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Child’s Book of American Biography {Free eBook}

2 Mar 202028 Jun 2022
Just as with science, for the younger years we advocate learning history through reading biographies, while the critical skills of reading and writing are being developed. Here is another free…
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First Studies in Music Biography {Free eBook}

23 Nov 201528 Jun 2022
If you are working through our free music studies based on The Child's Own Book of Great Musicians series by Thomas Tapper, you will notice we included First Studies in…
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14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Biography

18 Sep 201330 Jun 2022
Now that we have tackled the autobiography, we already have a good start on writing a biography since the two forms of writing share similar elements. Again, a biography is…
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14 Forms of Writing for the Older Student: Autobiography

4 Sep 201328 Jun 2022
Another type of writing that comes easier to students is the autobiography.  After all, they are familiar with the subject! When we think of a biography we envision the detailing…
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The Children’s Own Longfellow ~ Free eBook

28 Mar 20227 Jul 2022
Longfellow has long been a favorite of homeschool moms. Because of the concrete storytelling element, his poems make an easy introduction to poetry. The Children's Own Longfellow is an illustrated…
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Black Beauty Young Folks Edition ~ Free eBook

21 Feb 202216 Jul 2022
Black Beauty has long been a favorite read of horse lovers. If you have a younger reader, you might appreciate this free abridged version in the public domain. Written in…
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The Eiffel Tower ~ Free eBook

17 Jan 202214 Jul 2022
Ready to get a peek inside the Eiffel Tower? The Eiffel Tower: A Description of the Monument, Its Construction, Its Machinery, Its Object, and Its Utility by written Gaston Tissandier…
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Journal of the Lewis & Clark Expedition ~ Free eBook

8 Nov 202114 Jul 2022
Unless you are a student of history and the Lewis & Clark Expedition in particular, you may be unfamiliar with Patrick Gass. Yet, this Ohio resident was one of four…
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John Philip Sousa: A Unit Study

26 Oct 202114 Jul 2022
John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C., on November 6, 1854.  His father, John Antonio Sousa, played trombone in the Marine Band and inspired his son at an early…
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Monthly Art Appreciation Lessons Free ~ Part 3

25 Oct 202114 Jul 2022
Concordia University put together a series of free art appreciation lessons. Though the lessons are no longer offered at their site, the archived version is available. We covered the Grade…
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Johann Sebastian Bach ~ Free eBook

23 Aug 202114 Jul 2022
A wonderful biography that is a perfect fit to our Bach unit study! Johann Sebastian Bach is part of the Life Stories for Young People Series written in the early…
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Orphan Trains ~ Free eBook With Go-Along Resources

15 Mar 202116 Jul 2022
Big Brother by Annie Fellows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel series, is an easy introduction to the Orphan Trains of the 1800s. Like the passel of other children on…
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Abigail Adams and Her Times {Free eBook}

9 Nov 202025 Jul 2022
Abigail Adams and Her Times by Laura E. Richards is a recommended biography on many homeschool reading lists. This title for middle school readers is available as a free eBook…
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"The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus

1 Oct 202028 Jun 2022
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the…
Units

Blaise Pascal: A Unit Study

19 Jun 202014 Jun 2022
Blaise Pascal was a French Renaissance scientist, mathematician, inventor, and theologian who was born on June 19, 1623. Pascal's Beginnings Pascal's mother died when he was three years old. Pascal's…
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La Salle and the Great Lakes: A Unit Study

19 Mar 202028 Jun 2022
French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, ultimately claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France, naming the region Louisiana for King Louis XIV, but his other great achievement…
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7 Lessons for Teaching Writing

5 Feb 202025 Jul 2022
As Ruth Beechick says, we learn to speak by listening and speaking. So the analogy is: we learn to write by reading and writing. This natural method of learning to…
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial {Free eBook}

27 Jan 202025 Jul 2022
Mount Rushmore National Memorial: A Monument Commemorating the Conception, Preservation, and Growth of the Great American Republic was published by the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society of Black Hills in…
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Nat the Navigator {Free eBook}

13 Jan 202025 Jul 2022
Nat the Navigator: The Life of Nathaniel Bowditch for Young Persons is a biography of Bowditch written by his son. The book, pulling extensively from journals, covers Bowditch's life chronologically…
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Great Astronomers {Free eBook}

6 Jan 202028 Jun 2022
Sir Robert S. Ball was an astronomer, mathematician, and a popular lecturer at the Royal Institution and other venues in the late 1800s/early 1900s. In Great Astronomers he provides biographical…
Units

DNA & Genetics: A Unit Study

13 Sep 201911 Jul 2022
On September 13, 1994, President Bill Clinton signed the Federal Crime Bill, which included the U.S. DNA Identification Act. This act authorized the establishment of a national index to keep…
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Leonardo da Vinci: Pathfinder of Science ~ Free eBook

19 Sep 201828 Jun 2022
Here is a very well-written biography of Leonardo da Vinci that goes nicely with our free unit study. Leonardo da Vinci, Pathfinder of Science written by Henry Sampson Gillette is…
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27 Free Nature Study eBooks

23 Aug 201811 Aug 2022
Being always on the lookout for useful books that are in the public domain, we have gathered quite an assortment of free eBooks that are suitable for nature study. Some…
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Henry Ford {Free eBook}

25 Jun 2018
Henry Ford was an interesting character. As an inventor/innovator he came into his own relatively later in life. He had a unique view of obstacles and a drive to find…
Book Studies

Free Civics Studies Lesson 15: The National Capital

23 May 201823 Jul 2022
Read the current chapter online: "The National Capital" Suggestions Learn more about the history of the Smithsonian and its benefactor, James Smithson. Learn more about the Marine band. If you…
Book Studies

Free Civic Studies Lesson 14: The Citizen

17 May 201813 Aug 2022
Read the current chapter online: "The Citizen" Suggestions Narration: Explain the meaning of "the well-balanced law-maker becomes so only through experience and growth." At the time the book was written,…

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