At first glance, it was expected and nothing out of the ordinary. There was a heavy emphasis on colonialism lacking accountability but Reo would have received that same perspective from the public school. In my fifth grade year, I received that white washed perspective from my public school education.I already knew I'd have to go off-textbook to provide supplemental lessons to give Reo a complete picture of the history being taught.
As we plunged into Unit 1 and enjoyed the narrative of a fictional family making their way from Spain to the New World in the 1600's, there were some Christian-themed drop-ins but since the people from Spain in this time were Roman Catholic, it was proper context and not preaching.
What was interesting to me was contained in the end Unit questions.
6. Read Luke 8:22-25 and explain why it is proper to pray to Jesus during a storm.
How about no?
The actual story tells us that the men on these ships traveling from Spain to the New World helped the crew manage the ship during the storm while women and children braced themselves inside the cabin. When a door dramatically blew open and the water rushing in threatened to sink the ship, two boys acted quickly to secure the door. Jesus didn't really help there. He wasn't even asked to help. The moral of the story, if anything, was to get off your butt and do something.
Neither Reo nor I could figure out what Jesus had to do with the story told in Unit 1, so we skipped it and moved on to the serious business of drawing ships.
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