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Learning Styles/Learning Differences
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History Resources for Homeschool
2007-08-27
An Annotated Bibliography by Nathan R. Herrod
Civil War
The Confederate War by Gary W. Gallagher
In this book Gallagher discusses the Civil War from a Southern perspective and examines how the South was able to fight the Union forces for four years.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson
The Pulitzer Prize-winning "Battle Cry of Freedom" is without question a definitive one-volume history of the Civil War.
Primary Sources
William Bartram, Travels of William Bartram, ed. Mark van Doren
William Bartam, a well-known naturalist and traveler, provided vivid descriptions of British colonists, Indians, and nature.
Cotton Mather, Diary of Cotton Mather, 1681-1724, 2 vols.
This diary is from one of the most well-known colonial ministers. He was a staunch defender of the Congregationalists and opponent of revivalism.
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and William L. Andrews, The Pioneers of the Black Atlantic: Five Slave Narratives from the Enlightenment, 1772-1815.
Although slave narratives from the colonial period are rare, five of them have been assembled by Andrews and Gates. The compilation includes the narratives of Ottobah Cugoano, John Jea, John Marrant, Olaudah Equiano and James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw. Most of the individuals were native Africans, extensive transatlantic travellers, slaves for part of their lives and Christian converts.
World History
Patrick K. O'Brien, Atlas of World History
A major new work of reference, this book charts the course of human progress around the globe, from prehistory to the present, in hundreds of full-color maps.
William J. Duiker, Jackson J. Spielvogel,
The Essential World History (High School/Retail Version)
This is a brief introduction to the civilizations of the world. The text covers such individual civilizations as China, India, and Europe, and provides points of comparison between and among these civilizations.
David A. Fisher, World History for Christian Schools
This is a textbook of the history of the world presenting parallel Christian history and a Christian viewpoint.
Nathan R. Herrod is currently pursuing PhD in American History with an emphasis on Colonial Religious History at the University of Florida. He has an MA in American History from the University of Florida, an MDiv from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and B.A. in History and Religious Studies from Texas A&M University. He has experience teaching history, Bible and speech in a Christian high school. He has also served as a TA for American History, World History and Native American History courses.
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Christ Centered Curriculum
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