| "Remember the Ladies" Women in the Curriculum |
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This ERIC Digest examines (1) treatment of women in standard textbooks and curricula, (2) strategies for including women in the social studies curriculum, (3) available resources for teachers and students, and (4) justifications for improving treatment of women in the curriculum. |
| 5 Good Reasons to Use Science Notebooks |
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A study group formed to assess what teachers wanted to achieve through the use, practice, and effectiveness of notebooks as they incorporated them into their science curriculum. Now, we’re ready to share their “noteworthy” discoveries. While there are many reasons to incorporate the use of notebooks into science,
these were the most compelling. |
| A Course of Study in Good Citizenship:
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One of the few requirements for homeschooling in Texas is to have a curriculum that provides for a course of study in good citizenship. For high schoolers, this seems relatively clear since most public high school students take a one semester government class. However, there isn't any such designated class for middle or elementary school. |
| A Course of Study in Good Citizenship:
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One of the few requirements for homeschooling in Texas is to have a curriculum that provides for a course of study in good citizenship. For high schoolers, this seems relatively clear since most public high school students take a one semester government class. However, there isn't any such designated class for middle or elementary school. |
| American Literature Courses |
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Listing of available curriculums, classes, and resources for American Literature at the high school level. |
| Charlotte Mason |
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Aimee R. Natal examines the life and work of this extraordinary educator who looked to atmosphere, habit and living ideas. |
| Charlotte Mason and Classical Education |
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Are Charlotte Mason methods incompatible with classical education? Certainly not; Miss Mason was a classical educator herself, and although some of her recommendations differ from our recommendations, you should always remember that everyone who does classical education (including Charlotte Mason, the Bluedorns, Doug Wilson, Christine Miller, and ourselves) is adapting an old model to a modern context. |
| Curricula for Teaching about Fractions |
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This digest describes curriculum guides which offer help to teachers wanting to extend student ideas of fraction concepts, use manipulative materials in powerful ways, and help students connect fraction concepts. |
| Ditch Your Curriculum for these 13 Competitions Instead |
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As a homeschooler, what do you have your kids do for PE? You could design fitness curriculum that includes exercises and an introduction to various sports. Or maybe you include some form of physical fitness as part of your planned unit studies. Or more likely, your kids join a local basketball team or take a class at the YMCA. And in doing so, you don’t worry too much about justifying it as fulfilling a PE requirement—it’s pretty obvious isn’t it? The same opportunities exist for subjects other than PE. |
| Don't Become a Homeschool Dropout by Making This Single Mistake |
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Nearing the end of my active homeschooling career, I've been thinking about what advice I could pass on to new homeschoolers or those who have hit a bump in the road. I had some ideas based on talks I've done for new homeschoolers before but I thought I would look to see what other people have discovered to see if I was missing anything important. |
| Don't Panic Curriculum |
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So you're not panicking--really. You're just a little nervous, that's all. And since you just pulled junior out of school yesterday, you would feel a lot better if you had something to work with while your not panicking. I offer the following resources as suggestions for "not panicking while I'm researching my options." It includes a couple of workbooks, some internet sites, and a few suggestions for the teacher. The grades are only a reference, use what works best for your child and situation. |
| Don't Panic--How to Choose a Curriculum |
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So you've got junior at home now. And then it hits you--what am I supposed to teach him--how am I going to teach him--I don't know how to teach him--WHAT HAVE I DONE!? |
| Easy Classical |
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Includes complete curriculm lists for kindergarten and sixth grade. |
| Fruit Bats, Cats, and Naked Mole Rats: Lifelong Learning at the Zoo |
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This digest focuses on how learners process information and how professional staff and visitors can promote learning at the zoo. |
| Fundamental Skills in Science: Observation |
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Though human senses are limited in range and are easily deceived, observation remains at the heart of science and is the final arbiter in
constructing and testing scientific ideas. Observation in science is more than "seeing"; it refers to skills associated with collecting data using all the senses, as well as instruments that extend beyond the reach of our senses, and it is influenced by the assumptions and theoretical knowledge of the observer. |
| Grammar and it's Teaching: Challenging the Myths |
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Grammar is often misunderstood in the language teaching field. The misconception lies in the view that grammar is a collection of arbitrary rules about static structures in the language. Further questionable claims are that the structures do not have to be taught, learners will acquire them on their own, or if the structures are taught, the lessons that ensue will be boring. |
| Helping Your Child with Science |
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"Being "scientific" involves being curious, asking how things happen, and learning how to find the answers. Curiosity is natural to children, but they need help understanding how to make sense of what they see. |
| Homeschooling Methods:
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Homeschooling and classical education originated with the publication of the Well Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jesse Bauer in 1999. There are now curriculum companies devoted to just classical education, consultants who will help you plan your curriculum, and online classical education courses.
