Yep, me again, talking about my love of TruthQuest history. Our new guide came today, and all I can say is WOW, let the book hunting begin!!
My children are read aloud to at least two times a day. I read in the mornings and hubby reads before bed. Sometimes I am able to squeeze in more read aloud time to during the afternoons. TruthQuest history really makes picking out our read aloud books easy. Michelle has listed hundreds of book in her guides. She has made it easy to have discussions with her ThinkWrite questions.
I know many families have the ThinkWrite questions as an assigned writing assignment. However, with our dysgraphic child, and other needs, I have made this a time for family discussion. It works for us. 
TruthQuest History is a deep and rich literature-based history study…but with a difference. You will not learn the story of mankind; you will learn the lovestory of mankind. You will not focus on the rise and fall of human civilizations; you will focus on the arrow-straight line of God’s unchanging existence, power, love, truth, and plan for civilization. You will not simply ‘meet the culture’ or ‘get the facts;’ you will probe the truths of history so deeply that your students will be equipped to change their world!
The exploration of history, then, should reveal God and His truth, not glorify the achievements of mankind. Indeed, the kings, artists, philosophers, writers, and scientists cannot even be understood until seen for who they are – people motivated by basic beliefs about God, whether true or untrue. The consequences of beliefs are displayed in history…and teach us all. Let us, then, not be found teaching humanistic history. Let us learn of civilization in a way that reveals the God whose name is Truth. Your children will realize the only source of freedom is God’s laws, and the only source of human worth is God’s love for us. Once common knowledge, our society now thinks the opposite…and suffers for it.
In our family, history is a family study. We discuss our reading and learning as we go as a family. Right now we are ready Boys of ‘76 by Charles Coffin. Oh, and this is a GOOD book. We are just beginning it, but it has my children on the edges of their pillows as I read.
This past weekend I attended a Living Books seminar with Gary and Jan Bloom. They had their books for sale there, and I whipped out my guide and Jan immediately stated that Michelle has done an excellent job of finding us all the good books and putting together great questions for our students. The ThinkWrite questions are what really makes this a great resource for any family. Jan and I browsed through the 4000+ books she had with her, and I “only” came home with eleven to complement our history for the next few months.
I will admit that many of the books listed in the TruthQuest History guides are out of print, but for me that makes it all the more fun to hunt them down. I will also say, that you DO NOT have to have just the books in the guides. You can use whatever books you have or can find about the era. TruthQuest History is so versatile, I think any family can easily make it work for them. Between Jan’s book Who Should We Then Read? and Michelle’s guides, I am well on my way to building a home library many generations from now will be able to enjoy.
Check out the site BooksBloom also for other genres of great books.
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We do not use Truthquest for History but I do use their guides in my search for good books.
In fact, I am working on a blog post about how we choose what to read. We are a reading family too and do read alouds a couple of times a day like you guys. It’s something my heart is so passionate about. I love building up our home library with wonderful living books! Really enjoyed reading this post, Betty. Thanks for sharing.