Archive for the ‘Government’ Category

  • America’s Historical Documents

    Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010

    Here are a few websites you can go to for information about the important documents in the history of the West, and especially the United States.  Some include texts of the documents and lesson plans. The University of Oklahoma College of Law sponsors a website, Chronology of US Historical Documents, containing a chronology and complete [...]

  • American Foreign Service 2011 Essay Contest Open to Homeschoolers

    Sunday, September 12th, 2010

    The American Foreign Service Association sponsors an annual national essay contest for high school students with a $2,500 prize to the winner.  This year’s topic is requires the contestant to put themselves in the role of a US Ambassador to one of several foreign nations and summarize how they would use the resources available to [...]

  • Religion and the Founding of the American Republic: A Homeschool Review

    Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

    Religion and the Founding of the American Republic is an on-line exhibition from the Library of Congress that examines the role of faith in the early development of our nation.  Most early American leaders believed that it was essential to the survival and prosperity of the republic to have citizens with a robust religious faith. [...]

  • John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest Open to Homeschoolers

    Sunday, August 15th, 2010

    The John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Essay Contest, sponsored by the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, is an annual contest open to high school students, including homeschooled students, offering a total of $13,500 in awards.  To compete in the contest, students write a 1,000 word essay “on a U.S. official who has chosen to [...]

  • Homeschool Resources from Discovery Education

    Saturday, August 7th, 2010

    Discovery Education has a section on their website called “Homework Help” that includes short videos and exercises in math, science, English and social studies.  The math page covers the basics of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and the science page has videos about waterways, birds, and chemical reaction.  You can review punctuation, sentence structure, and [...]

  • Peace and Social Justice Projects for Homeschool Cooperatives: PeaceJam

    Sunday, July 25th, 2010

    by Todd Durell My wife’s aunt, Wanda, recommended PeaceJam to me as one of the best social justice and peace organizations offering programs for homeschool families.  PeaceJam was founded in the mid-1990s by Dawn Engle and Ivan Suvanjieff to foster a non-violent response to increasing gang violence in the Denver area.  (Click here for PeaceJam’s [...]