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97The Old Order: The Monarchy of the French Revolution
France was ruled by absolute monarchy for much of its history. Absolute monarchy often meant power and affluence for the rich, clergy and nobles, while no privileges and rights were almost guaranteed for the...
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80Social Studies Lesson Plans - Free Sites for Teachers
Here are a number of helpful links to websites with free lesson plans, teacher helps, printables, and other resources for social studies teachers, elementary school teachers, and homeschoolers on the web.
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84A Shameful Repetition of History: Japanese Interment Camps
The results of World War II are some of the most significant in history. One of the consequences of America's going to war with Japan, however, is often overlooked in many textbooks and unknown to numbers of...
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82A Fourth Grade Curriculum: Social Studies
In the United States, there is no such subject as geography. Instead, elementary school children are taught something called "Social Studies". Learning about geographical issues is subsumed under that...
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79Combining Homeschooling and Cooking: Creative Ways to Blend Everyday Life with Curriculum
Courtesy of: http://www.pinkfairycake.com/images/iStock_000002892391XSmall.jpg Due to technical difficulties, I am unable at this time to display a picture of my own children cooking - as originally...
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78A Panopticon Society
Gone are the days of public display executions where witches, criminals, or accused heretics are burned at the stake, beheaded, or crucified. Those were the most effective form of punishing deviants,...
77The Gablers: Exposing lies and errors
The struggle over textbooks in Texas has become legendary due largely to the efforts of Mel and Norm Gabler of Longview, Texas. (Melvin Nolan Freeman Gabler (January 5, 1915 - December 19, 2004) and his...
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75At What Level Do You Want to Teach?
At What Level Do You Want to Teach? O. K. You decided that you want to be a teacher. Now, the next question you have to answer is at what level do you want to teach? There is the K-5...
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74Is Haiti Doomed?
The United States and the Caribbean nation of Haiti seem inextricably linked - for better or worse. In February 2004, Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile of his own free will, so the...
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74First Grade Lesson Plans
Free first grade lesson plans are rampant on the internet. The problem is the time that it takes to wade through all of the lesson plans. I have homeschooled three children from kindergarten through high...
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