Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

African History Curriculum

Whether you want to explore your African Roots or just do a history curriculum different from the norm, This  unit on Exploring Africa has enough information to fill a full year of social studies.

The Exploring Africa! curriculum is divided into Units, Modules, and Learning Activities.  Each unit covers a major topic or theme in the study of Africa.  Each unit is divided into thematic, disciplinary, regional, or country modules.

~also here's something you might enjoy for your home library.



~posted by Andrea from Notes from a Homeschooling Mom

Education Lectures on Learners TV

 Learners TV had lectures in every subject plus visual aids for science.  This is great for high school students and those looking for material to help them study for CLEP exams.  It is also great for college students who need a deeper explanation than they got in class.

 Lecture subjects available:  Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Math, Statistics, Accounting, psychology, history, language arts, literature, economics, philosophy, Astronomy, and more.

Animation subjects include Biology, physics, chemistry




~posted by Andrea from Notes from a Homeschooling Mom

Virtual Field Trips

The Teachers Guide to Virtual Fieldtrips have plenty of online tours to keep kids occupied.  They can be integrated as part of your science and social studies curriculum.

This website also has lots of worksheets and lesson plans for elementary students. 

~posted by Andrea from Notes from a Homeschooling Mom

Hyperhistry: Ultimate History Timeline

Hyper history has over 2000 files covering 3000 years of world history

"HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps."

It is meant to be accompanied by their  World History Chart .

~posted by Andrea from Notes from a Homeschooling Mom

History Project: Timelines

From the site:

Timelines are an important complement to any homeschool history curriculum. They are especially good for visual learners because they offer a view of historical events in a pictoral way. Even very young children can use a timeline to see the span of time between events. Any historical person or event that you study can be placed on the timeline. And you can include your own family's dates -- births, marriages, etc.


Learn all about creating timelines here

~posted by Andrea from Notes from a Homeschooling Mom

Big IQ Kids

Big IQ kids has lots of free and fun animated online resources for elementary age homeschoolers. 

BigIQkids.com presents a unique learning method designed to help each child develop the skills needed to perform to his/her full potential. Our award winning programs are designed for students in grades K-6 and promote spelling efficiency, vocabulary building, math fact mastery and US geography knowledge via multimedia reinforcement and independent learning.

Science and math videos and lessons at Neo k-12



If you are tired of searching youtube for education videos you can use Neo k-12 which is a website that has compiles hundreds of vidoes, lesson plans and games that you can use to homeschool.  Subjects include

Physical science
Life science
Earth and space
Social Studies
Human Body
English
Basic math- Trigonometry


Have Fun With History (American History)

Learn American History through a series of history videos and lessons

HaveFunWithHistory.com is designed for "Teachers, homeschoolers, and history buffs now have an online resource full of American History streaming videos, activities, links and resources - because history is fun!"

This is an excellent and comprehensive resource that you will enjoy. The website Also has an African American History Unit.



Most Recently Added resources found

at this link

homeschooling adventures k-12

Homeschoolingadventures provides "links to lesson plans, worksheets, tips,
activities and more 9th grade through 12th grade!
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There are a few inactive links, but overall the site is very valuable!

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American History on Video

This program is for college and highschool students and consists of 26 half-hour videos.

A Biography of America presents history not simply as a series of irrefutable facts to be memorized, but as a living narrative. Prominent historians -- Donald L. Miller, Pauline Maier, Louis P. Masur, Waldo E. Martin, Jr., Douglas Brinkley, and Virginia Scharff -- present America's story as something that is best understood from a variety of perspectives. Thought-provoking debates and lectures encourage critical analysis of the forces that have shaped America. First-person narratives, photos, film footage, and documents reveal the human side of American history -- how historical figures affected events, and the impact of these events on citizens' lives.

Discovery Education Lessons Plans Library

The Discovery Education Website provides hundreds hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers. Use the pull-down menus below to browse by subject, grade, or both.


Learn the Presidents with this Animaniacs Song

Here is a You Tube Video of the Animaniacs Cartoon will teach you about all of the presidents (up to Bill Clinton). They used true facts in most of their videos.



Lets Learn English Through Song.
Special Grammatically Based Songs Written To Enhance English Language Learning For Learners And Teachers Of English.


Free AP courses

The Monterey Institute of technology offers free AP courses
(Learning to navigate the site can take time)

Classes include

Advanced Placement Calculus AB

Advanced Placement Calculus BC

Advanced Placement Environmental Science

Advanced Placement Physics B

Advanced Placement Physics C

Advanced Placement United States Government

Advanced Placement United States History

Hot Chalk's Lesson Plans page

You will want to check this one out:

"Welcome to HotChalk's newly redesigned LessonPlansPage.com! We now have over 3,000 free lesson plans! To find lesson plans that match your criteria, begin by selecting a subject below, or search for specific topics. Be sure to visit our parent site, HotChalk.com and sign up for our free online teacher tools. Once inside, you'll find thousands of additional free teaching resources!"


Kids encyclopedia

AcademicKids.com has a a free encyclopedia for kids, clipart, games and much more...learn all about science, history, and geography.

Edsitement.net (marcopolo)

This website covers the humanities for grades k-12
http://edsitement.neh.gov/default.asp

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

This site has tons of lessons, and programs. These are more on the think and investigate side and is great for independant learners. This has every subject you need to homeschool, but you will need to be organized and have a basic outline of what you need to learn to use it for your main curriculum. I suggest bookmarking it as a great additional resource.

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