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more

For world history and geography studies, I like for my kids to read plenty of stories from modern-day Africa. I’ve shared picture books and chapter books about African kingdoms in the past, and I love those stories, but books covering African people and events of the 20th and 21st centuries are also imperative. In addition […] The post Stories From Modern Day Africa first appeared on Heritage Mom. The post Stories From Modern Day Africa appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more

These 20th-Century Black History Books cover a period of history during which segregation tightened and racial oppression escalated across the United States. Uniquely, it also includes years of immense progress and explosive creative expression among Black Americans who found ways to survive and even thrive amid incredibly unjust circumstances. The books I’ve chosen for my […] The post 20th-Century Black History Books appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more

These morning time plans cover the subjects and activities that we’ll do together as a family. Some things are done daily; others are one to three times per week. Along with the subjects listed below, we study the Bible (and sometimes watch these BibleProject videos), watch and discuss current events (typically with CNN10), and enjoy […] The post Morning Time Plans (1900s) appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more

Most of the titles in this booklist of Black American fiction are truly historical fiction, taking readers to a past time and place. However, a couple of the titles are present-day stories with substantial dialogue or narration from the past, making them hybrid books, in my opinion. My oldest experienced this type of parallel setting […] The post Black American Fiction (1900s) appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more

I rely heavily on topical nonfiction Black history books in our school lessons. As mentioned in my post on Infusing Black History into a Traditional Charlotte Mason Homeschool (where you’ll find additional options for this time period), I have yet to find a single living book that encompasses all of what I want to share […] The post Topical Nonfiction Black History Books (1900s) appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more

African American biographies and memoirs are critical components of our history lessons. In my book A PLACE TO BELONG, I write, “Biographies help us explore specific people’s concrete comings and goings as we glance inside the thoughts of well-known leaders and everyday people. This is an accessible way to add incredible amounts of diversity. You […] The post African American Biographies & Memoirs (1900s) appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more

Black history children’s books covering some of the major people and events of the 20th century are a superb addition to modern history lessons. I appreciate the variety of topics and people that they allow us to study, and the storytelling and imagery are engaging for my kids and for me! We already have these […] The post Black History Children’s Books (1900s) appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be hunted? To have people sniffing around, salivating, waiting for you to say or do something “wrong” so they can give themselves permission to erase or demean you? I’m sharing a story with you, but not because I want pity. Instead, I want to expose what happens […] The post Promoting Division in the Homeschooling World appeared first on Heritage Mom ..read more