Enter to win "Essentials in Writing" Curriculum at Homeschool Giveaways!

It's that time of year again!  If you're anything like me you've been planning for your new school year.  Homeschool Giveaways is giving away Essentials in Writing curriculum, with your choice of three grade levels.  FIVE winners will be chosen!  Up to nine entries are possible.  The winner will be chosen on August 10, 2012!  :)

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What Ever Happened to the Constitution? | Andrew Napolitano

I can't believe it remix ( The Digestion Song) Travis Finlay

E. G. West, Jacob Hornberger, and Sheldon Richman on the History of Stat...

"If I wanted America to fail"

The Fall of Communism in Massachusetts - Murray N. Rothbard - Mises Daily

The Pilgrims formed a partnership in a joint-stock company with a group of London merchants, including Thomas Weston, an ironmonger, and John Peirce, a cloth maker. The company, John Peirce and Associates, received in 1620 a grant from the Virginia Company for a particular plantation in Virginia territory. In this alliance, each adult settler was granted a share in the joint-stock company, and each investment of ten pounds also received a share. At the end of seven years, the accumulated earnings were to be divided among the shareholders. Until that division, as in the original Virginia settlement, the company decreed a communistic system of production, with each settler contributing his all to the common store and each drawing his needs from it — again, a system of from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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The Fall of Communism in Massachusetts

Newsboys - God's Not Dead

1959 - Donald Duck - Donald in Mathmagic Land

North Korea-Children of the Secret State-1/5

The Story of Broke Response

Se7en + 1 Ways To Tackle Creative Writing

Seven + 1 has seven fun and creative ways for your students to practice their creative writing! 


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Giveaway: Gooseberry Patch 101 Soups, Salads & Sandwiches and 2012 Calendar

Make-Ahead-Meals for Busy Moms is giving away a Gooseberry Patch cookbook and calendar!  Hurry, because this contest ends soon!

Giveaway: Gooseberry Patch 101 Soups, Salads, and Sandwiches and 2012 Calendar

Q: Do TIGERS like catnip??

Contrasting Views of the Great Depression | Robert P. Murphy

I know I've recently posted a video of Tom Woods discussing the same subject, Robert Murphy has a different style and throws in some explanations of things that the Tom Woods video does not mention. This is probably high school level and up, whereas I believe the Tom Woods video can be viewed by middle schoolers without too much confusion. The focus is on economics rather than history.

M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All - Forbes

Excerpt: For Wall Street Occupiers or other decriers of the “social injustice” of college tuition, here’s a curveball bound to scramble your worldview: a totally free college education regardless of your academic performance or background. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) will announce on Monday that they intend to launch an online learning initiative called M.I.T.x,which will offer the online teaching of M.I.T. courses free of charge to anyone in the world.

The program will not allow students to earn an M.I.T. degree. Instead, those who are able to exhibit a mastery of the subjects taught on the platform will receive an official certificate of completion. The certificate will obviously not carry the weight of a traditional M.I.T. diploma, but it will provide an incentive to finish the online material. According to the New York Times, in order to prevent confusion, the certificate will be a credential bearing the distinct name of a new not-for-profit body that will be created within M.I.T.

The new online platform will look to build upon the decade-long success of the university’s original free online platform, OpenCourseWare (OCW), which has been used by over 100 million students and contains course material for roughly 2,100 classes. The new M.I.T.x online program will not compete with OCW in the number of courses that it offers. However, the program will offer students a greater interactive experience.



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Chess in the homeschool curriculum raises math, science skills by 15% - Phoenix Homeschooling | Examiner.com

Want to raise your kids' math and science skills by up to 15%? Go to the following link and see how a simple (or, not so simple) game of chess can help!

Click HERE to learn more!

The Old, Awesome Space Drawings of E.L. Trouvelot

These drawings are very beautiful, and it was interesting learning a little about Trouvelot!   Maybe this could be a jumping off place for a deeper study of some of his work as an astronomer as well as his art.


Excerpt: If you think NASA's artistic renderings of the deep beyond are cool, you will love these space drawings from French astronomer and artist Etienne Leopold Trouvelot.

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Influential Homeschoolers Coalesce Behind Ron Paul

Excerpt: On Saturday, the Ron Paul campaign issued a statement announcing the naming of several new members of the “Homeschoolers for Ron Paul” coalition.  The formation of the group was originally announced in August and since then has been very successful in motivating homeschool advocates to rally to Dr. Paul’s campaign for the White House.

As the statement released on ronpaul2012.com stated:

Today, interest in Ron Paul by this population segment has spilled over to many other states and the national campaign. The campaign’s expanded use of the homeschool and other coalitions is proving itself a useful tool in helping to make Barack Obama a one-term president.

The campaign went on to publish a impressive list of influential homeschooling proponents who were joining the advisory board of the the “Homeschoolers for Ron Paul” coalition.


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Influential Homeschoolers Coalesce Behind Ron Paul

Notebooking Success Ebook

Jimmie of Jimmie's Collage has a new e-book available for purchase to teach you how to use notebooking in your homeschool!

Check it out by clicking here: Notebooking Success Ebook

Monet's Gardens at Giverny with Music, Version II

U.S. Monetary Policy in 2012 (Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX))

Source:LiveScience

Ron Paul - Watch this presentation to see why so many people are endorsi...

DEBT LIMIT - A GUIDE TO AMERICAN FEDERAL DEBT MADE EASY.

Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920 | Thomas E. Woods...

An excellent lecture by Tom Woods about why we never hear about the Great Depression of 1920. Hint: Government did the opposite of what it usually does during economic downturns!

Seven Wonders of the Microbe World (combined)

The topics are:
The History of Beer
Black Death
Food Preservation
Nitrogen Fixation
Antibiotics
Genetic Engineering (plants)
Life on Mars

The Great Depression, World War II, and American Prosperity - Part 1 [Le...

This is an excellent lecture. There is a Part 2 as well, making this a three hour lecture. But, this is something that is not taught in government schools. Many of Woods' lectures are very lively and even entertaining, but this isn't one of those. :) Still, it's good to listen a little, take notes, and take a break, and with YouTube you can do that. You can also go back and listen to any parts you missed.

The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution: A History

Ben Swann Explains the NDAA and the Obama Imperative

How to Make a 16-Pointed Ninja Star (Shuriken)

Neat!

Ron Paul on Homeschooling

Good Writing Tips

As we develop our writing skills, we learn tons of concepts. From grammar to storytelling techniques, literary devices to poetry forms, there is so much to learn that one can become overwhelmed. A good list of writing tips summarizes complex lessons into digestible pieces of advice that keep you on toes lest you forget or neglect the guidelines for good writing. Here are some of my favorite tips and reminders:

Read the Rest at Writing Forward.

(H/T Write at Home)

U.S. Elections: Caucuses Explained

The Daily Spurgeon: Praying Earnestly

The Daily Spurgeon: Praying Earnestly: Many a prayer is too long by twenty lines. It is smothered under a bed-full of words. There ...

January Calendar « Homeschool Share blog

Go print out the January calendar from Homeschool Share! Lots of fun things in store for January 2012!


January Calendar « Homeschool Share blog