As we look to move forward with the high school guides, I have a question regarding *HOW* the learning is done.
Is the learning guided, or is it all independent interpretation?
What I mean is, when she reads Trial and Triumph, Courage and Conviction, the PAC books, and other history books, will she be guided in her learning? Will she be specifically helped to make the proper conclusions in her learning, or will she simply be asked to interpret and narrate what she reads?
We've used HOD for 9 out of 10 years of homeschooling for my daughter, so we are quite familiar with oral/written narrations.
Yet, as she starts studying deeper into history and how it affects what is going on all around us today, will the HOD guide GUIDE her in her learning? I *know* that self-education is true education, and I know that Charlotte Mason wanted students to embrace their own learning. However...one look at today's culture shows that many students are coming to false conclusions about how to interpret life, history, and God's role. Much of this can be blamed on the secular public schools and universities that blatantly hate God and Christianity, but it can also be attributed to the immaturity of young people being easily swayed by their own interpretations. I want to make sure that since my daughter is so independent in her learning that she will be guided towards TRUTH. (14/15 years of age is still very young.)
I really want to make sure that my daughter learns that history unfolded in relation to *how* rulers and societies viewed God, that national decisions have consequences, and that those consequences affect generations to come. I'd say that is difficult to expect a young teenager to pick up on his/her own.
I hope this all makes sense!!
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