Archive for the 'Personal' Category

A Special Thank You to the Patrons of HistoryAtOurHouse

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Thank you, Andy and Tonya Fingerhut. Starting up HistoryAtOurHouse has been a tremendous challenge. With the exception of the love and support of my wife, one force for good has impelled me forward more than any other and helped make this program possible. It has been the friendship and support of a great homeschooling family. [...]

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Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah!

Friday, December 14th, 2007

Hi all: I’m taking a blogging holiday until the new year.  I wish you all a wonderful holiday season. Regards, Scott Powell Creator, HistoryAtOurHouse

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Kids Who Love History!

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Every once in a while parents send me delightful stories about how their kids have developed a new love of history thanks to the HistoryAtOurHouse program.  Here’s one from homeschooling mom Stephanie: “…their interest in history is at an all-time high.  At dinner last night we were discussing what book we would begin as our [...]

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The Failure of American Education Broadcast for the World to See

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

I’ve given up “embedding” this video in my blog–one plugin, called “TubePress” actually disabled my entire website!–so since it does not show up for now, please enjoy this frightening example of the educational vacuum in this country.  Click on THIS LINK, if you can’t see the video of Miss Teen USA South Carolina 2007. You will laugh, and, [...]

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Patrick Henry’s First 4th!

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

Like all proud daddies I just have to share a pic now and then, especially since Patrick Henry–the ultimate patriot–just enjoyed his first 4th of July recently, which happened to fall on his eight-month birthday! Patrick is still working on his first word, though “da-da-da-da…” comes out quite often. I also get the occasional “huzzah!”  which makes [...]

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A Salute to America’s New Independents!

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

On the 4th of July Americans will celebrate Independence Day once again.  For 231 years, since that fateful day in 1776, this nation of freedom, with a government by the people, has remarkably well endured, and that is definitely worth cheering about. But if the culture of freedom of Jefferson and Washington is going to survive [...]

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Kitty Cold Wars!

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

One of my homeschool students, Elisabeth (age 8!), recently instructed her mom about the subtleties of a “cold war” (after I had taught them about the Cold War in our European History class).  It’s just so much fun to see kids demonstrate their understanding in a context you’d never expect it to pop up!  Anyways, [...]

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Hello world!

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Hello.  Please allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Scott Powell, and this is my son, and inspiration: Patrick Henry Powell!  I’m a historian, currently living in Laguna Hills, CA (but soon on the move to Houston, TX) and I am the creator of HistoryAtOurHouse, the first Full Integration™ curriculum for homeschoolers from 2nd [...]

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