How Did We Get Here? | A Reading Guide to Help You Homeschool Through Current Events

[@Kim-pq1rx]

This could be the beginning of an interesting high school elective, similar to Morbid Curiosities, for folks who wanted a course focusing on critical thinking and media literacy. Thank you for putting this out there, I've added a few titles to my list.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

@@Kim-pq1rx that is something I have been thinking about. My project list is getting out of hand, but I might prioritize this.

[@amberherrera1514]

Ahhh thank you for sharing. I’m mom to a 15 and 12 year old and it seems like it’s much harder to explain my sadness this go round. Your familiar face and voice helped. We’re actually studying a beefed up level 6 right now so they’re familiar with the process. It still sucks so much though. Peace, Emily ❤

[@liveoutlight]

These are some great picks. I highly recommend Larry Gonick’s Hypercapitalism for a balanced out Economics course. It is EXCELLENT!

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Oh, I love Larry Gonick's work! Adding that to my tbr!

[@LeahHung125]

Thanks, Emily! The faces you made in the video are what I have been making all week. Appreciate the book recs. I am pivoting our history for the new year because it beats screaming into the void.

[@LeahHung125]

I am thinking about throwing Animal Farm into the mix too.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Yes! I might pull that out as well. I was just thinking about adding Fahrenheit 451 to our pile this year too.

[@LaurieDreesen]

Thank you, Emily!

[@mjsburnett]

This is my first time watching your channel. Thank you very much for this list! I have a fourth grader that I want to engage in national issues and world history and current issues. These books are a great place for me to start.

[@TicketToLearning]

Yes! This is how we do it! 💪

[@kimrowe3350]

Thank you so much! I just created a new bookshelf on my Goodreads for these recommendations ❤

[@brittburkard3650]

Thank you for sharing, we already have some of these on our shelves but now I've got a list of to buy!

[@maggiepanning356]

This is a great list, thank you.

[@peaceofapuzzlebfg]

I think talking about how settlers treated the First People of North America is an important part of this discussion as well.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Oh absolutely. This video could have been so much longer. I think we are long overdue for a debunking of a lot of American mythology. Too many people are still looking back for a time when America was great. The potential has always been there, but we haven't reached it yet.

[@3akhomeschool]

Thank you. In this time when we’re all still processing, this is very timely ❤

[@astoldbydeedra]

Emily, thank you!

[@victoria9663]

I cannot recommend The Kingdom The Power and The Glory by Tim Alberta enough. It is my #1 book of the year. It clarified so much for me about why and how we have gotten to this point.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Adding it to my tbr! Thank you so much for the recommendation!

[@ginagiberti9283]

Thank you so much Emily.

[@nanettemccall8618]

Thank you 🙏

[@MistyLC]

❤ thank you!

[@MountainMamaAli]

Thanks, Emily ❤

[@meaganmayne8873]

Thank you!

[@GwenCooper-l1b]

Thank you so much!

[@karasuthedreamer6353]

I’m thinking about getting a couple of these books for my far right Christian parents for Christmas

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

It's certainly worth a try if they would actually be open to reading them.

[@Dusty-y6b]

Howard Zinns A Young Peoples History of the United States should also be on every child’s reading list.

[@user-zh7uy6oc5q]

Hoping for more titles on resistance that doesn't end in vertain death, but rather in change 🤞

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Working on that!

[@vesch5083]

On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder is worth a read

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

I just bought the graphic novel version of On Tyranny! I thought my daughter would prefer that format.

[@DinoReader]

I need to get Beyond Courage.

[@heathert8895]

I am investigating an apparent phenomenon that happened the night after election. It seems many many women (myself included) woke up voluntarily around 2/3 AM. Did we feel a collective threat settle upon us? Super interesesting regardless.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

I've heard that! To be fair though, I always wake up at 3am due to perimenopausal insomnia, so I'm not sure I can claim anything happened, but I have heard a fair number of women seemed to experience that.

[@NicoleMinimalandFree]

I always wake up at that time to pee 😂

[@SmithsInTheMaking]

I did too! I woke up about then and somehow just knew.

[@maggiepanning356]

I woke up at 3:30. And I really wish it wasn’t to a waking nightmare.

[@EmilyEnglish-p1r]

Wow I got up at 2 and couldn’t go back to sleep, which is unusual for me. 😢 Thank you for the book list. We are currently on level 6 and will add the others to our wish list.

[@crystaljordan7318]

Isn't it wonderful to live in a country where freedom of and for the people prevail? I am so grateful for thw opportunity and privilege to spend days homeschooling my children. I noticed a theme in your titles and wondered why you didn't offer a balance of thinking? I for example do not feel persuaded to believe in the theory of evolution, but still teach my chdren about it and value the minds of those thinkers. Why not add Am I A Racist the new documentary by Matt Walsh? I think it is also important to point out we do not have a democracy, but a constitutional republic. If we had a total democracy the results of this election (by popular vote) would have remained the same. Either way do not despair! The freedom to have opposing views remains in our country and i delight in having those conversations with others. Glad to see your list here for consideration. Have a great day!❤

[@nmalbrecht]

Matt Walsh is an alt-right grifter and bigot with zero credentials to address or understand the issue of systemic racism in America. He doesn’t provide a “balanced view” he provides content for people that want to remain comfortably ignorant.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

I don't think balanced means what you think it means. Viewing history from a variety of perspectives IS balanced. I honestly don't know how you get more balanced. However, bait from an internet troll is not balanced and adds nothing to the conversation. History should make you uncomfortable. That doesn't mean it's bad or wrong. It means it's being honest in the telling. If that bothers you, maybe you should sit with that.

[@tigermiep]

the book recs are excellent, but I really need to know what that lipstick is, bc it's wonderful.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Thank you! The lip color is NYX Liquid Suede metallic matte in Neat Nude, but I also put a bit of shimmer on top of it - I add a glittery eyeshadow shade from the Colorpop Baroque pallet. ;)

[@tigermiep]

@@ARRRGHSchooling nice! it reminds me of MAC's Spanish Fly (RIP, beautiful lipstick)

[@threatlevelmidnight3588]

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[@allisongryski8452]

The True or False book was a bit too much for my sensitive reader at this stage, but they did enjoy a couple subject-adjacent books on our shelf: Fake History: From Mozart's Murder to Cleopatra's Asp by Graeme Donald and Fakers: An Insider's Guide to Cons, Hoaxes, and Scams by H. P. Wood.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Thank you for the recommendations! I'm adding both of those to my tbr!

[@KellyLS716]

The rather dull and obvious explanation of how we got here is the inflation-driven anti-incumbent trend that has hit essentially every rich country around the world. I'd encourage people to read books to their kids that describe the causes and effects of inflation, but sadly many are experiencing it firsthand as their families struggle to buy groceries.

[@Dusty-y6b]

And also explain why things will only get worse because our planet has reached its breaking point and can’t take 8,000,000,000 humans treating the only home they’ve got like they’ve got spares laying around when they’ve used up this one.

[@Dusty-y6b]

Everyone on Earth needs to read as much Yuval Noah Harari as possible. Get your kids Unstoppable Us and Why the World Isn’t Fair. Also Aesops Fables, and teach your kids esp the story of The Woman and the Snake. Something the MAGA cult never “got”.

[@ARRRGHSchooling]

Yes! I love Harari's work! I read Sapiens with my twins when they were teens, and we are going to read his new book, Nexus, together next year!

[@TimeTravelReads]

Thank you. I was raised in a very conservative homeschooling environment. It's nice to know that some homeschoolers aren't into conspiracy prophecies and such.