The PBS Nova series did a 2-hour program in 2000 entitled “The Vikings”. Even though the program is ten years old, the Nova Online website still provides some good information homeschoolers can use in their history lessons. You can explore a Viking village through videos of the model medieval village of Birka from the Museum [...]
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by Todd Durell Each year the editors at The Homeschool Post give out awards to homeschool blogs in a bunch of categories – Best Homeschool Mom Blog, Best Nature Blog, Best Thrifty Homeschooler, etc., etc. Well, this year, HomeschoolMonkey.com is in the running for Best New Homeschool Blog. I’m stoked! Thanks so much to family [...]
by Todd Durell Here’s a list of links to scholarships and contests that are open to homeschool students. Please check back from time-to-time as I will update the list periodically. You can find more detailed information about various college funding opportunities in the “Scholarships and Contests” category in the list on the right side of [...]
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by Todd Durell Source: Hubblesite.org Lately I’ve come across some astronomy websites I really like: Chromoscope gives you a picture of the Milky Way and lets you adjust the wavelengths you’re viewing, so you can “see” what the galaxy looks like using wavelengths (like X-rays or microwaves) beyond the visible spectrum. The Hubble Site Gallery, [...]
Here’s a great website for homeschoolers studying English literature. Open Source Shakespeare provides texts to the complete works of Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, and other poems. The site’s features include a concordance and key word search functions that allow you to search by individual work, character, or genre, and you can also view two [...]
Cornell University’s online exhibition, Edgar Allan Poe: Nevermore, provides high school students of American literature with several short introductory articles on the life and most famous works of this complex and tortured author. The exhibition covers Poe’s family’s history, his work as a journalist, editor, and critic, and is richly illustrated with photos of original [...]
Our 5-year-old son is beginning to learn to read and write, and we wanted to find some worksheets for him to use. I like this webpage, The Amazing-Incredible Handwriting Worksheet Maker, that allows you to type in your own words or sentences to generate custom worksheets for young learners. (See my own biased example to [...]
New York City views. Organ grinder and monkey. Photo Credit: Gottscho, Samuel Herman, 1875-1971, photographer Gottscho-Schleisner Collection (Library of Congress) LC-G623-T01-81912
