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


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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 3: Early Modern Times Revised Edition by Susan Wise Bauer, Well-Trained Mind Press. Quotations come from 258-259, 260-262.  
  • History Quest: United States, Pandia Press. Quoted passages come from pages 52, 76, and 248.
  • Snapshots of Early Modern History, Volume 2 by Vivian Meyers, Curiosity Chronicles. Quoted passages come from page 40. View samples on the publisher’s website. 
  • (00:00) - Intro with Warren Throckmorton
  • (06:59) - What we're doing today
  • (07:56) - Our American Heritage
  • (16:10) - Mystery of History Vol. 4
  • (23:37) - The Good and the Beautiful US constitution course
  • (34:27) - Break
  • (35:27) - A Young People's History of the United States
  • (41:18) - The Story of the World
  • (47:04) - History Quest: United States
  • (53:21) - Curiosity Chronicles: Early Modern Times
  • (56:28) - How to evaluate the honesty of histories?
  • (01:02:11) - Outro
  • ...more
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