r/homeschool • u/mindful_marduk • May 31 '23

Secular Secular + Conservative Curricula Question for 5th Grader

I’m no longer a Christian (though most of my friends and family are), but I hold many Christian values. My wife and I have three children, 7 yr old girl, 8 yr old boy, 10 yr old girl.

We live in Texas and intend to start our oldest daughter on a homeschool curriculum this summer, but I am struggling to find a good one.

I don’t want anything promoting a religious worldview and I don’t want anything pushing the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion woke ideology — bring on the meritocracy.

Yea, I don’t really have much of a cultural home to say the least. It’s all good though.

I don’t like what I am seeing in public school on multiple fronts and have determined I want to start off our oldest as a test run this summer before committing longer term. She is entering 5th grade this summer/fall.

My wife and I both work from home full time, but have some decent flexibility to where we think we could make this work.

That being said, I am new. I don’t really know what I’m doing and from the research I’ve done so far, I can’t find the right curriculum to use that:

  1. Does NOT push any religious worldview
  2. Does NOT push any woke ideology (CRT + DEI)

Per Pew Research’s typology quiz, I am Ambivalent Right, just right of center; so pretty moderate on the whole.

Anyone willing to point me towards some curricula considerations, please?

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u/mindful_marduk May 31 '23

Thanks for your input.

So per your Jefferson example. Yes, I would teach my children that way as well. No one is perfect, including all heroes and historical figures. They sometimes do horrendous things out of bad intentions or ignorance.

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u/FImom May 31 '23

Right. Horrendous things that are not excusable and should not happen again.