There is a new movement sweeping history education that seeks to enhance critical historical literacy using six thinking skills. These skills can benefit anyone who studies history and are especially relevant to homeschooled teens, but they are not without danger either. The following brief overview consists of notes taken when Donna Ward, the mother […]
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Review: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
There are few books as suited to finding homeschool rabbit trails as The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss. I’m sure you know the story: A family with four boys was shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. Because they had been planning to set up a colony, the ship was full of useful supplies, […]
Canadian History Celebration
Since 2017 is Canada’s 150th birthday, we aim to celebrate that in our homeschool. Some say Canadian history is boring because it has no impressive royalty, revolutions, or invasions, although it does have its own version of each of these. Indeed, its history is a whole lot less dramatic than that of many other countries […]