So what is it? |
| Homeschooling Methods: Charlotte Mason |
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Charlotte Mason opens you to the vast array of education possibilities beyond anyone one curriculum. Learning about the Charlotte Mason approach will rapidly bring you to the heart of homeschooling and help you start your own path best for your family. |
| Homeschooling Methods: School at Home/Structured |
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This is the traditional school transplanted to the home. It's what you generally think of when someone says "school." Families will select a curriculum that covers all subject areas, often with teacher plans, quizzes, and tests. |
| Homeschooling Methods: Waldorf |
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The Waldorf method addresses the three aspects of humanity as defined by Steiner, physical, emotional, and thinking often referred to as the hands, heart, and head. Steiner believed that the education system spent too much time on the "thinking" at the expense of the "physical" and "emotional." |
| Homeschooling Tangents |
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Being a slave to your cirruculum means missing out on learning opportunities that only homeschooling can provide. |
| Homeschooling Teaching Strategies |
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Although little research has been done specifically on homeschooling teaching strategies, homeschoolers can find research-based guidance from general education research literature and experience-based literature prepared by homeschoolers. |
| Science in the Home School |
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If your child is among the 700,000 to 1,150,000 currently being schooled at home in the United States, you may have questions about the science he or she should be learning. |
| Science Matters: 7 Free Energy Curriculum Resources for Homeschoolers |
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There is a lot of free stuff on the web and some of it is actually pretty good. But who wants to spend the time looking up each site to find out what is actually on it? Right. So I've done it for you. I admit I didn't go through all the gajillion results but I did get through quite a few of the pages of an "energy curriculum" search. |
| Secular Homeschooling Curriculum: High School Science |
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As far as I can tell, these resources do not advocate a specific religious world view. |
| Self-Directed Learning |
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Self-directed learners demonstrate a greater awareness of their responsibility in making learning meaningful and monitoring themselves. They are curious and willing to try new things (Lyman, 1997), view problems as challenges, desire change, and enjoy learning. Taylor also found them to be motivated and persistent, independent, self-disciplined, self-confident and goal-oriented. |
| Sewing Has it All |
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Do you need a new way to show how fractions are used “in real life”?
How about a lesson on following directions?
Or maybe just a creative outlet for busy hands and wandering minds?
Sewing can do ALL THAT and more. |
| Teaching about the Louisiana Purchase |
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This Digest discusses (1) President Jefferson's decision to purchase the Louisiana Territory, (2) the significant consequences of this decision in American history, and (3) methods of teaching about the Louisiana Purchase. |
| The Classical Curriclum |
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The following is a non-religious, classical curriculum. The creators of this free online curriculum have sought to address the lack of any sound online classical curriculum for homeschoolers. Based upon the 19th-century German-Latin method and following the great-books model, this curriculum often attempts to be highbrow, emphasizing the best of occidental traditions. The following materials list can be used as a stand-alone curriculum or as a supplement to another curriculum. Many parents have said that this book list served as an outstanding supplement to other curricula. Our outline for classical languages, literature and history is one of the best on the internet. It is important for children at a young age to build a library of their own. Many of the titles below are classics, part of the Western Canon, books that children should keep into adulthood. |
| The Seneca Falls Convention: Teaching about the Rights of Women and the Heritage of the
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This Digest places the events of the Seneca Falls Convention within the larger context of American reform movements of the 1840s, discusses the influence of the Declaration of Independence on the Convention, and provides teachers and students with a sampling of social studies curriculum resources such as primary source documents, books, articles, and lesson plans available through local libraries or the World Wide Web. |
| What courses are available to meet college requirements? |
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Remember, you can always design your own course. Most homeschoolers don't pick just one type of course to meet all their needs. They may select an online course with a teacher for Algebra, a local co-op class for biology, a packaged course for English, and develop their own reading list for history. |
| What is Curriculum? |
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Curriculum is basically a grouping of subjects of study. We tend to think about curriculum by organization or subject. For example, any public high school curriculum in Texas is required to include math and science. Math and science are just parts of the curriculum. |
