Does Van Loons Story of Mankind have an anti-Christian bias?
Many, many history books have been considered for this curriculum over the years. There were several things to consider — readability, literary quality, and, not least of all — availability. But our over-arching principle was always to keep our program as close as possible to what we thought the PNEU would have done, and this book will give your children a broad look at the scope of world history, plus it is well-written and thoughtful. Van Loon does have somewhat of an anti-Christian bias — parents can deal with it as they go, using it as a springboard for discussion (very CM!), or choose not to use the book. There are not many choices for a comprehensive world history book at this reading level — which may explain why Van Loon won the Newberry Award for this book.
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- Charlotte Mason gave Van Loons Story of Mankind a favorable review, but some reviewers have criticized the book as being historically inaccurate. Is that because Van Loon isn politically correct, or are there real errors in the book?
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- Does Van Loons Story of Mankind have an anti-Christian bias?
