Archive for July, 2007

Scholarship Event Begins Tomorrow

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Registration for the 2007-08 academic year at HistoryAtOurHouse opens tomorrow, August 1st. Enrollment is open to anyone, including homeschoolers, afterschoolers, parents and teachers, and even adults who are simply interested in history and would like to make up for what public schooling didn’t provide. The opening of registration will be announced on this page, and enrollment will be handled [...]

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Enrollment Opens August 1st

Monday, July 30th, 2007

Enrollment for History At Our House opens August 1st.  To help you decide how to place your children (or yourself!) in the program, please visit the new pages describing the History Through Art program, and the various Product Tiers (pricing included).

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History Through Art

Monday, July 30th, 2007

See the new HistoryThroughArt program description now.

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Solve Your Homeschooling History Headache!

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

The “State of History,” the first lecture in the Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About History series, is now available as a web-based audio recording. This lecture will help you to understand why history education has reached its currently dismal status, by revealing the intellectual roots of America’s history profession.  It will tell you [...]

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What Homeschoolers Need to Know About History

Friday, July 20th, 2007

  Don’t miss the first lecture in the Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About History series, provided by HistoryAtOurHouse, this Monday, July 23rd, at 6:00 PM Pacific. This Monday’s talk will be on the the topic of “The State of History.“ In some subject areas, such as spelling and vocabulary, parent-driven homeschooling is an entirely [...]

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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About History (But Were Afraid to Ask)

Monday, July 16th, 2007

This Monday, July 23, I will begin hosting a teleconference lecture series for homeschooling parents and educators.   I would like to invite anyone who is interested to learn why the quality of history teaching has continually declined since the early twentieth century, and why, as a result, children now almost universally complain that history is boring and [...]

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How Does it Work?

Thursday, July 12th, 2007

If you’re interested in learning more about the HistoryAtOurHouse program, and how you might be able to include it in your homeschooling curriculum, take a look at the new Implementation Page.  There you can sample the types of resources that are typically provided for students, including maps, images, tests, and vocabulary exercises.  A sample MP3 [...]

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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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“History Matters” First Issue Tomorrow

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

The HistoryAtOurHouse newsletter, History Matters, begins publication tomorrow. History Matters is free bi-weekly ezine for homeschooling and afterschooling parents who want to give their children the best possible history education.  Each issue reveals the special resources behind the professional-designed HistoryAtOurHouse curriculum, and offers important pedagogical tips, along with art and movie recommendations, to help you bring history to life for [...]

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MyChild Curriculum Planner Now Available

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Parents can now plot out the precise course of their child’s history education with HistoryAtOurHouse, from September 2007 to graduation, using the MyChild Curriculum Planner. (See what’s “New” on the main page to use the planner.)

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