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Lists all the resources needed to create a balanced curriculum for homeschooling--from preschool to high school level.
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Table of Contents
Contents: user's guidelines
To school or not to school (Getting started
Curricula, lesson plans, and how-tos)
Electronic data (Computers and software
The Internet
Television and video)
Reading (Learning to read
Alphabet books
Storytelling
Literature
Classical mythology
Shakespeare
Good books)
Writing (Handwriting and penmanship
Vocabulary
Grammar
Spelling
Dictionaries
Style manuals
Quotations
Creative writing
Kid-written magazines
The basics of books
Poetry for kids
Journals and diaries
Letter writing
Journalism and newspapers
Libraries)
Mathematics (General math
Measurement
Statistics
Math history
Math and literature
Chess
Economics for kids)
Science (General science
Astronomy.
Contents (cont.): Biology : botany, cell biology, entomology, environmental science, evolution, genetics, the human body, marine biology/oceanography, microbiology, ornithology, zoology
Chemistry
Earth science : geology, meteorology, paleontology
Physics)
Geography (Atlases for kids
Maps
Geography resources)
History : General, American, and world (General history resources
American history : American history resources
Early American history : pre-Columbian America, Columbus and other explorers, the Colonial period, French and Indian War, early American life
The Revolution and the new nation : the Revolutionary War, important people of the Revolutionary War period,the Constitution, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, American Indians, the War of 1812.
Contents (cont.): The nineteenth century : whaling days, quilts, the Erie Canal, the railroads, Texas and the Alamo, the Gold Rush, Thoreau and the Transcendentalists, the Westward movement, slavery and the Underground Railroad, the Civil War and Reconstruction, immigration, inventors and inventions, reform and reformers, women's rights
The twentieth century : historical overviews and timelines ; World War I ; the Great Depression and the New Deal ; World War II ; the Cold War, the Korean War, and Vietnam ; the Civil Rights Movement
Politics, presidents, and first ladies
The law
Family trees and local history
World history : world history resources, prehistoric peoples, ancient civilizations, Vikings, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance through the seventeenth century, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Contents (cont.): Modern times : World War I, World War II and the Holocaust, Russia/U.S.S.R., post-World War II)
Foreign languages (General foreign-language resources
Chinese
French
German
Greek and Latin
Hebrew
Italian
Japanese
Russian
Sign language
Spanish
Swahili
Foreign-language pen pals)
The arts (Art
Music
Drama
Puppets
Architecture
Dance)
Ethics, religion, and philosophy (Ethics
Religion
Philosophy)
Life skills (Carpentry/woodworking
Cooking
Etiquette
Gardening
Gender issues
Sex education
Sewing/fabric crafts
Sports/Physical fitness
Travel
Work/community service).
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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First Sentence
"Choosing a mode of education is one of the most difficult decisions parents make for their children."
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