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ArticlesThis page is in process--there will be more to come. Feel free to copy for personal or classroom use, but please include the website and author info.Most of the world history articles are papers written for
class handouts in my tenth grade world history class at a private Christian
school.
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HISTORY TOPICS________________________________
Civil WarDifferential Freight Rates, Balance of Trade, and the Civil War History: General Topics4 Different Views
of History Streamlined Timeline of English Language
History: AncientEgypt--Bare
Bones Chart on Ancient Egypt to fill out Champollion and the Rosetta Stone Curse of the Mummy and King Tut's Tomb Greece-- Greek Myths--who believed them and was there any basis in fact? Rome-- Crucifixion--a very quick history Gladiator, The Movie: Truth & Fiction Philosophies of the Stoics and Epicureans Miscellaneous--Classic Ages: Stone, Bronze, Iron King Nebuchadnezzer's Dream--Line-up of Nations Foretold Progressive Decline of Democracies
History: Medieval and RenaissanceAncient Runes of the Anglo Saxons Gospel in a Shamrock |
OTHER TOPICS________________________________
Composition and GrammarAvoiding Comma Kazi --Missed or Misplaced Commas That Bomb Your Paper Playing the Game Called Grammar Homeschooling and Child RearingIs Santa Real? - For Christian parents who don't want their kids to miss the fun of Santa, but hate for him to be the central focus at Christmas. Just Keep Me Home (humorous song/poem about homeschooling) What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing At Home on a School Day? (A brief and entertaining apologetic for homeschooling) Notes From Various BooksEvery now and then, I take notes on a book if it offers up such well-expressed insight that I know I'll want to review it later, or of course, if it is borrowed from a friend and she wants it back! Anyway, I thought that these bits and pieces might help someone know whether or not they might like one of these selections, or at least, to just enjoy the notes themselves.
Doors of the Sea: Where Was God
in the Tsunami? Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading by Eugene Peterson (mix of subjects by the theologian who did the NT paraphrase The Message) One Life Solution: Reclaim Your Personal Life While Achieving Greater Personal Success by Henry Cloud [on general life principles] People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil by M. Scott Peck (problem of evil) The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck [life principles] Random Christian topicsOn Babel, Pentecost and Tongues Six Keys to Interpreting Scripture Really Random |
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Book-favs for high school and beyond
Links to other stuff I like and recommend
Knowledge Quest's 5 Must-Have, No-Cost Resources for Homeschooling
Math and more
The Kahn Academy-- All homeschoolers should know about this guy (really!). Click here for a short pbs video introduction to what Kahn is about.
History
openculture.com -- for free audio books plus much, much more!
KnowledgeQuest.com recommendations as well as Terri Johnson's whole website.
Owl and Mouse free online geography games (I love these)
Science
Principles of Physics (animated demonstrations)
Video shorts
Video programs
J.J. Abrams(creator of Lost) TED talk on technology & movies
The Paradox of Choice--Why Less Is More
Top Ten TED talks (what's TED? Find out!)
Random stuff
Use Replyforall to have an advertiser send money to a charity you select every time you send an email--and it's free to you! I help bring clean water to people in impoverished areas.