History At Our House

HistoryAtOurHouse offers the History of the Americas for Homeschoolers in 2010-11

I’m very excited to announce the creation of a new HistoryAtOurHouse program starting in 2010-11! This course will be the first in a wider range of history programs for homeschoolers offered by HistoryAtOurHouse. It is entitled “The History of the Americas, Part 1″. As most of my readers know, the core HistoryAtOurHouse program is designed [...]

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Video Introduction to HistoryAtOurHouse

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Preview of the 2010-11 School Year with HistoryAtOurHouse

2009-10 has been an amazing year for HistoryAtOurHouse!  Thanks to all you homeschoolers, the program just keeps growing and growing, and 2010-11 promises to be best year yet!  This September, the HistoryAtOurHouse program will offer an ever expanding range of secular history products for families on any budget.  This is the time to introduce your [...]

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Those Who Cannot Remember the Past Are Condemned to Repeat it

Arguably the most famous quote about history, which even people who know little history themselves readily recognize, is George Santayana’s warning: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This often misquoted aphorism is generally dismissed by both professional historians and laymen alike because it is seemingly facile.  Despite its apparent simplicity, [...]

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Why Most People Think Memorizing Historical Facts is Useless (and Why It Isn’t)

Why do most people think that memorizing historical facts is useless? Because the way history is taught nowadays, it generally is. Here’s a great example… Who hasn’t been asked this question in what passes for a history or “social studies” class over the past fifty years? What is worse, the question is now asked in [...]

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2009-10 Registration for All Programs Now Open

Registration for the American, Ancient, and European history programs for the 2009-10 school year is now open via the registration page. ANCIENT HISTORY REGISTRATION Three levels of Ancient history instruction are available in the coming year: Lower Elementary (for students age 6-8) Upper Elementary (for students age 9-11). Junior High (for students age 12-15). AMERICAN [...]

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2009-10 American and Ancient History Registration (July 1-7)

Registration for the American and Ancient history programs for the 2009-10 school year is now open via the registration page. Two levels of American history instruction are available in the coming year: Lower Elementary (for students age 6-8) combined Upper Elementary / Junior High (for students age 9-13). Three levels of Ancient history instruction are [...]

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HistoryAtOurHouse European History Curriculum Summary

The Rise of Europe Our first important theme this year will be the rise of Europe.  It is the rise of a new culture out of the ashes of the Roman Empire, so we will begin by recapping the story of the fall of Rome.  It will be very important for us to look at [...]

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The HistoryAtOurHouse Three-Year History Rotation

This is part 3 in a series of four essays I’ve sent to mailing list members exclusively.  I’m posting part 3 as an enticement for those of you who are not mailing list members to join the list. As I discussed in Part 2 of this series (sent out mailing list members only) and in [...]

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Thank You For Another Great Year of History At Our House!

With the year winding down, I wanted to take a moment to say “thank you” to all the homeschooling parents and students who made 2008-09  such a great year.  Next year, I don’t think the class picture of students participating in the live classes will even fit on a 16 x 20!

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